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WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post

Automatically Redirect any 404 page to a Similar Post based on the Title Post Type & Taxonomy using 301 or 302 Redirects!

By Konrad Chmielewski·301·Free
4.9(113 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post is a WordPress 301 plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 113 reviews. It has been downloaded 395K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Downloads are up 6% this week. Top alternative: Redirection.

4.9/5113 reviews
30K+active installs
395K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Welcome to WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post!

This plugin automatically redirect 404 pages to similar posts based on Title, Post Types & Taxonomies. If nothing similar is found, visitors will be redirected to the homepage or a custom URL.

Features:

  • Automatically detect any 404.
  • Automatically search a similar post based on multiple factors:
    • Title
    • Potential Post Type
    • Potential Taxonomy
  • If nothing similar is found, set your Fallback Behavior:
    • Redirect to homepage
    • Redirect to a custom URL
    • Display the default 404 page
  • Choose the redirection HTTP header status:
    • 301 headers
    • 302 headers
  • Exclude Post Types from possible redirections.
  • Exclude Taxonomies from possible redirections.
  • Exclude Posts based on a custom post meta.
  • Exclude Terms based on a custom term meta.
  • Display the Debu…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.9113 reviews
5 ★
110
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2
2 ★
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Recent Reviews

Sehr gutes Plugin
by aveaventinus·2 months ago

Sehr gutes Plugin, hilft bei viele Fehlermeldungen.

  • This topic was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by aveaventinus.
  • This topic was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by aveaventinus.
Great for automatically redirecting to similar content
by Das Capitolin·4 months ago

While I would like to have more granular control over results, this plugin works great right from the start. This is easily a better solution for large-count 404’s than any manual redirection tool.

Wonderful Plugin
by fotofarrago·11 months ago

Tried many others before finding this one actually works.

very excellent
by hamid26·12 months ago

very excellent

lifesaver
by bluesbrush·1 year ago

thank you

Download Trends

Today: 124Yesterday: 142This week: 1KPeriod total: 60K

Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
99.9%
v0.7
0.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.6

  • Fix: Escaping priority value in settings
  • Fix: PHP 8.3 deprecated creation of dynamic property
  • General: Bumped WordPress version to 6.8
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Konrad ChmielewskiKonrad Chmielewski
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.6
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2025
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
30K+
Downloads
395K+
Added
Apr 28, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

301404seosimilarredirect

Developer

K
Konrad Chmielewski
5 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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