Best 404 plugins for WordPress
The most popular 404 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Redirection leads with 2M+ active installs, ahead of Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO (200K+) and Smart Custom 404 Error Page (100K+). All 186 plugins tagged “404” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 404 plugins
- 1.
RedirectionThe most installed 404 plugin, with 2M+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 704 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO
200K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 87 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Smart Custom 404 Error Page100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,197 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Redirection100K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 419 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 113 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
SEO Redirection Plugin10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 73 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
Link Juice Keeper10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
404 Solution10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 44 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Custom 404 Pro7K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 22 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.404 Redirection
6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 186 plugins tagged “404”

Redirection
#21by John Godley1 month ago
Manage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or Nginx required.
- Installs
- 2M+
- Rating
- 4.4(704)
- Downloads
- 19.7K/day
Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO
Down in the last 7 days:1#204by AIOSEO Plugin Team1 month ago
Broken link checker that finds and fixes broken links, broken images, and dead video links to protect your site's SEO.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 3.8(87)
- Downloads
- 1.7K/day

Smart Custom 404 Error Page
Up in the last 7 days:1#369by NerdPress5 months ago
Create a custom 404 error page the easy way! No coding, and no redirects.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.2K)
- Downloads
- 325/day

Redirection
Up in the last 7 days:4#415by Inisev27 days ago
Redirection
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 5.0(419)
- Downloads
- 856/day

WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post
Down in the last 7 days:2#967by Konrad Chmielewski11 months ago
Automatically Redirect any 404 page to a Similar Post based on the Title Post Type & Taxonomy using 301 or 302 Redirects!
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(113)
- Downloads
- 123/day

SEO Redirection Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,714by wp-buy3 months ago
Manage 301, 302, and 307 redirects from inside WordPress — no .htaccess needed. Track 404 errors, fix broken links, and protect your SEO.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(73)
- Downloads
- 79/day

Link Juice Keeper
Down in the last 7 days:18#1,994by George Pattichis2 months ago
Improve your SEO and keep your link juice by automatically redirecting all 404 errors to any page/post/url. User friendly options and log feature.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 56/day

404 Solution
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,076by Aaron1 month ago
Automatically redirect 404 errors to the right page using a 7-engine matching pipeline and spell-checking algorithm. Zero configuration required.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(44)
- Downloads
- 109/day

Custom 404 Pro
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,635by Kunal2 months ago
Take control of every 404 on your site — redirect visitors to a custom page or URL, log what broke, and get notified when it matters.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(22)
- Downloads
- 46/day
404 Redirection
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,751by LoudSkyMedia9 years ago
Permanently redirect all 404's to the main blog URL. The primary purpose is to salvage Google PageRank (TM) from missing pages.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Static 404
Down in the last 7 days:39#3,745by Brad Parbs5 years ago
A WordPress plugin to quickly send a 404 for missing static files.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom 404 Error Page
Down in the last 7 days:19#5,184by WP Chill1 year ago
Use any static page as the 404 error page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Redirectioner
Up in the last 7 days:7#5,261by Yoast8 years ago
Creates automatic redirects for 404 traffic and page suggestions when matches are not found providing better service to your web visitors.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(41)
- Downloads
- 16/day

404 to Home
Down in the last 7 days:19#5,663by burak10 years ago
Redirect all 404 pages to homepage with very simple way.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Category Prev-Next Link Fix
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,622by ketanambaliya1 year ago
Fixes the bug in category listing page pagination. When you are using permalink structure as %category%/%postname% , second page URL of category listi …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
404 Simple Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,221by JordiPlana9 years ago
This plugin hooks the normal Wordpress workflow in order to determine if the request is processing will cause a 404 HTTP error.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Permalinks Moved Permanently
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,811by microkid9 years ago
If you just migrated your Wordpress blog from one permalink structure to another, and you don't want to lose Pagerank or traffic that accesses yo …
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
404 Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:7#8,331by Crowd Favorite4 years ago
Log 404 (file not found) errors on your site and get them delivered to you via e-mail or RSS.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Better 404 Redirect To Homepage
Down in the last 7 days:40#8,643by Anh Tran3 years ago
Auto redirects all 404 error links to homepage.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Error Pages
Up in the last 7 days:9#8,796by Jesin A3 years ago
Create custom 401 and 403 error pages with any WordPress theme without writing a single line of code, set it up and forget it.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 6/day

F4 Error Pages
Up in the last 7 days:47#11,466by FAKTOR VIER1 month ago
With this simple plugin you can assign custom pages (with custom content etc.) as error pages. This works for 404 (page not found) and 403 (forbidden/ …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

404 to 301
Down in the last 7 days:12#12,620by devfelixmoira5 years ago
Automatically redirect, log and notify all 404 page errors to any page using 301 redirect for SEO. No more 404 Errors.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cacheability
#14,695by Danila Vershinin1 month ago
HTTP optimization for WordPress. Fixes soft 404 errors and adds smart cache headers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

