Solution – WordPress 2.0.6 fails google sitemap validate with 200(OK) error

January 10th, 2007

After hours and hours and hours of trying to find a solution to the following error in Google Sitemaps – We’ve detected that your server returns a status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don’t exist, I have found a solution.. Ok – a solution to the We’ve detected that your server returns a status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don’t exist error… Go to the wordpress/wp-content/themes folder, then navigate to your preferred theme and add the following code to the header.php file of your desired theme, before anything else. <?php if (is_404()) { header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found'); } ?> Alternatives questions may be:- Alternatives questions may be:-

• Why can’t I verify my wordpress installation in Google Sitemaps?
• 404 error in google sitemaps verification
• How to verifiy wordpress in google sitemaps
• google will not validate my wordpress blog.

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