Wordpress 404 problem

[Codythebest]

I have a blog indexed in G.
But all the page named : mysite.com/blog/search/article-title/ return a 404.

mysite.com/blog/article-title/ is working OK. I don't have any search file though. Maybe that's the problem.

Anyone knows how to fix this?

 

[woot123]

You could put a 404.php in your theme directory and put the following in:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: ".get_bloginfo('url'));
exit();
?>

Then everytime you get a 404 it will be redirected to your homepage.

 

[Codythebest]

It works.
But each indexed pages are now redirected to the blog homepage instead of their own article page

 

[woot123]

Maybe deactivating plugins can work for you too, see this:

wordpress  **  org/support/topic/searching-returns-404

Change "**" to ".", an not allowed to post links yet.

Tell me if it worked

 

[Codythebest]

Maybe deactivating plugins can work for you too, see this:

wordpress  **  org/support/topic/searching-returns-404

Change "**" to ".", an not allowed to post links yet.

Tell me if it worked

Unfortunately, it didn't work. I played with the plugins and still have that problem

 

[arpitagarwal82]

Hello cody.. Nice to find you here on BHW.. I guess you were a very active member at DP few years back.

Now for you problem:
1) Check if mod rewrite is enabled. Make sure you have a htaccess file. Create a blank one if needed and then just go to permalink structure setting and click save button.

2) If that does not solve problem, try using this plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-404/

It redirects the 404 error page to most appropriate page on your site.