Konrad Chmielewski

<p>Welcome to WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post!</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically detect any 404.</li>
<li>Automatically search a similar post based on multiple factors:
<ul>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Potential Post Type</li>
<li>Potential Taxonomy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>If nothing similar is found, set your Fallback Behavior:
<ul>
<li>Redirect to homepage</li>
<li>Redirect to a custom URL</li>
<li>Display the default 404 page</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Choose the redirection HTTP header status:
<ul>
<li>301 headers</li>
<li>302 headers</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude Post Types from possible redirections.</li>
<li>Exclude Taxonomies from possible redirections.</li>
<li>Exclude Posts based on a custom post meta.</li>
<li>Exclude Terms based on a custom term meta.</li>
<li>Display the Debug Console instead of being redirected (Admin).</li>
<li>Preview possible redirection from the administration panel.</li>
</ul>
<h4>*New* Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Expose ‘WP-404-Auto-Redirect’ headers on 404 pages. (Admin).</li>
<li>Log redirections in the /wp-content/debug.log file.</li>
<li>Create your own search engines logic.</li>
<li>Create your own search engines groups & fire sequence.</li>
</ul>
<h4>*New* Engines & Groups:</h4>
<p>WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post 1.0 introduces the concept of engines and groups which let you customize your own searching & matching logic. The plugin comes with 5 engines and 1 default group out of the box!</p>
<p>Default Group Engines:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Fix URL<br />
Find and fix common URL mistakes.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Direct Match<br />
Search for a Post that perfectly match keywords.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Search Post<br />
Search for a similar Post.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Search Term<br />
Search for a similar Term.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Search Post: Fallback<br />
If a Post Type is set in the WP Query, redirect to the Post Type Archive.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>But Also:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy to Install / Uninstall.</li>
<li>No useless data saved in Database.</li>
<li>Blazing Fast Performance.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Compatibility:</h4>
<p>WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post is 100% compatible with all popular manual redirection plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/" rel="ugc">Redirection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/" rel="ugc">Simple 301 Redirects</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/" rel="ugc">RankMath Redirections</a></li>
<li><a href="https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/redirects-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Yoast Redirections</a></li>
<li>etc…</li>
</ul>
<p>If you use one of them, but missed a manual redirection and a 404 is about to be displayed, WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post will cover you.</p>
<h3>Reviews</h3>
<p>They talk about us! 🙂</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.formget.com/404-redirect-wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">6+ 404 Redirect WordPress Plugins 2018 (Free and Paid)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://uproer.com/articles/best-seo-plugins-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">12 Best Free SEO Plugins for WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpstuff.org/plugins/recommended-plugins-for-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Recommended Plugins for WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogingenuity.com/top-wordpress-plugins-i-cant-do-without/" rel="nofollow ugc">Top WordPress Plugins I Can’t Do Without</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bhaaratham.com/permalink-finder-plugin-sanitize_url-is-deprecated/" rel="nofollow ugc">Permalink Finder Plugin is deprecated</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seosatu.com/optimalkan-seo-dengan-halaman-404/" rel="nofollow ugc">Membuat halaman Error 404 menjadi SEO friendly</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.littlemissgemtravels.com/ultimate-guide-to-starting-a-travel-blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Travel Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sayoho.com/80-best-wordpress-plugins-for-2018/" rel="nofollow ugc">80  Best WordPress Plugins for 2018</a></li>
</ul>


WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post

This is, THE MOST "must have" plugin I've ever found.

a must plugin

Automatically Redirect any 404 page to a Similar Post based on the Title Post Type & Taxonomy using 301 or 302 Redirects!

