Title: Google search console errors (404)
Last modified: March 18, 2018

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# Google search console errors (404)

 *  [stevethefootycoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevethefootycoach/)
 * (@stevethefootycoach)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-console-errors-404/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve recently applied a SSL certificate to my site – broughtonschoolofmotoring.
   com
 * I’m now getting lots of Google Search Console 404 errors. They don’t refer to
   pages or posts, just images. There are about 150 images on my site that Google
   can’t find.
 * One example. [https://www.broughtonschoolofmotoring.com/beth-sisi-web](https://www.broughtonschoolofmotoring.com/beth-sisi-web)
   returns a 404 error. But the image does exist, it’s here: [https://www.broughtonschoolofmotoring.com/wp-content/uploads/Beth-sisi-web.jpg](https://www.broughtonschoolofmotoring.com/wp-content/uploads/Beth-sisi-web.jpg)
 * Presumably Google is searching for this image (and the 149 others) via my site
   map which lists the images without the /wp-content/uploads bit.
 * Is the fix to delete or amend the site map? Or…..something else?
 * Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-search-console-errors-404%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Name Hero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nameherocom/)
 * (@nameherocom)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-console-errors-404/#post-10088432)
 * I’ve had these type of errors before, and to correct them, I’ll just dump the
   list of URLs getting a 404 in the Google Search Console, into my .htaccess and
   setup 301 redirects.
 * For example:
 * `Redirect 301 /beth-sisi-web https://www.broughtonschoolofmotoring.com/wp-content/
   uploads/Beth-sisi-web.jpg`
 * This will make the big G happy again 🙂
 * It’s also prob worth looking into how your site map is generated and fixing the
   exact reason why it’s trying to index the images like that.
 * You may even wish to completely delete the old site map and re-generating with
   the new SSL.
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [stevethefootycoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevethefootycoach/)
 * (@stevethefootycoach)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-console-errors-404/#post-10088496)
 * Thanks!
 * Sounds like a plan 🙂
 * The site map was generated by Yoast before I added the SSL certificate. I’ve 
   turned off that functionality in Yoast and generated new site maps.
 * I’ll also do as you suggest with the .htaccess.
 * Much appreciated.

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