Should I be worried that I don’t have a 404 page?

  • Normally when I enter an incorrect url, my site goes to the page with a 404 message on it. Recently I tried replacing the info in 404.php with a picture but nothing happened. So I put back the same exact info I replaced but the 404 message doesn’t show up. You can enter any crazy url but it just stays on the main page. The thing is, nothing is wrong with anything else on the site, I just want to know if the 404 message is needed.

    My site (unfinished) —> https://animationnexus.com/

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  • then OBVIOUSLY you have another issue going on ..

    And since you can bring up the standalone 404.php that WAS in place 3-4 days ago (I did it) in a browser, why not do some troubleshooting on your own instead of continuing to a bump a thread over and over and over and over again.

    1. Change your theme, for instance.

    2. L@@K in your .htaccess for anything that might be redirecting.

    3. L@@K at your plugins selection.

    Thread Starter megagents

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    1. Change your theme, for instance.

    That doesn’t work, I can change the theme until the cows come home.

    2. L@@K in your .htaccess for anything that might be redirecting.

    You can’t look inside your .htaccess but thanks for making me waste my time.

    3. L@@K at your plugins selection.

    *Gasp* The same two plugins I started out with, that’s totally relevant towards my situation.

    Can you elaborate on item 2, please? I can look in my own .htaccess, why can’t you look in yours? Is there an error or issue that could be shared?

    Thread Starter megagents

    (@megagents)

    I go into my FTP and then click on public_html. That’s where I see .htaccess and when I click on it, nothing happens. It’s not even a file so I can’t open it.

    It is a file ??

    Try downloading it and opening it with the text editor of your choice.

    Thread Starter megagents

    (@megagents)

    O… K… I opened it and I didn’t see anything helpful. I’m whooami’s advice and just try to figure it out on my own but I may be back.

    I wonder if someone here might’ve noticed something helpful?

    Good luck in your endeavours — let us know what you learn if you’d be so kind.

    There’s a plugin to manage that kind of things, including other queerer error messages. Honestly I don’t know its name, but if you search “plugin 404 321 501” and such (yeah, error 404. error 321, error 501, whatever the two last may be I saw them written) I hope you can find.

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