404 page without wrapper

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That’s probably an easy one, but I can’t figure it out right now:
How do I create a 404 page which is entirely different from the other templates? Not using any headers or footers? Editing the 404.php does still use normal headers and footers.

Thanks,
Philipp

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Copy base.php and rename it base-404.php. You can then edit the new base template as required.

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Thanks @Foxaii - that does the job perfectly!

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I created the **base-404.php ** for create a redirect from 404 to my homepage.
I did it as usually do
<?php header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); header("Location: ".get_bloginfo('url')); exit(); ?>
but it looks like the base-404.php doesn’t exist, it gives me a page with “not found” + the footer.
How can I solve that? (my intention is to redirect all 404 to the home)

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You need to have a base-404.php and a 404.php template. Or just use an action hook instead.