Title: Custom 404 page getting Google http error
Last modified: May 15, 2018

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# Custom 404 page getting Google http error

 *  Resolved [Lori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jepsoninc/)
 * (@jepsoninc)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/)
 * Hi,
 * I love your plugin – it’s very easy to use for us non-techy people and it works
   great so far for me. Thank you for making it.
 * The only issue I’m having is that in Google Search Console I have a “URL not 
   accessible” warning message. Here is the full message:
 * “When we tested a sample of the URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs
   were not accessible to Googlebot due to an HTTP status error. All accessible 
   URLs will still be submitted.”
 * And the URL referenced is my custom 404 page: “HTTP Error: 404
    URL: /are-you-
   lost/”
 * I have all the advanced settings turned off, except for when I started getting
   the error in January, I thought it would help to turn on the setting that gives
   a 410 error if the requested object is in the trash. But with that setting turned
   on or off, I still get that Google Search Console error.
 * Just wondered if anyone else has this issue or if there is some setting I need
   to change to fix it. Thanks so much for your help.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustom-404-page-getting-google-http-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10359362)
 * Hi Lori,
 * it is OK that Google reports an 404 error. That is the desired behavior.
 * The actual problem ist that the 404 page you created is included in your sitemap.
   That should not be the case. Which plugin do you use to create the sitemap?
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [Lori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jepsoninc/)
 * (@jepsoninc)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10361578)
 * Hi Peter – Oh I see. I used the sitemap feature in Yoast to create it. I’ll have
   to see if there’s some settings to not include that page in the sitemap then.
   Thank you, I appreciate the reply!
 * Lori
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10369674)
 * Hi Lori,
 * today I tested a solution to exclude the 404 page from Yoasts sitemap automatically.
   Everything seems to work fine so far. Please give me a few more days for testing
   and completing a new version that fixes this problem.
 * Peter
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10410887)
 * Hi Lori,
 * a new version is available since a few minutes. In this version the 404 page 
   is automatically excluded from the sitemap generated by Yoast.
 * Please let me know if it works for you.
 * Regards,
    Peter
 *  Thread Starter [Lori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jepsoninc/)
 * (@jepsoninc)
 * [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10410904)
 * Hi Peter!
 * So sorry I forgot to reply to your last message. That’s great! Thank you so much
   for doing that. I’ll update it as soon as I can. Thank you!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10439627)
 * Hi Lori,
 * has the problem been solved?
 * Peter
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10676029)
 * No more response since more than 2 months. Marked as resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-404-page-getting-google-http-error/#post-10676029)
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