Title: Soft404 error
Last modified: February 15, 2023

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# Soft404 error

 *  Resolved [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aksteve/)
 * (@aksteve)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/soft404-error/)
 * This is a first. I have never gotten a soft 404 error. Looks like google is trying
   to index a media library file attachment. I didn’t think I had media files set
   to be indexable. And even if they are indexable why would I be getting a soft404?
 * In the end, I just want to fix this. Either get the soft 404 error fixed. Or 
   get google to stop trying to index media file attachements.
 * Here is a link to the page that is causing the issue – [https://grantwritingandfunding.com/where-to-find-and-manage-grants-for-nonprofits/tammy-2/](https://grantwritingandfunding.com/where-to-find-and-manage-grants-for-nonprofits/tammy-2/)
 * Any advice you can provide would be great. I don’t quite understand what is going
   on. Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Support [Prabhat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prabhatrai/)
 * (@prabhatrai)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/soft404-error/#post-16478765)
 * Hi [@aksteve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aksteve/),
 * Thanks for reaching out!
 * Soft 404 describes a situation when the server presents a webpage and responds
   with a 200 OK status code, indicating success when the page or content is actually
   missing or very thin.
 * I checked your attachment page, and it has very thin/little content. It is common
   for Google to treat pages with thin/little content as a soft 404 – which seems
   to be the case on your end.
 * Please go to **All in One SEO > Search Appearance > Image SEO** tab and set the**
   Redirect Attachment URLs** option to **Attachment** – [https://a.supportally.com/i/LEGawm](https://a.supportally.com/i/LEGawm)
 * This would automatically redirect the attachment pages to the actual attachments(
   images) and Google would eventually drop these pages from the search results.
 * Here’s a guide with more details –
 * [https://aioseo.com/docs/what-are-media-attachments-and-should-i-submit-them-to-search-engines/](https://aioseo.com/docs/what-are-media-attachments-and-should-i-submit-them-to-search-engines/)
 * Please let me know if you have any questions.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aksteve/)
 * (@aksteve)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/soft404-error/#post-16478863)
 * Thanks for the help. Of course there is thin content, it is just a page the media
   manager created. Not something we intentionally did. I am just surprised Google
   flagged it as a soft 404. I manage a bunch of websites and all will have similar
   type pages, but none get flagged.
 * Anyway, you gave me a super helpful answer and advanced my understanding of your
   plugin. Appreciate it.

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 * Last reply from: [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aksteve/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/soft404-error/#post-16478863)
 * Status: resolved