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Why Upload HTML Pages to WordPress?

WordPress comes with a built-in content type to add pages to your website. Often WordPress themes add pre-designed page templates to display your pages.

There are even WordPress landing page plugins that allow you to create beautiful page templates with a drag and drop builder.

This means that in most cases, you shouldn’t need to upload a HTML page to your WordPress site.

However, sometimes a user may have static HTML pages from their old website or a static template that they really like and want to use. In these scenarios, you will need to upload your HTML page to WordPress.

Since, WordPress comes with its own SEO friendly URL structure, it can cause a 404 error if you simply uploaded your HTML page and tried to access it.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to upload a HTML page to your WordPress site without causing 404 errors.

Uploading HTML Page to WordPress Site

Before you upload your HTML page to the WordPress site, you need to make sure that the ‘index.html’ file is renamed to ‘index.php