{"id":23243,"date":"2022-02-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/?p=23243"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:43:33","slug":"redirect-404-to-homepage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/redirect-404-to-homepage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Redirect 404 To Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;If you want to redirect all the old posts and pages and 404 errors on a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WordPress<\/a> site to the home page. Today we will show how to redirect 404 to homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bg-light\">You Might Also Like How to <a href=\"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/submit-website-to-google-search-console\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/submit-website-to-google-search-console\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit website to Google Search Console<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"redirect-404-to-homepage\">Redirect 404 To Homepage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To redirect all posts and pages even custom post type 404 errors to the homepage, you need to follow the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"step\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open the WordPress dashboard. Go to Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Search Redirect 404 to Homepage &gt;Install and Activate &#8220;Redirect 404 to Homepage&#8221; plugin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Redirect-404-To-Homepage.webp\" alt=\"Redirect 404 To Homepage\" class=\"wp-image-23264\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"step\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> After plugins activation, you don&#8217;t need any configuration. It works properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"step bg-light\"><strong>If<\/strong> you are using the rank math SEO plugin then follow the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"step\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Go to rank math &gt; General Settings &gt; Redirections &gt; Click on Redirect to Homepage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Redirect-404-To-Homepage-plugins.webp\" alt=\"Redirect 404 To Homepage plugins\" class=\"wp-image-23270\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"step\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Last, Click on Save Changes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/mcstarters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rank-Math-Save-Changes-Setting.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23278\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope this post helped you redirect 404 to homepage. 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