Title: Gone Control
Author: iTRON
Published: <strong>2026-04-03</strong>
Last modified: 2026-04-03

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# Gone Control

 By [iTRON](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hokku/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gone-control.0.5.zip)

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## Description

When content is deleted in WordPress, the default behavior is to return a 404 (Not
Found) status code. However, according to HTTP specifications, a 410 (Gone) status
code is more appropriate for resources that have been permanently deleted and will
not return.

This plugin automatically returns a 410 status code for:
 – Deleted posts – Deleted
pages – Deleted custom post types – Deleted users – Deleted media attachments

Once activated, the plugin works automatically. When a visitor tries to access a
URL that previously contained content but has been deleted or moved to trash, they
will receive:

 * A 410 HTTP status code in the response headers
 * The standard WordPress 404 page template (customizable via your theme)

### Related Resources

 * [HTTP 410 Gone – MDN Web Docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/410)
 * [RFC 7231 – HTTP Status Codes](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.9)
 * [Google’s guidelines on 410 vs 404](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/http-status-codes)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Gone Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ iTRON ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hokku/)

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### Interested in development?

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[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gone-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.5.0

 * Initial public release in the WordPress plugin repository.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.5**
 *  Last updated **12 сәгать ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gone-control/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ iTRON ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hokku/)

## Support

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