Storefront theme 404 page customizations

Customizes the Storefront theme’s 404 landing page contents.

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {

	// 404 Only
	if( ! is_404() ) {
		return;
	}

	// Change 404 Body
	add_filter( 'gettext', function( $text ) {

		switch( $text ) {

			// Match Theme's 404 Body Text
			case 'Nothing was found at this location. Try searching, or check out the links below.':
				echo wpautop(
					'Nothing was found at this location. Try searching, or check out the links on this page.'
				);

				// Show General Site Search Form
				get_search_form();

				// Cancel Default Behavior
				return '';
				break;

			case 'Promoted Products':
			case 'Featured Products':
			case 'On Sale Now':
			case 'New In Store':
			case 'Product Categories':
			case 'Popular Products':
				return '';
				break;

			// Other Strings
			default:
				return $text;
		}

	} );

	// Prevent Promoted Products Widgets
	global $shortcode_tags;
	unset( $shortcode_tags['featured_products'] );
	unset( $shortcode_tags['sale_products'] );
	unset( $shortcode_tags['recent_products'] );
	unset( $shortcode_tags['best_selling_products'] );

	// Hide Product Search Widget Section
	add_action( 'wp_print_footer_scripts', function() {

		?>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			document.querySelector( 'section[aria-label="Search"]' )
				.style.display = 'none';
		</script>
		<?php

	} );

} );

Instructions for Storefront theme 404 page customizations

  1. Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
  2. Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
  3. WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
  4. Copy and paste the code from the section above.
  5. Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
  6. Customize the code as desired.
  7. Add a meaningful title.
  8. Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
  9. Click “Save and Activate”.
  10. Test your site to ensure it works.
  11. Disable if any problems, or recover.
  12. Repeat for live environment.

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License

All code snippets are licensed GPLv2 (or later) matching WordPress licensing.

Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program as-is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

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