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\nThere’s really nothing to do, just insert\u00a0the following code in the top of your theme\u2019s 404.php file. If your theme doesn’t have a 404.php file, you’ll need to create one.<\/p>\n
Keeping track of 404 pages should be on every savvy site owner and developer’s todo list. But who wants to spend time sifting through boring log files?<\/p>\n
Rather than digging around files, why not make the task easier with automatic reporting of 404 errors via email?<\/p>\n
In today’s Weekend WordPress Project I’ll show you how to set up 404 error email reports.
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\nThere’s really nothing to do, just insert\u00a0the following code in the top of your theme\u2019s 404.php file. If your theme doesn’t have a 404.php file, you’ll need to create one.<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n<?php \/\/ WP 404 ALERTS @ http:\/\/wp-mix.com\/wordpress-404-email-alerts\/\r\n\r\n\/\/ set status\r\nheader("HTTP\/1.1 404 Not Found");\r\nheader("Status: 404 Not Found");\r\n\r\n\/\/ site info\r\n$blog = get_bloginfo('name');\r\n$site = get_bloginfo('url') . '\/';\r\n$email = get_bloginfo('admin_email');\r\n\r\n\/\/ theme info\r\nif (!empty($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH])) {\r\n$theme = clean($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH]);\r\n} else {\r\n$theme_data = wp_get_theme();\r\n$theme = clean($theme_data->Name);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ referrer\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {\r\n$referer = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);\r\n} else {\r\n$referer = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ request URI\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"])) {\r\n$request = clean('http:\/\/' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);\r\n} else {\r\n$request = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ query string\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {\r\n$string = clean($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);\r\n} else {\r\n$string = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ IP address\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {\r\n$address = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);\r\n} else {\r\n$address = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ user agent\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {\r\n$agent = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);\r\n} else {\r\n$agent = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ identity\r\nif (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT'])) {\r\n$remote = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT']);\r\n} else {\r\n$remote = "undefined";\r\n}\r\n\/\/ log time\r\n$time = clean(date("F jS Y, h:ia", time()));\r\n\r\n\/\/ sanitize\r\nfunction clean($string) {\r\n$string = rtrim($string);\r\n$string = ltrim($string);\r\n$string = htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES);\r\n$string = str_replace("\\n", "\r\n", $string);\r\n\r\nif (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {\r\n$string = stripslashes($string);\r\n}\r\nreturn $string;\r\n}\r\n\r\n$message =\r\n"TIME: " . $time . "\\n" .\r\n"*404: " . $request . "\\n" .\r\n"SITE: " . $site . "\\n" .\r\n"THEME: " . $theme . "\\n" .\r\n"REFERRER: " . $referer . "\\n" .\r\n"QUERY STRING: " . $string . "\\n" .\r\n"REMOTE ADDRESS: " . $address . "\\n" .\r\n"REMOTE IDENTITY: " . $remote . "\\n" .\r\n"USER AGENT: " . $agent . "\\n\\n\\n";\r\n\r\nmail($email, "404 Alert: " . $blog . " [" . $theme . "]", $message, "From: $email");\r\n\r\n?>\r\n<\/pre>\nJust edit lines 8-10 of the code to add in your personal information. Line 10 is the most important if you want email alerts.<\/p>\n
If you want to turn off email reports, just delete the script in its entirety or comment out line 83.<\/p>\n
Thanks to WP-Mix<\/a> for this awesome snippet!<\/p>\nHave a great weekend!<\/p>\n