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There are some pages on my BuddyPress install that I would like to hide by printing a 404 error.

With the help of the following question: Redirect Restricted Page to 404 I came up with this code:

global $wp_query;
$wp_query->set_404();
status_header( 404 );
get_template_part( 404 );
exit();

Most of the page is hidden nicely and a 404 error is printed, however what has been printed before this code remains (including the header title of the page I want hidden).

Unfortunately I can't move this code higher up, before anything gets printed.

So is there a way to clear everything that has been printed before and then print a fresh 404 error but with keeping the current URL? (So no redirection to the 404.php page.)

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You should be using a filter outside of your template for this:

add_filter( 'template_include', 'wpa62226_template_include', 1, 1 );
function wpa62226_template_include( $template ){
    if( is_page( 'some-page' ) ) :
        global $wp_query;
        $wp_query->set_404();
        status_header( 404 );
        $template = locate_template( '404.php' );
    endif;
    return $template;
}

Your code is executed before the template is loaded, so it becomes a non-issue.

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  • I tried to add this filter to the functions.php and to the bp-custom.php files but neither seem to work. Are you sure this is supposed to work on BuddyPress?
    – Paul T.
    Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 1:57
  • It seems that the code is never run at all. I tried the following code to test for that: add_filter( 'template_include', 'hide_page_template_include', 1, 1 ); function hide_page_template_include( $template ) { return locate_template( '404.php' ); } Nothing happens at all, so it seems that this does not work on BuddyPress. (The expected behavior was for it to print a 404 error page for any page that is called.)
    – Paul T.
    Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 1:58
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    I'm not familiar with BuddyPress, but it's possibly an issue of priority. You can inspect the global $wp_filter to see if BP is adding its own filter, or try altering priority.
    – Milo
    Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 3:27
  • Tried it in the functions.php page instead of bp-custom.php with the wp filter and it works like a charm! Thanks! :)
    – Paul T.
    Commented Sep 3, 2012 at 17:50

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