Title: WordPress Theme Doesn’t call 404.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Theme Doesn’t call 404.php

 *  [udegbunamchuks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strictlyonlinebiz/)
 * (@strictlyonlinebiz)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/)
 * Please I hope you can help me out. 404 errors on my theme don’t load the 404.
   php file. They all seem to load the bottom part of single.php/index.php that 
   states:
 * `
    <h1 class="title">Not Found</h1> <p>I'm Sorry, you are looking for something
   that is not here. Try a different search.</p>
 * How can I make it load the actual 404.php?
    Thanks in advance.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/#post-1372931)
 * Try removing that whole `<h1 class="title">Not Found</h1>` section between `<?
   php endwhile; ?>` and `
    <?php endif; ?>` at the bottom of the template files.
 *  Thread Starter [udegbunamchuks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strictlyonlinebiz/)
 * (@strictlyonlinebiz)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/#post-1373191)
 * It’s still not working 🙁
 *  [badboymccoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/badboymccoy/)
 * (@badboymccoy)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/#post-1373223)
 * I was having a similar problem, the 404 page was just showing my latest post.
   With the title saying ‘_Nothing Found For_‘ followed by what ever had been entered
   in the url.
 * After a site wide search for ‘_Nothing Found For_‘ I found the text in the AIOSEO
   plugin. I deleted whatever had been set in the ‘**404 Title Format:**‘ setting
   for the plugin and my 404 is working now.
 *  Thread Starter [udegbunamchuks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strictlyonlinebiz/)
 * (@strictlyonlinebiz)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/#post-1373227)
 * It suddenly started working for me. I wonder what I did wrong in the first place
   😉

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 * Last reply from: [udegbunamchuks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strictlyonlinebiz/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-doesnt-call-404php/#post-1373227)
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