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Redirection
Manage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or Nginx required.
- Installs
- 2+ million
- Rating
- 4.4 (703)
- Updated
- 42 days ago
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!
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- #965 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 423.8K
- 423,832
- Downloads, 30 days
- 3.8K
- 956 in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 113 reviews
- Last updated
- 11 months ago
- Nov 21, 2025
- Version
- 1.0.6
- 20 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | November 21, 2025Updated in the last year |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 6.8.12Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | April 28, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 113 reviews
| 5 stars | 110 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 2 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 1 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
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 Debug Console instead of being redirected (Admin).
- Preview possible redirection from the administration panel.
*New* Features:
- Expose ‘WP-404-Auto-Redirect’ headers on 404 pages. (Admin).
- Log redirections in the /wp-content/debug.log file.
- Create your own search engines logic.
- Create your own search engines groups & fire sequence.
*New* Engines & Groups:
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Developers: Create a Custom Group
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
// Create a Group with only 3 Default Engines, and set a custom fire sequence add_action('wp404arsp/search/init', 'my_404_group'); function my_404_group($query){
wp404arsp_register_group(array(
// Set Group Name 'name' => 'My Group',
// Set Group Slug 'slug' => 'my_group',
Developers: Create a Custom Engine
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
// Create a Custom Engine add_action('wp404arsp/search/init', 'my_404_group_engine'); function my_404_group_engine($query){
wp404arsp_register_engine(array(
// Set Engine Name 'name' => 'My Engine',
// Set Engine Slug 'slug' => 'my_engine',
Developers: Manipulate existing Groups & Engines
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
add_action('wp404arsp/search/init', 'my_404_manipulate_groups_and_engines'); function my_404_manipulate_groups_and_engines($query){
// Move the default engine 'Direct Match' at the end of the 'Default Group' fire Sequence wp404arsp_reorder_group_engines(array(
// Target Group Slug 'group' => 'default',
Developers: Always use a custom Group
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
// Always trigger the Custom Group 'My Group' instead of the Default Group add_filter('wp404arsp/search/group', 'my_404_group_trigger_forever', 10, 2); function my_404_group_trigger_forever($group, $query){
// Developers: Print $query array for more request context
Developers: Disable the plugin initialization at some conditions
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
// Do not load the plugin if the 404 URL starts with '/calendar/xxxx/' add_filter('wp404arsp/init', 'my_404_no_init', 10, 2); function my_404_no_init($init, $query){
// Developers: Print $query array for more request context
Developers: Send an e-mail after every redirection
Advanced Usage: If you don’t know how to use filters & actions, please read the official WordPress Plugin API.
// Do something after a redirection add_action('wp404arsp/after_redirect', 'my_404_after_redirect'); function my_404_after_redirect($query){
// Developers: Print $query array for more request context
Latest changelog entry
- Fix: Escaping priority value in settings
- Fix: PHP 8.3 deprecated creation of dynamic property
- General: Bumped WordPress version to 6.8
Screenshots
Admin: Settings Page 
Admin: Post Types 
Admin: Taxonomies 
Admin: Engines
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.