After I installed X theme on my website, I have hundreds of 404 errors in search console of pages that I’ve never created. They also all involve social media. For example, I have a page url of powerfullifting.com/should-you-use-creatine, and I have multiple 404 errors related to that page. I’ll attach a screenshot to show what I mean.
Why did this happen, and how can I fix it?
Hello Peter,
Thanks for writing in! I have checked your site and I found out the cause of the issue. It is because of how you have inserted your social network profile links in X > Theme Options > Social. When inserting a link, please do not forget to include the https://. You will need to edit your entry and update it to the following:
If you need anything else we can help you with, don’t hesitate to open another thread.
Ok thanks, I fixed that. Do you know how I can get rid of all those 404 errors on google webmasters?
Hello @PowerfulLifting,
Please re index your site. There could be a setting in Google Webmasters to recheck your site so that your site gets crawled anew and the entries will be updated without those errors.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6065812?hl=en
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/34441?hl=en
Hope this helps.
thanks for the help, ive updated my settings.
You’re most welcome!
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