Every day more 410 to add

Yes, you can wildcard everything – just add https://your domain.com/* to the 410 list (and, for best performance, remove everything else). This will catch all not found pages and issue a 410 response.

But wouldn’t that also 410 the pages which are valid, the pages I want people to be able to visit? How to avoid that? Thanks!

No. The plugin only ever intercepts responses when the page is not found by WordPress. Valid pages are not affected. Try it and see.

Ok thanks. I will try it. It is going to take a really long time to remove all those individual URLS I’ve already added. Just a suggestion, a select all tick box would be great.

Just a suggestion, a select all tick box would be great.

Done :-). Just pushed an update.

Wow. You are a wizard. Thanks. I now realize the wildcard won’t work because my permalinks are setup as custom structure (/%category%/%postname%/) instead of post name (I think your plugin calls it “pretty”. Do you know if I switch it over if that will affect all my SEO and cause all kinds of problems? Any advice? The site is guidetodetailing.com
thanks so much

It should work with any custom permalink structure – have you tried? Do you get an error?

Yes I got an error before but I just tried it again and it seems like it worked this time. Now I will clear the Recent 404 list and I shouldn’t receive anymore on the 404 list if I check back tomorrow?

Previously I was redirecting all not found pages back to the home page but as I understand it, 410’s are a better strategy. Is that right?

Yes… you shouldn’t get any more.

Previously I was redirecting all not found pages back to the home page but as I understand it, 410’s are a better strategy. Is that right?

Yes, assuming that the pages being requested used to exist, and you have deleted them. If they never existed, then the default 404 is the correct response. In any case I would not recommend redirection to the home page.

Hi Samir. Thank you very much. Be well.