Answered How to use the "custom headers" function in MODX 2.4? (to use 410 HTTP header)

Hi there, just a quick question: what do I need to put in the field to make a 410 HTTP header? This pretty new "Custom Headers" feature is not documented anywhere as far as I can see.

I've tried the following, but with no luck. All I get it a 500 internal server error.

• header("HTTP/1.0 410 Gone");
• HTTP/1.0 410 Gone
• 410

Some background information: We want unpublished resources that were published before to get a 410 header instead of a 404, because I guess it's better, also according to Yoast.com (https://yoast.com/deleting-pages-from-your-site/). I guess this custom header function is the simpelest way to have our content-editors set the HTTP-header per resource.

Thanks mrhaw, that's working!

(BTW: I found out that the custom headers function is not usable for setting 4xx respose codes, because it's not included with unpublished documents. I've described a working 410 header solution here: https://forums.modx.com/thread/98783/tutorial-set-a-039-410-gone-039-http-header-for-unpublished-documents#dis-post-534179 ) [ed. note: michelle84 last edited this post 10 years, 11 months ago.]