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Resource Not Found Placeholder | Prevent redirections due to not foud resources icon

Resource Not Found Placeholder | Prevent redirections due to not foud resources

No more 404 errors and redirections due to missing resources. When a resource is not found, the plugin will replace it with an empty resource.

By Jose Mortellaro·404·Free
4.5(2 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Resource Not Found Placeholder is a WordPress 404 plugin with 20 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Top alternative: Redirection.

4.5/52 reviews
20active installs
1.5K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

No more 404 errors and redirections due to missing resources. When a resource is not found, the plugin will replace it with an empty resource.

No settings are needed for this plugin. Just activate it, and it will replace all the missing resources with empty resources, preventing 404 errors and expensive redirections.

Many themes call https://yoursite.com/favicon.ico instead of the final favicon URL.
Believe it or not, when a resource like a favicon is not found, WordPress loads all the plugins, the theme, and the core, and then it does a redirection to the final favicon image.
This means that before the redirection the PHP code of the entire WordPress ecosystem runs, and all the database queries take place.
This is really expensive in terms of performance. You may have already seen some W…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.52 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.0.4

  • Fix: sitemap not showing
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jose MortellaroJose Mortellaro
Plugin Info
Version
0.0.4
Last Updated
Dec 10, 2025
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
1.5K+
Added
Feb 9, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

404performanceredirections

Developer

J
Jose Mortellaro
55 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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