Check for Broken Links is a WordPress plugin that helps you find and fix broken links on your website.

Ilias Chelidonis

<p>Check for Broken Links is a lightweight yet powerful WordPress plugin designed to keep your site error-free and optimized. Broken links not only frustrate visitors but also harm your SEO rankings. This plugin scans your entire website—including posts, pages, media, and even custom post types—for dead links and makes it easy to fix them in just a few clicks.</p>
<h3>Benefits of Using Check for Broken Links</h3>
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<p><strong>Enhance User Experience</strong><br />
Automatically detect and fix broken links to ensure visitors never encounter frustrating dead ends on your site.</p>
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<p><strong>Boost SEO Performance</strong><br />
Eliminate broken links that can hurt your search rankings and keep your site optimized for search engines.</p>
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<p><strong>Save Time with Automated Scans</strong><br />
Schedule regular, automatic link checks to free yourself from manual monitoring, letting you focus on content.</p>
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<p><strong>Simple, User-Friendly Interface</strong><br />
Manage and repair broken links effortlessly from your WordPress dashboard with clear, actionable reports.</p>
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<h3>Features</h3>
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<li>Scans posts, pages, comments, and media files (like images, PDFs, and videos) for broken links, ensuring your entire site stays error-free.</li>
<li>Provides easy-to-read reports with exact link and media file locations, so you can quickly identify and fix issues.</li>
<li>Export reports in CSV format for offline review, making it simple to track and manage broken links.</li>
<li>Exclude specific URLs, domains, or media files from scans to avoid unnecessary alerts on trusted content.</li>
<li>Customize scan frequency—set it to run daily, weekly, or manually whenever it fits your workflow.</li>
<li>Get real-time alerts when broken links or media files are detected, allowing you to fix issues before they affect your visitors.</li>
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<h3>Installation Instructions</h3>
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<li>Upload the <code>wpcbl-check-for-broken-links</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
<li>Go to the Check for Broken Links page in the admin menu to start scanning your website for broken links</li>
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<h3>Usage</h3>
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<li>Go to the Check for Broken Links page in the admin menu</li>
<li>Click on the ‘Scan’ tab</li>
<li>Click on the ‘Export Report in CSV’ button to export the report in CSV format</li>
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<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.<br />
For more details, see: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv3</a></p>


Check for Broken Links


This plugin does the job well for pages, posts and comments. However, it does not scan the entire site, as it does not include searching to dead links in Custom Post Types - so this is my only reason for my 4 stars as oppose to 5.



UPDATE: After that awesome response, which is refreshing as some others resist and give excuses, I'm updating my review to 5 stars, can't wait for the next update - you guys are awesome and deserve it...


Works well, but lacks support for CPT.


No membership, no cloud, no muss, no fuss. Just works. Thank you :)


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