USE CASES

Where can 404 Guard help your website?

Bots, old spam links and deleted products can all send traffic to pages that aren’t there. Here’s where 404 Guard can help.

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Drowning in 404s? 404 Guard helps reduce the work caused by repeated missing-page requests.
Drowning in 404s? 404 Guard helps reduce the work caused by repeated missing-page requests.

Bots flooding missing pages

Repeated scans and made-up addresses keep WordPress busy while customers wait.

Cleaned the hack. Still getting hammered? 404 Guard helps handle traffic to old spam pages.
Cleaned the hack. Still getting hammered? 404 Guard helps handle traffic to old spam pages.

After a spam clean-up

The spam is gone, but bots and old links can keep asking for the deleted pages.

Missing pages. Real customers waiting. 404 Guard helps keep website resources available for shoppers.
Missing pages. Real customers waiting. 404 Guard helps keep website resources available for shoppers.

Missing shop pages

Old product links and missing files can use resources your online shop needs.

It can help with the quieter problems too.

OLD SEARCH RESULTS

A new customer follows an old link

A useful 404 page can help them find the right service or get in touch.

MISSING FILES

A background image is gone

The same missing image, font or file can be requested every time a page loads.

WEB DEVELOPERS

A site keeps hitting its limits

Check 404 traffic alongside hosting load, page speed and the plugins already in use.

Not sure which situation fits?

Tell us what you’re seeing and include your website address.