Redirect 404 errors to the homepage
Send visitors who land on a page that doesn’t exist to your homepage, or to a page you choose, instead of an error page.
Free on WordPress.org, with nothing locked behind Pro.
- in the free plugin
- Free
- settings to configure
- 3
- updates since 2026
- 3
- last improved in
- 3.4.0
Why you need Redirect 404 to Homepage
Old links, typos and deleted pages all end on an error page, and many visitors leave from there.
What Redirect 404 to Homepage does
Automatic redirect
Every 404 redirects to the homepage, or to a page you choose, such as a search or sitemap page.
301 or 302
Choose a permanent or a temporary redirect. A temporary one tells search engines the missing URL hasn’t moved for good.
Excluded paths
List paths that should return a normal 404 instead. End a path with * to exclude everything beneath it, such as /shop/*.
What you can configure
3 settings, all in the free plugin.
- Redirect Type A temporary redirect tells search engines the missing URL has not moved for good.
- Page Falls back to the homepage if this page is unpublished or deleted.
- Excluded Paths One path per line. These return a normal 404 instead of redirecting. End a path with * to exclude everything beneath it.
Where Redirect 404 to Homepage helps
Small sites after a rebuild
Catch old links while you set up proper redirects.
Shops and APIs
Exclude product or API paths so their missing URLs still return a real 404.
Redirect 404 to Homepage vs All 404 Redirect to Homepage
All 404 Redirect to Homepage has 200k+ active installs on WordPress.org. If you only need this one job, that’s a fine choice. If the site also needs other modules on this list, it’s one less plugin to update.
- The difference
- Redirect 404 to Homepage does the same core job inside WP Extended, so it shares one settings screen, one update and one support team with every other module you use.
Recent changes
The latest updates to Redirect 404 to Homepage, from the WP Extended changelog.
Full changelog- v3.4.0 3 Nov 2026
- new
Choose between a permanent (301) or temporary (302) redirect.
- new
Redirect to a chosen page instead of the homepage.
- new
Exclude paths from redirecting, with * to exclude everything beneath a path.
- new
Redirect 404 to Homepage questions
Redirect 404 to Homepage documentationYes. It is in the free plugin.
Use it as a safety net. For pages that moved, a redirect to the matching new page is better, because search engines can treat mass redirects to the homepage as soft 404s. If you use it, choose a temporary (302) redirect, so search engines don’t treat every missing URL as moved for good.
Yes. Add them to Excluded Paths, one per line. /old-page excludes that path only, and /archive/* excludes everything beneath it.
Get Redirect 404 to Homepage free
Redirect 404 to Homepage is in the free plugin on WordPress.org, alongside 34 other free modules you can switch on when you need them.
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