Question

I have designed the 404 page for WordPress however whenever I try typing out an address like www.homepage.com/gobblegobble the URL stays the same and the page that is shown is my home page i.e. www.homepage.com.

Ideally, for these kind of random links I want the 404.php page to be shown. How do I change that?

My .htaccess file is in the htdocs/WordPress folder and is like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404

I have solved this by tweaking the permalinks slaps forehead. Sorry for the trouble caused.

Answer 1

You need to take the 404.php file under the current theme’s directory. WordPress will handle it, you don’t need to change anything on .htaccess.