Dave McHale

<p><strong>– This plugin has been adopted! Please review the description below. –</strong></p>
<p>A 404 page is what a user sees when they try to reach a non-existent page on your site (because they’ve clicked on a broken link, the page has been deleted or they’ve mistyped a URL).</p>
<p>While the standard 404 page can vary depending on your web host, it doesn’t usually provide the user with much useful information and users may just surf away from your site. Therefore, Google recommend creating a custom 404 page that provides the user with more information about your site and its content.</p>
<p>The Google 404 widget is a quick and easy way to embed a search box on your custom 404 page and provide users with useful information designed to help them find the information they need. Where it can, the Google widget will also suggest other ways for the user to find the information they need, thus increasing the likelihood that they’ll continue to explore your site.</p>
<p>For best results, you should set up a <a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/" title="Google" rel="nofollow ugc">Google webmaster account</a> and submit an XML sitemap of your blog to ensure the Google 404 widget works effectively.</p>
<p>Find out more <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/136085" rel="nofollow ugc">here…</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p>Currently the plugin outputs the Google 404 widget in US English by default, or tries to use the current WordPress language.<br />
You can use the <code>google_404_language</code> filter to specify a different language code.</p>
<p>Also looking to add the possibility to <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/100044" rel="nofollow ugc">change the appearance</a> of the widget.</p>
<h4>Please note</h4>
<p>The Google 404 widget plugin is NOT a WordPress widget.<br />
It is simply the term Google use to describe their enhanced 404 page script.</p>
<h4>Adoption Story</h4>
<p>This plugin was originally developed by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/husobj/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ben Huson</a> and was adopted in September 2014 thanks to the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/adopt-me" rel="ugc">adopt-me</a> tag.</p>
<h4>Coming Soon!</h4>
<p>The ability to customize the CSS from an options page within the WordPress Admin area, attempt to dynamically inject the Google search box without needing to modify your template files, and more!</p>


404 Widget for Google

Add Google search capabilities to your site's 404 "page not found" template.

Tran Ngoc Tuan Anh

<blockquote>
<p><strong>This plugin is now migrated into the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/slim-seo/" rel="ugc">Slim SEO</a> plugin and will be maintained within Slim SEO. Please use Slim SEO instead.</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Avoid 404 errors as it affects your SEO badly. The 404 error pages hurts the SEO rank of your site if you have many 404 links. You can see the list of 404 pages in Google Console (former Google Webmaster Tools). Install this plugin, and it will take care of all your 404 errors.</p>
<h3>What is Better 404 Redirect To Homepage</h3>
<p><strong>Better 404 Redirect To Homepage</strong> is a simple but amazing plugin which handles all 404 errors for you. It will redirect all 404 errors to your homepage, using 301 redirection.</p>
<p>The plugin is minimal and doesn’t have any settings. All you need to do is just install it and forget. It will automatically do its job.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>It just works. No settings in the admin.</li>
<li>Auto detects and ignores admin, cron and XML-PRC requests</li>
<li>Works with bbPress profile links</li>
</ul>
<h3>You might also like</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpslimseo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Slim SEO</a>: A fast, lightweight, full-featured SEO plugin with minimal configuration. Slim SEO has a redirection module, which contains the 404 to homepage settings.</li>
<li><a href="https://metabox.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Meta Box</a>: The best WordPress plugin for creating custom post types and custom fields.</li>
<li><a href="https://gretathemes.com" rel="nofollow ugc">GretaThemes</a>: Clean and elegant WordPress themes (free and premium).</li>
<li><a href="https://wpautolistings.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Auto Listings</a>: The best WordPress plugin for car dealership and car selling websites.</li>
</ul>


Better 404 Redirect To Homepage

Auto redirects all 404 error links to homepage.

404 Widget for Google vs Better 404 Redirect To Homepage