Ultimate 410 Gone Status Code

FAQ

Can I customize the 410 response message?

The default message is a simple plain text message that reads “410 – gone”. This is because many people want to minimize the bandwidth that is used by error responses.

If you want to customize the message, just place a template file with the name 410.php in your theme folder, and the plugin will automatically use that instead. Take a look at your themes’ 404.php file to see how the template needs to be structured.

Will this plugin work if a caching/performance plugin is active?

The plugin has been tested with the following caching plugins, and should work even if they are active:

• W3 Total Cache
• WP Super Cache
• Cache Enabler
• WP Rocket

We have not tested it with other caching plugins, and there is a high chance that it will not work with many of them. Most of them will cache the response as if it is a 404 (page not found) response, and issue a 404 response header instead of a 410 response header.

How do you handle trailing slashes?

The “Add URL” and the “Upload” functions consider the exact URL /page-to-be-deleted/ to be different from /page-to-be-deleted

Specify the exact URL that your site uses (with or without the trailing slash). If you want both URLs (with and without the / at the end) to return 410 gone status code, you can use regex like this page-to-be-deleted/? or add both URLs as simple strings.