What do I actually need to do when I find out a page on my site is giving off a 404 error?
Jeremy Rivera Edited question April 25, 2022
In order to fix that broken link you need to restore the page or post to the url that is currently showing a 404 error, or you need to add a 301 redirect to your Htaccess file, possibly with a plugin, so that users arrive at a real resource. Ideally, the redirect sends that traffic to a resource that is topically similar.
Of course, there is a chance that you a “broken link” on another page of yours actually “created” the 404 error in the first place by pointing to a non-existent url. If that’s the case, you should track down the internal link on the page pointing to it and update the ahref code to point to a proper resource, or remove it altogether.
Jeremy Rivera Changed status to publish October 26, 2022