How to redirect 404 error, for Users page with plus (+) in URL to blank encoding (%20 )?

Question

Google search console error when upgrading to 1.8.8.

Answer 1

My Solution:

add this code in the end of current theme qa-theme.php file:

//To modify the URL pattern (i.e., change the + in the URL to %20 for space) in PHP

// Get the current request URI

$requestUri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

// Check if the URL contains '+' and replace with '%20'

if (strpos($requestUri, '+') !== false) {

    // Replace '+' with '%20'

    $modifiedUri = str_replace('+', '%20', $requestUri);

    // Redirect to the modified URI

    header("Location: $modifiedUri", true, 301);

    exit;

}