{"id":5724,"date":"2017-03-20T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2021-02-01T07:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T07:25:46","slug":"redirect-404-page-home-page-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/redirect-404-page-home-page-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Redirect your 404 page to the Home Page in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">404 errors are the part of all websites and it usually comes when requested page not found on the web server. In this article, we will show you how to redirect 404 page to home page in WordPress. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To do this you don\u2019t need to install the extra plugin on your site, A small PHP code will help you to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Redirect 404 Error Pages to Homepage<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All you have to do is go to your <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/fix-ssl-error-cant-login-wordpress\/\">WordPress <\/a>theme directory and open your 404.php file. If it doesn\u2019t exist, then create a blank php file. Paste the following code in there:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>&lt;?php\r\nheader(\"HTTP\/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\");\r\nheader(\"Location: \".get_bloginfo('url'));\r\nexit();\r\n?&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Done forget to replace .get_bloginfo(&#8216;url&#8217;)with your website domain name to avoid extra request to <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/disable-wordpress-admin-bar\/\">WordPress<\/a> like below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>&lt;?php\r\nheader(\"HTTP\/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\");\r\nheader(\"Location: http:\/\/www.example.com\");\r\nexit();\r\n?&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019s all you have to do. 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