Not many people put much thought into their 404 pages but they are often an accidentally ”highly visited” page on a site. So, maybe it’s time we think about that and put some thought behind our 404 error pages. At least make it less of a nuisance for your visitors that stumble on them!

Here’s a TED talk video of Renney Gleeson telling the …

Story of a page not found

What’s really funny (to me anyway) is I goolgled “the best 404 pages” and I came across a few lists where the “cool” 404 pages were not found!

If you have, or have seen any great 404 pages, let us know in the comments. We’d love to see 404 page creativity!

Here’s one of my 404 pages: OOPS!

It’s easy to do in WordPress. Simply look in “Appearance / Edit Theme / (Your core theme files) / 404.php and change the page URL to one you’ve created to take it’s place.

You could also use the WordPress plugin called Redirection, too. It is even simpler.

If you have any questions, let me know.

In the meantime, share your cool 404 page finds with us!