Q: How to rewrite 404 to home page using htaccess? I know how to do this using php, but need to redirect using htaccess.
If I use this rule: ErrorDocument 404 /index.php then I still get the error page. Looks like wordpress identifies that this is 404 error and serves 404 message, not the homepage content as needed.
Any ideas?

A: There are a couple of ways to do this.


*

*If you're using a custom theme or a child theme, add (or edit) a theme file called 404.php. The contents of that file should be:


<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: ".get_bloginfo('url'));
exit();
?>


*You can add this code as a plugin, or put it in your (custom or child) theme's functions.php file:


<?php
function redirect_404s() {
    if(is_404()) {
        wp_redirect(home_url(), '301');
    }
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'redirect_404s');
?>
