How Do I Edit a 404 Page in WordPress?

When a visitor reaches your website’s 404 page, they may be unsure of what to do next. In this article, we’ll outline how to edit a 404 page in WordPress so that visitors can find what they’re looking for.

To start, open your WordPress site’s administrator area. Click on the “404” link in the left-hand menu.

This will take you to your 404 page.

To edit your 404 page, you’ll first need to know the URL of your page. To find this, click on the “View All” link in the top right-hand corner of your 404 page.

In the resulting window, you’ll see a URL underneath the “Page Title” box.

Next, you’ll need to know the name of the file that corresponds to your 404 page. To do this, open your site’s file manager (usually located in your WordPress site’s root directory). Under the “pages” directory, you’ll see a file called “default.

php”. This file contains the code that controls your WordPress site’s overall appearance and functionality.

To change the name of your 404 page, you’ll need to open default.php and find the line that reads “define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false);”. Replace this line with the name of the file that corresponds to your 404 page.

For example, if your 404 page is in the “pages” directory, you would replace “define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);” with “define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, ‘pages/404.php’);”.

Finally, you’ll need to save your changes and refresh your 404 page.