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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1. Jack | January 11th, 2007 at 5:01 am
FANTASTIC! That’s exactly the prob I’ve been having - you saved me loads of time Duckman!
Jack
2. danielgc | July 17th, 2008 at 2:12 am
thx a lot!
3. Waypoppinumpita | December 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
blnlgrjbfdncuroiwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch
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