Title: Random 404 errors – Posts disappearing
Last modified: January 9, 2017

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# Random 404 errors – Posts disappearing

 *  [gbengalex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gbengalex/)
 * (@gbengalex)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/)
 * I am using wp4.7. I am noticing that a post would disappear after a few hours
   and render 404 error instead!! It does not happen to all posts – which makes 
   it even weirder. And it happens to posts that has displayed just mere hours previously!

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 *  [liamdempsey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liamdempsey/)
 * (@liamdempsey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8633652)
 * Hi gbengalex,
 * Oh no! That’s weird.
 * Are you using any sort of plugin that can be used to set posts to auto-expire?
 * And to be clear, you’ve definitely published these posts, rather than using a
   plugin like Public Post Preview, which uses expiring preview links?
 *  Thread Starter [gbengalex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gbengalex/)
 * (@gbengalex)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8637278)
 * Thanks. I am investigating if my RSS feed aggregator is the culprit.
 *  [liamdempsey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liamdempsey/)
 * (@liamdempsey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8637563)
 * Sounds good. I look forward to hearing of your findings.
 *  [gttygrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gttygrl/)
 * (@gttygrl)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8913298)
 * Was it the RSS? I’m having exactly the same problem, and it’s been a horrible
   headache for a few months now. Sometimes it’s even the homepage, so I’ve been
   getting a lot of complaints from the higher ups here.
 *  [mikegraf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikegraf/)
 * (@mikegraf)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8948514)
 * Hi Guys,
 * I am having the same issue here…any updates on this?
 *  [akingbenga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akingbenga/)
 * (@akingbenga)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8948545)
 * If you set your RSS feed aggregtaor to post a specific number of posts (say 100)
   it will auto delete previously posted content in order to keep maximum at 100.
   Those deleted posts will then return 404 error when browsed. I dont know which
   RSS plugin you are using but that seems to be the case with respect to WP RSS
   Aggregator plugin.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [akingbenga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akingbenga/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-404-errors-posts-disappearing/#post-8948545)
 * Status: not resolved

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