WordPress and 404 (file not found)

I got 404 Notifier from Alex King’s list of WordPress Plugins. The plugin logs 404 hits on your WordPress powered site and you can choose to be notified of them via e-mail or in an RSS feed.

The plugin directly gave me some interesting information. WordPress created a 404 error on each pageview due to a missing favicon. The visitor never noticed but WordPress did. Since I believe in keeping the software running smoothly I did create my own favicon using FavIcon from Pics, a free web-based service.

While at it I personalized the 404-page in my WordPress theme, the standard text was not helpful.

This entry was written by Bengt, posted on July 8, 2007 at 9:28 am, filed under Blogging and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

One Comment

  1. John
    Posted August 5, 2007 at 5:42 am | Permalink

    Default 404s suck.I used this plugin on my personal blog once,not bad.But now i prefer custom 404s