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410 for WordPress

v0.8.7
by WPDeveloper · 4.6 (22 reviews)

A plugin that sends HTTP 410 (Gone) responses to requests for articles that no longer exist on your blog.

5K+ active installs Updated Feb 03, 2018 Tested to 4.9.26
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About 410 for WordPress

This plugin helps manage and handle requests for articles that have been deleted from your blog. It issues a HTTP 410 response to inform robots that the content no longer exists and they should stop trying to access it. If you encounter any issues, there is a support forum and FAQ available for assistance.

Changelog

0.8.6

  • Don’t rely on WordPress to correctly report whether the site is using SSL.

0.8.5

  • Fix admin form CSRF checking.

0.8.4

  • Add CSRF validation to settings page.

0.8.3

  • Fix magic quotes handling on settings page.

0.8.2

  • Overhaul settings page UI.
  • Add option to specify how many 404 errors to keep.

0.8.1

  • Add select all helpers to 410/404 lists.

0.8

  • Don’t automatically add links to the list when posts are deleted (most deletions are drafts).

0.7.2

  • Add support for popular caching plugins (W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache).

0.7.1

  • Database tweaks (change ID to unsigned MEDIUMINT)

0.7

  • Added logging of 404 errors so they can be easily added to the list of obsolete URLs.

0.6.1

  • Bugfix: don’t accept URLs that don’t resolve to WordPress
  • Warn about invalid URLs when permalink settings change

0.6

  • Moved storage of old URLs from the Options API to the database, to avoid issues with long lists.

0.5

  • Added the option to use your own template to display the 410 response. Just add a file called 410.php to your theme folder.

0.4

  • Bugfix: With batch deletes, only the first item being deleted was noted by the plugin

0.3

  • Bugfix: URLs containing non-ascii characters were not always recognised
  • Bugfix: URLs were displayed in encoded form on the settings page
  • Added a wp_410_response action to allow users to customise the response message when a deleted article is requested

0.2

  • Added wildcard support to URLs
  • Bugfix: don’t check URLs of deleted revisions and new draft posts

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