PRyC WP
Down in the last 7 days:28#15,635by Patryk5 months ago
Redirect any "not found" (404) page to homepage with 301 (SEO) redirect code + Google Analytics (utm_source=404&utm_medium=Redirect&utm_campaign=404)
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Permalinks to Category/Permalinks
Down in the last 7 days:78#15,862by Svetoslav Marinov12 years ago
The plugin automatically redirects users who have accessed a blog post link without the category to the one which has the category and therefore avoid …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom 404 Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:137#17,193by bogdananton242 years ago
Easily manage 404 redirects by redirecting users to a custom page or leaving the default 404 behavior.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect All 404 URLs to Home Page
Down in the last 7 days:124#17,938by Sourabh Nagori2 months ago
A powerful yet simple solution to redirect 404 errors and manage custom redirects in WordPress.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Speed 404
#18,134by Michael Thomas9 years ago
WP Speed 404 can either suppress or log any 404 errors affecting your site under wp-content, wp-admin and wp-includes (configurable).
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Redirect Manager 301
Down in the last 7 days:67#18,360by NewCodeByte1 day ago
Manage 301, 302, 307 and 308 redirects, serve 410 and 451 HTTP status codes, monitor 404 and 403 errors, and fix broken links.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
404 ReDirector
Up in the last 7 days:113#18,587by markenzeichen2 years ago
Simple, SEO friendly, permanent (301) and automatic redirect of 404 errors.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Placeholders
Down in the last 7 days:45#19,561by Weston Ruter11 years ago
Redirect requests to non-existent uploaded images to a placeholder service like placehold.it or placekitten.com. For use during development.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect 404 to parent
Down in the last 7 days:33#19,708by Moove Agency5 months ago
This plugin helps you redirect any 404 request to the parent URL.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Fast 404
Up in the last 7 days:450#20,216by Ayesh Karunaratne3 years ago
Prevents WordPress from delivering full Page-Not-Found errors when the browser is not expecting a full HTML page. Saves bandwidth and improves perform …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

404 Widget for Google
Up in the last 7 days:87#20,587by Dave McHale7 years ago
Add Google search capabilities to your site's 404 "page not found" template.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CeeWP Redirect 404 to Home
Down in the last 7 days:354#20,781by CeeWP1 year ago
Automatically redirects 404 (not found) pages to your homepage with a 301 permanent redirect.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
mg404Rewrite
Down in the last 7 days:114#20,891by mgsimon17 years ago
This module is a workaround to use pretty permalinks without any rewrite rule.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
atec 404 Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:97#20,943by docjojo4 months ago
Lightweight 404 logger for tracking broken links and bot activity.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Redirection
#21,071by Xfinitysoft7 months ago
Post Redirection – 301, 404 Redirects lets you quickly redirect pages, posts, custom types, and URLs to new locations for seamless navigation.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom 404 Handler
Down in the last 7 days:1,078#21,602by jfkconsulting1 year ago
Customized 404 page, error logging with analysis, automatic redirects and export functionality.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PlaceHodor
Up in the last 7 days:44#21,605by xuxu.fr22 days ago
Substitute/replace missing images by a default image. The plugin will (try to) display/generate the good size (width and height) of the missing image.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTD 404
Up in the last 7 days:80#21,672by JoshuaPack11 years ago
This plugin will simply allow you to point to a page to serve up if you get a 404 error. Also it marks it as 404.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEO404
Down in the last 7 days:609#21,809by larsstorm14 years ago
SEO404 redirects to the Blog front page with a 301. No more 404 errors on Google/Bing/etc.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Page as 404
#23,046by Rareview®1 month ago
The lightweight and core-friendly way to manage your site's 404 response using a standard Page within your site
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

404 Designer
Up in the last 7 days:162#23,906by Hamza Mairaj5 months ago
Easily set a custom 404 error page using any WordPress page. Design your 404 page as a regular page and use it as the 404 template for your site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show authors without posts
Up in the last 7 days:95#24,263by powtac13 years ago
Shows the authors page even if the author has no post.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tracker.ly
Up in the last 7 days:27#24,780by trackerly8 years ago
Adds WordPress compatibility for the Tracker.ly link redirection service. All your marketing links for all domains, managed in one place.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dragon Broken Links
#24,843by Dragon Core29 days ago
Broken link checker that runs on your own server: find and fix dead internal, external and image links. No cloud, no credits, no monthly limits.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
MP smart redirect
Down in the last 7 days:31#25,534by Mark Puts12 years ago
Simple plugin to redirect your old URL's that give a 404 to their new URL. For example: you deleted some categories and changed the permalink str …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Permalink Keeper
#25,745by Nordic Hosting5 months ago
Automatically flushes WordPress rewrite rules at regular intervals. Prevents 404 errors and maintains SEO integrity by keeping your permalink structur …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ProbeGuard 404 Firewall for Cloudflare
Up in the last 7 days:545#25,748by DanDawson20 days ago
Monitors 404 requests and blocks or challenges abusive IPs at the Cloudflare edge using IP Access Rules.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day