Title: Replacing the default "404.php" template
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Replacing the default "404.php" template

 *  [jawdat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jawdat/)
 * (@jawdat)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the-default-404php-template/)
 * I have been unsuccessfully trying to override the default “404.php” page on a
   website.
 * I tested this new 404-template on a “beta” website and it works just fine. When
   I replace the live site with that same page, however, I get the “Ever feel like
   you’re in the wrong place?” page featuring the guy with the orange Hawaiian shirt.
   Even when I delete the 404.php page.
 * Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong or how to fix this?
 * Thank you in advance!

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 *  [ricardusexa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricardusexa/)
 * (@ricardusexa)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the-default-404php-template/#post-3197987)
 * Try using the redirect 404 plugin.
 *  [ItayXD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itayxd/)
 * (@itayxd)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the-default-404php-template/#post-3197993)
 * have you checked your .htaccess? check what file is defined as the 404 page.
 *  Thread Starter [jawdat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jawdat/)
 * (@jawdat)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the-default-404php-template/#post-3198066)
 * **ricardusexa:** Will that plugin conform to the current look I have to the site?
 * **ItayXD:** I can’t find the .htaccess file.

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