michaeltyson

Leon Stafford

<p>Save your visitors from unhelpful 404 errors!</p>
<p>Instead of quickly giving up when a visitor reaches content that doesn’t exist, make an effort to guess what they were<br />
after in the first place.  This plugin will perform a search of your posts, pages, tags and categories, using keywords from the requested<br />
URL.  If there’s a match, redirect to that content instead of showing the error.  If there’s more than one match, the<br />
404 template can use some template tags to provide a list of suggestions to the visitor.</p>
<p>See the <a href="http://michael.tyson.id.au/smart-404" rel="nofollow ugc">Smart 404 homepage</a> for more information.</p>
<h3>Template tags</h3>
<p><em><code>smart404_has_suggestions</code></em></p>
<p>Returns true if there are some suggestions, false otherwise</p>
<p><em><code>smart404_get_suggestions</code></em></p>
<p>Retrieve an array of post objects for rendering manually.</p>
<p><em><code>smart404_suggestions</code></em></p>
<p>Draw a list of suggested posts.</p>
<p>Pass the parameter “list” to render suggestions as a list.</p>
<p><em><code>smart404_loop</code></em></p>
<p>Query posts for use in a Loop. Eg:</p>
<pre><code><?php smart404_loop(); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</code></pre>
<p>Note that the loop will not display pages correctly, as it is not built to support them. It is recommended that if you use<br />
a loop like that above, do not enable searching of pages.</p>
<p><em><code>smart404_get_search_terms</code></em></p>
<p>Retrieve an array of search terms used to populate the suggestions list, for use with contextual highlighting, etc.</p>
<p>For support and latest source code, please visit https://github.com/leonstafford/smart-404</p>


Smart 404

Automatically redirect to the content the user was most likely after, or show suggestions, instead of showing an unhelpful 404 error.

Tips and Tricks HQ

<h4>Only use this plugin if you have installed SSL certificate on your site and HTTPS is working correctly</h4>
<p>Once you’ve installed an SSL certificate on your site, it’s important to ensure that your webpages are accessed via their secure HTTPS URLs.</p>
<p>To improve SEO and user security, you want search engines and visitors to always use the HTTPS version of your pages. This plugin makes that easy by automatically redirecting users to the HTTPS version whenever they try to access the non-HTTPS (HTTP) version of a page.</p>
<h3>Example</h3>
<p>Let’s say you want to ensure the following page is always accessed over HTTPS:</p>
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/checkout
</code></pre>
<p>If a visitor tries to access:</p>
<pre><code>http://www.example.com/checkout
</code></pre>
<p>The plugin will automatically redirect them to the secure version:</p>
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/checkout
</code></pre>
<p>This ensures that visitors always access the HTTPS version of your pages or site.</p>
<p>You can choose to automatically redirect your entire domain to HTTPS, or selectively apply HTTPS redirection to specific pages.</p>
<h3>Video Tutorials</h3>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Easy HTTPS Redirection for WordPress" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oyJgRFCM6u8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Troubleshooting the Easy HTTPS Redirection Plugin" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtyBraB64v8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h3>Force Load Static Files Using HTTPS</h3>
<p>If you started using SSL from day 1 of your site then all your static files are already embedded using HTTPS URL. You have no issue there.</p>
<p>However, if you have an existing website where you have a lot of static files that are embedded in your posts and pages using NON-HTTPS URL then you will need to change those. Otherwise, the browser will show an SSL warning to your visitors.</p>
<p>This plugin has an option that will allow you to force load those static files using HTTPS URL dynamically.</p>
<p>This will help you make the webpage fully compatible with SSL.</p>
<h3>SSL Certificate Expiry Notification</h3>
<p>This plugin includes a feature that allows you to receive email notifications when your SSL certificate is about to expire. It helps ensure your website remains secure and accessible over HTTPS.</p>
<p>You can configure the recipient email address and specify how many days in advance the notification should be sent. By default, the notification is sent 7 days before expiry, but you can adjust this to suit your preference.</p>
<p>This feature is especially useful for site owners who may not frequently check their SSL status, or for those managing multiple websites. By receiving timely alerts, you can renew your SSL certificate in advance and prevent potential downtime or security warnings.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Automatically redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS</li>
<li>Option to force HTTPS on the entire site</li>
<li>Option to selectively apply HTTPS redirection to specific pages</li>
<li>Helps search engines index the secure versions of your pages</li>
<li>Improves site security and user trust</li>
<li>Force load static files (images, js, css etc) using a HTTPS URL</li>
<li>SSL certificate expiry notification – Option to send SSL expiry notifications to a specific email address</li>
<li>Easily see which SSL certificates on your site are approaching their expiry date.</li>
</ul>
<p>View more details on the <a href="https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-easy-https-redirection-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">HTTPS Redirection plugin</a> page.</p>


Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)

Works Fine

The plugin allows an automatic redirection to the "HTTPS" version/URL of the site. Make your site SSL compatible easily.

Smart 404 vs Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)