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Just got a notice from Google Console that 404’s are returning a “soft 404”.
I have a custom error page and in the settings of your plugin I have it set to do a 301 to existing page and the selected page is “error page”.
When I run this through Chrome Dev Tools, in the network tab, when I initiate an intentional URL error, it does bring me to the custom error page, BUT the header status is “200 ok” – and the header status should be “404 not found”.
I am using the free version of the Astra theme. In it’s 404 template it just simply calls up the default header (ie. get_header(); ?>).
What is the best way to remedy this, please?
– custom coding in your plugin?
– custom coding in theme 404 template?
– custom function?
Whichever way is best to remedy this to set the correct “404 not found” header, I want to be absolutely sure that I am still receiving broken link notices from your plugin.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide on this 🙂
LL