Title: False 404 errors
Last modified: August 21, 2023

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# False 404 errors

 *  Resolved [Marios Alexandrou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marios-alexandrou/)
 * (@marios-alexandrou)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-404-errors/)
 * The 404 report is showing 404 errors for URLs (WordPress posts) that load just
   fine. I’ve used an online server header checker and every time the checker reports
   a status of 200 OK for URLs that the the plugin reported a 404 error.
 * Here’s an example URL from the 404 report from just a few minutes ago that shows
   a 200 OK when I check it:
 * [https://infolific.com/health-and-fitness/anatomy-and-physiology/the-human-heart/](https://infolific.com/health-and-fitness/anatomy-and-physiology/the-human-heart/)
 * Any ideas to explain the discrepancy?

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 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-404-errors/#post-16989352)
 * The plugin only records 404s as determined by WordPress. They are 404s at the
   time they are reported, even if later they may be 200.
 *  Thread Starter [Marios Alexandrou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marios-alexandrou/)
 * (@marios-alexandrou)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-404-errors/#post-16989478)
 * Based on your reply, I dug into my access logs. I noticed that the 404 errors
   were isolated to POST requests and GET requests were fine. Sure enough, when 
   I turned on the column in the plugin’s report, I saw POST requests resulted in
   404s and GET requests resulted in 200s. That explains why I couldn’t replicate
   the error. I’m guessing the POSTs are exploit scans or something and the 404 
   is WordPress or some security plugin stepping in.

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 * Last reply from: [Marios Alexandrou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marios-alexandrou/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-404-errors/#post-16989478)
 * Status: resolved