Title: [Plugin: AskApache Google 404] Plugin is not working
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: AskApache Google 404] Plugin is not working

 *  Anonymous User 3128604
 * (@anonymized-3128604)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/)
 * Hi, i installed the plugin but i don’t have a 404.php page. I think is in index.
   php the code that displys the message with nothing found. How can i make a 404
   page and how can i make my searches from my blog to search on the page i will
   make with 404?? my blog is [http://www.cevanou.info](http://www.cevanou.info)

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 *  [askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/)
 * (@askapache)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157530)
 * sorinu~ the latest version 4.7.1 includes a 404.php file by default.. 🙂
 *  [gorky5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorky5/)
 * (@gorky5)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157531)
 * Hi askapache – I hope you get to see this.
 * I’ve just installed the update but it’s breaking my custom 404 page – see [http://www.beatlesbible.com/asfiohjsgdalihi](http://www.beatlesbible.com/asfiohjsgdalihi)
   for an example, with the WordPress database error message (“Can’t find FULLTEXT
   index matching the column list”).
 * I’ve added ob_start and exit calls to the template, as detailed in the settings
   page. I get the same error when choosing your default 404 template too. Can you
   help?
 * While I’m here, any chance of adding an apostrophe to “Googles best guess”? It’s
   always bugged me 😉
 *  [askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/)
 * (@askapache)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157532)
 * First you should turn off displaying errors (for security) by adding this to 
   your wp-config.php file.
 * `@ini_set('display_errors','Off');`
 * —
 * Uh oh, I wonder why my code didn’t get executed when you activated the plugin,
   which fixed this issue by first dropping the post_related index and then creating
   a new one upon plugin activation. So somehow that didn’t happen. Try deactivating
   and then reactivating the plugin.
 * I wonder if someone could take a look at the create_function code and see if 
   I’m doing something wrong.
 * here’s the SQL that is supposed to have been executed…
 * `ALTER TABLE $wpdb->posts DROP INDEX post_related, ADD FULLTEXT post_related (
   post_name,post_content);`
 * to change the apostrophe issue just edit the javascript from the plugin options
   page.
 * `gSearchGoogleGuess.setUserDefinedLabel("Googles Best Guess");`
 * Replace with whatever you want..
 *  [gorky5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorky5/)
 * (@gorky5)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157533)
 * Hmm. I added that line to wp-config.php, but the errors continued to show up 
   until I disabled the Show Related Posts option. That seemed to fix it.
 * I still can’t get any Google results to show, though. They’re fine in the preview,
   just not on the live site. I’ve rechecked the Google API key, which is correct.
 * Thanks for the info on the apostrophe – at least I’ve fixed that!
 *  [askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/)
 * (@askapache)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157534)
 * fixed.
 * the google results won’t show up for [http://www.beatlesbible.com/asfiohjsgdalihi](http://www.beatlesbible.com/asfiohjsgdalihi)
   but will show up for something like:
 * [http://www.beatlesbible.com/atleast-one-=word&&&234](http://www.beatlesbible.com/atleast-one-=word&&&234)
 *  [askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/)
 * (@askapache)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157535)
 * 4.7.2.1 .. hope thats the last emergency bug for today..
 *  [askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/)
 * (@askapache)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157536)
 * the fix was:
 *     ```
       $wpdb->hide_errors();
       $wpdb->query('ALTER TABLE '.$wpdb->posts.' ENGINE = MYISAM;');
       $wpdb->query('ALTER TABLE '.$wpdb->posts.' DROP INDEX post_related');
       $wpdb->query('ALTER TABLE '.$wpdb->posts.' ADD FULLTEXT post_related ( post_title , post_content )');
       $wpdb->show_errors();
       ```
   
 *  [gorky5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorky5/)
 * (@gorky5)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157537)
 * Fantastic – many thanks askapache!
 *  [Mark Kehn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mak/)
 * (@mak)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-askapache-google-404-plugin-is-not-working/#post-1157548)
 * [@askapache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askapache/),
 * I just wrote a post in a different thread about the CSS code not saving changes
   and I have an issue with the Googles Best Guess also, it never shows anything
   for me. Just letting you know.
 * EDIT: I just found out the HTML section of settings page also doesn’t save changes,
   I just tried. Not sure about the Javascript section, I don’t mess with JS.
 * Also at the very top, just checked again – the 404 section doesn’t save changes
   when choosing which 404 page to use.
 * Sumary:
    - CSS code area of settings page doesn’t save changes made to it
    - Googles Best Guess is always 0, show’s nothing
    - HTML section doesn’t save changes
    - 404 section at top doesn’t save changes when picking which 404 page to use
 * I will disable this for now and reinstall it later. I will check back here in
   hopes you may be fixing these things.

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