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Custom Error Pages

by Jesin A

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Description

WordPress offers inbuilt support for custom 404 pages on all themes. But what about custom pages for other common errors like 401 and 403? You end up seeing a bland error page of the Web Server.

With this plugin you can easily create custom 401 and 403 error pages with any theme without writing a single line of code!!! And the best part is that you set it and forget it. Yes, you don’t have to do any changes even if you change themes. The heading and text you want on 401 and 403 error pages are displayed on the currently active theme.

Further Reading

  1. Install and activate the custom error pages plugin.
  2. From the wp-admin go to Settings > Custom Error Pages, fill in the heading and content boxes, save the changes and preview it.
  3. Configure your web server to use a custom error page.

Apache users edit your .htaccess file and add the following lines.

ErrorDocument 403 /index.php?status=403
ErrorDocument 401 /index.php?status=401

Nginx users edit your nginx.conf file and add the following lines.

error_page  403 = /index.php?status=403
error_page  401 = /index.php?status=401

Try accessing a file or directory which is forbidden like

http://www.example.com/.htaccess

http://www.example.com/wp-includes/

Did you see a custom 403 page in all the glory of your theme?

  1. Modify the title and content values of your custom error page from Settings > Custom Error Pages

    Modify the title and content values of your custom error page from Settings > Custom Error Pages

  2. A Custom 403 Error page on the TwentyThirteen theme

    A Custom 403 Error page on the TwentyThirteen theme

  3. A Custom 403 Error page on the Customizr theme

    A Custom 403 Error page on the Customizr theme

  4. A Custom 403 Error page on the Expound theme

    A Custom 403 Error page on the Expound theme

Should I do anything if I change themes?

No not at all. You just install the plugin set it and forget it. The plugin isn’t theme bound so it’ll work even after switching themes.

I noticed define( ‘DONOTCACHEPAGE’, TRUE ); in the plugin code what is it for?

This tells caching plugins like W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache not to cache the 401 and 403 error pages. This does NOT affect the cacheability any other pages of your site.

Does this plugin automatically edit the .htaccess or nginx.conf file?

No it doesn’t. You have to manually edit it and add the necessary configuration specified in the plugin’s option page.

Excellent

By Eli (RealAct) on May 26, 2023

Works exactly as described, letting you customize other default error messages besides just the 404 like most other plugins on this category do.

It just works

By OkorieWare (okorieware) on January 14, 2020

Straight forward setup. I especially like that it adapts to the current theme.

Excellent!!

By senlivelife on May 5, 2019

Actualy I was little scared of editing .htaccess. But I added it to bottom on .htaccess and it worked well. Excellent pugin! Thank you:)

Easy, it works

By jorgensenmattd on April 18, 2018

Easy way to create custom 403s.

Just great

By vodonosac on November 29, 2017

This plugin is simple to setup and use, all I did after activation was that I changed error message text and that was it! It saved me time on creating my own error pages on a simple wp site! Great work!

Very easy to setup

By firestrife on September 3, 2017

Just an feature request, can you add option to hide title? Because I prefer to use page builder plugin for better design.

Ease of use

By AlteredAmanda on September 3, 2016

Easy to install/set up

Great Product -AWESOME SUPPORT!!!

By tech-pc on September 3, 2016

The product works exactly as advertised - I ran into a small snag (my fault) and Jesin responded quickly and accurately -you can't ask for more than that! Thank you again Jesin!

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