Title: Redirect 404 to parent Author: Moove Agency Published: March 1, 2016 Last modified: May 26, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/redirect-404-to-parent/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1532198) ![](https://ps.w.org/redirect-404-to-parent/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1532198) # Redirect 404 to parent By [Moove Agency](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mooveagency/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent.1.4.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/) ## Description **Redirect any 404 request to the parent URL with this incredibly powerful, easy- to-use, well supported and 100% free WordPress cookie plugin.** Simply put, the plugin performs the following: when there is a 404 page found such as /about/sample-url then the plugin will automatically redirect the visitor to / about/ It’s a very powerful plugin that saves you many hours specifying individual redirects for every 404 page. With our plugin, you can define one simple rule that will cover all child pages that produce 404 errors. **Features** * You can defined the BASE URL – this is the URL that will be served as a starting point. * You can define the type of the redirection done by WordPress (302, 301, etc.). * You can add as many rules you want and easily delete them if you don’t need them anymore * The plugin checks if you already added a rule based on the slug, so you won’t add the same rule twice. * The plugin checks if the URL you are setting up as a BASE exists in WordPress as a post or page, so you’re not creating an erroneous URL base. * You can see a log of the 404 redirected by the plugin (if the plugin registers any 404 errors), so you can easily identify what URLs are generating the 404 errors. * If there are more than 10 rows in the 404 log/statistics, you can download the whole log for an URL in CSV format. **Example Use Case** * Base URL (set up in this plugin as a rule): http://yourdomain.com/sample-page/ * Target URL: http://yourdomain.com/sample-page/non-existing-page In this case if a visitor tries to access the TARGET URL, WordPress returns a 404 error/page by default because the page/post doesn’t exist. Our plugin will automatically redirect the visitor to http://yourdomain.com/sample- page/ instead of letting the visitor end up on a 404 page. ### About us [Moove Agency](https://www.mooveagency.com/) is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. [Visit our site](https://www.mooveagency.com/services/wordpress-development/) to learn more. ## Screenshots [⌊Adding redirect rules.⌉⌊Adding redirect rules.⌉[ Adding redirect rules. [⌊View / Remove redirect rules & statistics⌉⌊View / Remove redirect rules & statistics⌉[ View / Remove redirect rules & statistics ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the plugins directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly by searching for the plugin by name. 2. Activate the plugin through the \’Plugins\’ screen in WordPress. 3. Use the Settings -> **Moove redirect 404** page to configure the plugin and add rules. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/247e896de86719c133cdf70fb9255abe2c3443873238494805a03fd19c3b185f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I wish I’d founf this plugin 12 months ago …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-wish-id-founf-this-plugin-12-months-ago/)󠁿 [tristanhaskins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tristanhaskins/) February 28, 2020 My website lists dive watches scraped from eBay. I have always had a problem with old and obsolete listings. For 6 months I have DELETED any posts over 4 weeks old. This has resulted in thousands of 404 errors … With this plugin I can 301 redirect any deleted listing (post) to the parent category eg. /seiko-tuna-uk/this-watch- has-been-deleted/ 301 redirected to /seiko-tuna-uk/ where the visitor can browse the latest 12 listings 🙂 THANK YOU PS – I have made a small donation ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf791603e68f3a479651d9e06523c54cc6e763e438b43696ad17796c1303e5b7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working but not quite.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1703/)󠁿 [Ashish Dung Dung](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ashishdungdung/) September 3, 2016 The plugin seems to work of sub pages only. Anyway thanks. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Redirect 404 to parent” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Moove Agency ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mooveagency/) [Translate “Redirect 404 to parent” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/redirect-404-to-parent) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redirect-404-to-parent/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/redirect-404-to-parent/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/redirect-404-to-parent/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/redirect-404-to-parent/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.1 * Statistic options disabled by default #### 1.4.0 * General Settings added to manage statistics status #### 1.3.4 * Add new redirect CURL function replaced to wp_remote_get #### 1.3.3 * WP 6.2 Compatibility #### 1.3.2 * WP 6.0 Compatibility #### 1.3.1 * Admin navigation improved #### 1.3.0. * Add / Remove redirect form improved #### 1.2.2. * Minor CSS fix #### 1.2.1. * Hook added to disable stats #### 1.2.0. * Improved admin layout * Compatibility with php 7.x * Multisite compatibility added #### 1.0.2. * Added donation box #### 1.0.1. * Fixed PHP warnings #### 1.0.0. * Initial release of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **1.4.1** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **60+** * WordPress version ** 4.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tags * [404](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/404/)[broken](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/broken/) [Parent](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/parent/)[redirect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/) [url](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-404-to-parent/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Moove Agency ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mooveagency/) ## Support Got something to say? 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