Title: Unknowing random 404 errors
Last modified: April 1, 2022

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# Unknowing random 404 errors

 *  Resolved [Vivek Narayanankutty Nair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vismithams/)
 * (@vismithams)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknowing-random-404-errors/)
 * we are using Rankmath SEO plugin and managing redirect and 404 erro logs there.
   But we are getting huge (around 200 per day) random 404 hits [https://ibb.co/t8k1TGY](https://ibb.co/t8k1TGY)
   and to avoid this we added some of the strings to exlusion list [https://ibb.co/HT0CDJs](https://ibb.co/HT0CDJs).
   But we need those to be redirected to relevent URLs or similar strings so that
   it give a good signal to search bots like google.
    Will you able to help me to
   add all those exclusion with similar or relevent strings if I share your wp-admin
   access? I am non techie hence I requesting this. Please dont mind. Vivek
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Funknowing-random-404-errors%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [MixHa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mixha/)
 * (@mixha)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknowing-random-404-errors/#post-15517750)
 * Hello [@vismithams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vismithams/) ,
    There
   are several ways to handle 404s with Redirection plugin, the most simple one 
   being to set the Redirection Rule: _Redirect all URLs which: Are 404s …to A Specific
   URL (or Random Similar Post)._ However if you want to create some redirection
   rules that will redirect to different URLs depending on the source URL, then 
   here are some rules you can set, for example: 1. If you notice that a lot of 
   404s contain “img-png-2” in the link, you can target those specifically by creating
   a Redirection Rule: _Redirect all URLs which: Contain [img-png-2]…to A Specific
   URL._ 2. You can also create redirection rule that targets a specific User-Agent.
   That is arranged in the Advanced Options, section “Inclusion & exclusion rules”,
   option “User’s agent”.
 * Kind regards

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