Don’t pass requests for certain file types to WordPress for 404 handling.
| Author: | Crowd Favorite (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.9 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.0.5 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 11-05-2010 |
| Last updated: | 11-05-2010
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| Total downloads: | 2 856 |
| Active installs: | 30+ |
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If you use the pretty permalinks feature of WordPress, any request that doesn't match to a file on the server will be passed to WordPress for handling. This results in 404 hits having more load on your server than a traditional 404 request. In particular it can be a problem if a directory of images is moved or missing, as each page load request might spawn dozens of 404-ing image requests - effectively increasing your server load by a multiplier.
This plugin allows you to set a list of file extensions that you do not want WordPress to handle 404s for. By default, it includes a list of media types, but you may want to adjust this to suit your needs.