
MissionaryConnect Gospel 404 gives churches and ministries a Gospel-focused 404 page. When a visitor reaches a missing page, they see a clean full-screen overlay. From there they can return home or open a step-by-step King James Bible Gospel journey.
Features:
- Full-screen 404 overlay that keeps a true HTTP 404 status and adds
noindex,follow. - Step-by-step KJV Gospel journey with keyboard, reduced-motion, and no-JavaScript support.
- An automatically created public “Know For Sure” page that uses the
[mcg404_gospel]shortcode, so you can link the same journey from your navigation. - An optional response form so visitors can ask for prayer, ask questions, or request contact.
- Email notifications through the WordPress mail pipeline (
wp_mail()), which respects SMTP plugins, plus a test email tool and mail diagnostics. - Saved responses with follow-up status, CSV export, and retention controls.
- Branding options: your church logo or no logo, plus a background color, image, or muted looping video.
- Optional, off-by-default MissionaryConnect credit and an optional Bible resources section with your own wording and link.
- Integration with the WordPress personal-data export and erasure tools, and suggested privacy policy text.
- A small Plugin Stats card on the settings screen that shows this plugin’s public install and download counts from WordPress.org.
Built by Paul Douglas for Digital Missions Display, LLC.
Privacy and external services
This plugin does not track visitors and loads no remote fonts, scripts, or styles. All assets are bundled with the plugin. Nothing on your public site contacts any outside service.
The plugin contacts one outside service, and only in your admin area: when an administrator opens the plugin’s settings screen (the General tab of MC Gospel 404), the plugin asks the WordPress.org Plugins API (api.wordpress.org) for this plugin’s public active install and download counts and shows them in the Plugin Stats card. The request asks only for this plugin’s public listing data and sends no data about your site, your visitors, or your users. It uses a generic user agent that names only this plugin and its version, not your site address. As with any web request, WordPress.org can see your server’s IP address. The answer is cached for a day, so WordPress.org is contacted at most about once a day (or once an hour after a failed request). Nothing is sent from your public site and no scheduled task is used. This service is provided by WordPress.org: Privacy Policy.
If response storage is turned on, responses that visitors submit are stored in a dedicated table in your WordPress database. Stored data can include name, email address, phone number, response choice, message, submission time, and page URL. IP addresses are stored only if you turn that option on (it is off by default). Responses are emailed to the recipients you configure (or the site admin email).
Links on your public site
The plugin adds no credits or external links to your public site unless you choose to. Both credits are off by default and are turned on in the Ministry credits box on the Branding tab:
- “Show your love — activate ministry credits” shows the MissionaryConnect credit and logo on your 404 page.
- “Check here to activate the Fundamental Baptist Books credit” shows a Bible resources section in the Gospel journey, using the heading, wording, button text, and link you enter on the Journey tab. It stays hidden until you enter a link. The plugin ships with no prefilled resource link.
Screenshots

The full-screen Gospel 404 overlay a visitor sees on a missing page, with default settings.

The main admin screen: status cards and the setup-readiness checklist.

The Branding tab: the off-by-default Ministry credits box (MissionaryConnect credit and an optional Bible resources section that uses your own wording and link), plus logo and background color, image, or video for the 404 screen.

A step of the King James Bible Gospel journey that opens from the 404 overlay.