{"id":79509,"date":"2017-03-01T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=79509"},"modified":"2017-03-27T06:03:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:03:20","slug":"wordpress-blogging-themes-customize-404-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-blogging-themes-customize-404-page.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Blogging themes. How to customize 404 page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows you how to customize 404 page in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/blog-wordpress-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Blogging templates<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECDQKa5olRQ\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>below you may see an example of 404 page in <strong>Blogging templates<\/strong>: <\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-1-1024x531.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Replacing background image:<\/p>\r\n\t\t<ol>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Log in to <strong>WordPress admin panel<\/strong> and go to <strong>Appearance<\/strong> > <strong>Customize<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2\" width=\"471\" height=\"623\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2.png 471w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-2-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Click on <strong>404<\/strong> tab to edit<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3\" width=\"296\" height=\"638\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3.png 296w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3-70x150.png 70w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-3-139x300.png 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can see the option to set the background color or upload an image to set it as the background of 404  page. Just set the color you need or upload an image here.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4\" width=\"306\" height=\"646\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4.png 306w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4-71x150.png 71w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-4-142x300.png 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Save &mp; Publish<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5\" width=\"290\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5.png 290w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5-102x150.png 102w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-5-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Reload the page to see the new background.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6\" width=\"1256\" height=\"641\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6.png 1256w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-6-1024x523.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ol>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Editing the text:<\/p>\r\n\t\t<ol>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>In <strong>WordPress admin panel<\/strong>, go to <strong>Appearance<\/strong> > <strong>Editor<\/strong> and open <strong>404.php<\/strong> file under the default theme.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7\" width=\"1272\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7.png 1272w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7-150x63.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-7-1024x431.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Just look for the text and replace it with yours, then <strong>Update File<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8\" width=\"838\" height=\"611\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8.png 838w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8-150x109.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-8-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Refresh the frontend to see the result. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9.png\" alt=\"WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9\" width=\"1248\" height=\"646\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9.png 1248w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WordPress_Blogging_themes-How_to_customize_404_page-9-300x155.png 300w, 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How to customize 404 page<\/a>\r\n<p>Also, check out the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/wordpress-themes.php\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress themes<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows you how to customize 404 page in <strong>WordPress Blogging<\/strong> templates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":79550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[728],"tags":[945,1564,572,2302],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}