Print pages returning 404's
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Print pages on one of our sister sites are returning 404's in our crawl but are visible when clicked on. Here is one example: https://www.theelementsofliving.com/recipe/citrus-energy-boosting-smoothie/print
Any ideas as to why these are returning errors?
Thank you!
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It sounds like you may be using the WP-Print plugin. This issue has been resolved by others by regenerating the permalink structure.
Go to WP-Admin -> Settings -> Permalinks -> Save Changes
Let me know if that works for you. Best of luck.
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It looks like the page renders, but sends a 404 header to the browser. Sounds like the developer may have left some code from a 404 page... don't worry, they are not alone - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4921211/404-header-response-but-page-displays-ok
Cheers,
Jake Bohall
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