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genius 404

Automatically redirect to the content the user was most likely after, or show suggestions, instead of showing an unhelpful 404 error.

By Hussam Hussien·404·Free
3(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, genius 404 is a WordPress 404 plugin with 10 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Redirection.

3/51 reviews
10active installs
2.1K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Save your visitors from unhelpful 404 errors!

Instead of quickly giving up when a visitor reaches content that doesn’t exist, make an effort to guess what they were
after in the first place. This plugin will perform a search of your posts, pages, tags and categories, using keywords from the requested
URL. If there’s a match, redirect to that content instead of showing the error. If there’s more than one match, the
404 template can use some template tags to provide a list of suggestions to the visitor.

Template tags

genius404_has_suggestions

Returns true if there are some suggestions, false otherwise

genius404_get_suggestions

Retrieve an array of post objects for rendering manually.

genius404_suggestions

Draw a list of suggested posts.

Pass the parameter “list…

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Ratings & Reviews

31 reviews
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0
4 ★
0
3 ★
1
2 ★
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1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress2.6+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

Hussam HussienHussam Hussien
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Apr 1, 2015
WP Requires
2.6+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.1K+
Added
Apr 1, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

404searchgenius 404redirection

Developer

H
Hussam Hussien
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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