Best 404 page plugins for WordPress
The most popular 404 page plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Custom 404 Error Page leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs (10K+) and Colorlib 404 Customizer (5K+). All 9 plugins tagged “404 page” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 404 page plugins
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Smart Custom 404 Error PageThe most installed 404 page plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,198 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 45 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Colorlib 404 Customizer5K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 51 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Redirect 404 to Home Page4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
Landing Page Cat600+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
F4 Error Pages200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Page as 40440+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.Loft404
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Easy Custom 404 PageFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 9 plugins tagged “404 page”

Smart Custom 404 Error Page
#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
- 315/day

Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,920by WPVibes1 year ago
Redirect the 404 error page to the homepage or any other page with logs. Supports permanent (301), temporary (302) redirects & not found (404).
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(45)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Colorlib 404 Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,026by colorlibplugins1 month ago
Replace your theme's plain 404 page with one of 20 ready-made designs, edited live in the Customizer. No code, no page builder.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.7(51)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Redirect 404 to Home Page
Down in the last 7 days:17#3,530by danielbolander3 months ago
Redirect visitors away from broken 404 pages and send them to your homepage or any custom URL with a simple, lightweight setup.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Landing Page Cat
Down in the last 7 days:7#8,283by fatcatapps2 months ago
Landing Page Cat Lets You Publish A Beautiful Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Page or Squeeze Page For WordPress, In Just 2 Minutes.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 12/day

F4 Error Pages
Up in the last 7 days:73#11,444by 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

Page as 404
#22,902by 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
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Loft404
Down in the last 7 days:300#45,384by loftocean10 years ago
A toolkit to redirect 404 page to your custom page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Custom 404 Page
Up in the last 7 days:3,121#63,719by ReorMadrid1 year ago
Customize your 404 error page very easy. Simply select a page and save.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day