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1. scrubbicus
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I'm trying to get a nice 404 error page to display, I have a 404.php file in my custom template directory but whenever I type a URL that doesn't exist I get the standard 404:
   http://ewebsiteservices.com/pagedoesntexist

   I was reading around and I found that this below URL is supposed to show the 404.php file, but it just goes to the default home page.
   http://ewebsiteservices.com/index.php?error=404

   I put this in my .htaccess
   ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404

   I have a default Page and Posts in my Reading Settings.

   Permalinks is enabled.

   Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

2. wrk
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   HEY scrubbicus,

   I encountered the same problem. See my post at: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-status_header-breaks-loading-404-template.

   Did you already find some solutions?

   The only thing I discovered is that when you output something to the browser before the header 404 status is send, you will get your themes 404 template.

   Looks like this is a server problem to me..

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