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Fast image 404 in WordPress
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# WordPress will serve a rich 404 page for missing images, in case of lots of images, this will put
# heavy load on the server and the 404 messages cannot be shown anyways
# So just send a light-weight Apache 404 message
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg)$ - [R=404,NC,L]
# Alternative version; send a 410 Gone, which is even faster.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg)$ - [G]
# Using a local environment? is this a copy of a live site? maybe use the live images then;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg)$ https://your-remote-domain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC,QSA,R=307]
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