RobMarsh

<p>The Post-Plugin Library does nothing by itself but <strong>must</strong> be installed to provide shared code for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/similar-posts/" rel="ugc">Similar Posts</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-posts-plugin/" rel="ugc">Recent Posts</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/random-posts-plugin/" rel="ugc">Random Posts</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/popular-posts-plugin/" rel="ugc">Popular Posts</a>, and <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-comments-plugin/" rel="ugc">Recent Comments</a> plugins.</p>
<h3>Version History</h3>
<ul>
<li>2.6.2.1
<ul>
<li>support for recent comments to only show one comment per post</li>
<li>fix for donate link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.2.0
<ul>
<li>new {imagealt} output tag — rather like {imagesrc}</li>
<li>{excerpt} can now trim to whole sentences</li>
<li>content filter can now take parameter string</li>
<li>widget can now take parameter string</li>
<li>output can be appended to posts & feeds</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.1.0
<ul>
<li>the current post can be marked manually</li>
<li>widgets now honour the option to show no output if list is empty</li>
<li>{commenterlink} now respects the appropriate filter</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.0.0
<ul>
<li>version bump to indicate compatibility with WP 2.6</li>
<li>fix to really include attachments</li>
<li>new parameter for {imagesrc} to append a suffix to the image name, e.g. to get the thumbnail for attachments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.11
<ul>
<li>new option to include attachments</li>
<li>{php} tag now accepts nested tags</li>
<li>new output tag {authorurl} — permalink to archive of author’s posts</li>
<li>fix for numeric locale issue in Similar Posts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.10
<ul>
<li>new option to select algorithm for term extraction in Similar Posts</li>
<li>new manual links option in Similar Posts</li>
<li>fix for faulty non-English tag indexing in Similar Posts</li>
<li>fix for page selection in old versions of WP</li>
<li>made omit current post try harder to find current post ID</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.9
<ul>
<li>new option to order Recent Posts by date of last edit rather than date of creation</li>
<li>new option to match the current post’s author</li>
<li>extended options for snippet and excerpt output tags</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.7
<ul>
<li>new option to show by status, i.e., published/private/draft/future</li>
<li>{categorynames} and {categorylinks} apply ‘single_cat_name’ filter</li>
<li>fixes bug in WP pre-2.2 causing installation code to fail</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.6
<ul>
<li>bug fix for new option for Recent Comments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.5
<ul>
<li>new option for Recent Comments: just_current_post</li>
<li>{snippet} and {commentsnippet} now handle ‘…’</li>
<li>{commentexcerpt} now same parameters as (excerpt}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.4
<ul>
<li>{commentpopupurl} targets the correct comment </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.3
<ul>
<li>bug fix for showing pages when not selected</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.2
<ul>
<li>{image} tag has even more options</li>
<li>new {commentpopupurl} tag</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.1
<ul>
<li>made compatible with WP MU</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0
<ul>
<li>{image} has new post, link, and default parameters</li>
<li>new {imagesrc} tag</li>
<li>fix to empty category bug</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b28
<ul>
<li>more work on {image} scaling</li>
<li>improvements to Similar Posts matching</li>
<li>experiment with Chinese/Korean/Japanese matching</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b27
<ul>
<li>made {image} scaling more robust</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b26
<ul>
<li>reverted thumnail serving (speed)</li>
<li>fix current post after extra query</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b25
<ul>
<li>option to sort output, group templates</li>
<li>removed ‘trim_before’ option added more logical ‘divider’</li>
<li>{date:raw}, {commentdate:raw}, etc.</li>
<li>fix for {image} resizing when  and not </li>
<li>{image} now serves real thumbnails</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b24
<ul>
<li>fix for recursive replacement by content filter</li>
<li>fix to {gravatar} to allow for ‘identicon’ etc.</li>
<li>fix to {commenter} to allow trimming</li>
<li>fix a warning in safe mode</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b23
<ul>
<li>new option to filter on custom fields</li>
<li>proper nesting of braces in {if}  ; also allowed in condition</li>
<li>improved bug report feature</li>
<li>better way to omit user comments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b22
<ul>
<li>show_pages option now possible to show only pages</li>
<li>update for {postviews}</li>
<li>fix {commenterlink} giving no output</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b21
<ul>
<li>fix bug in {snippet} stripping</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b20
<ul>
<li>fix default behaviour of {gravatar}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b18
<ul>
<li>new tag {if:condition:true:false}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b17
<ul>
<li>enhanced {php}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b16
<ul>
<li>fix submenus to work with Lighter Admin Drop Menu</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b15
<ul>
<li>fix bugs, add ‘included posts’ setting</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b14
<ul>
<li>enhanced bug reporter</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b13
<ul>
<li>added {gravatar}, extended {author}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b11
<ul>
<li>fixed problem with bug reporter</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b9
<ul>
<li>clarifying installation instructions</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>


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