{"id":282,"date":"2009-07-01T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/blog\/?p=282"},"modified":"2009-07-01T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T18:28:01","slug":"create-a-better-404-page-in-wordpress-without-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/create-a-better-404-page-in-wordpress-without-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Better 404 Page in WordPress – Without Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"404\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, one of my friends posted a list of plugins you can use to optimize your 404 page<\/a>. In case you don’t know what a 404 page, its the page that shows up if the URL requested by the user don’t exist<\/strong>. He listed eight plugins to do this. And since I am working on the Plugin Killer series<\/a>, it got me thinking – is it possible to do it without using any plugins?<\/p>\n

Turns out, its easy. As long as you know about the Google’s 404 Widget<\/a>. It adds a search box for your site with appropriate search suggestions<\/strong> and tries(and unfortunately, often fails) to provide alternatives to incorrect URLs.<\/p>\n

See it in action here – http:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/perl\/perl_tk_tutorials\/<\/a>. The correct URL is http:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/perl\/perl_tk_tutorial\/<\/a> – which the user finds and shows.<\/p>\n

Enable Google 404 Widget in your Site<\/h2>\n