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TSO Link Inspector scans all published posts, pages and custom post types for links, then checks each one via HTTP to detect broken links, redirects, insecure HTTP URLs and connection errors. All results are displayed in a dashboard where you can fix links directly without opening the editor.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Scans posts, pages, and any custom post type.</li>
<li>Detects HTTP errors: 404, 410, 500, DNS failures, SSL errors, timeouts, and redirects.</li>
<li>Edit URLs inline directly from the admin panel, no need to open the editor.</li>
<li>Smart URL Suggester: automatically tests HTTPS upgrade, follows redirect chains, and tries www/non-www variants.</li>
<li>Unlink: removes the <code><a></code> tag but keeps the visible text.</li>
<li>Bulk actions: re-check, unlink, mark as OK, or delete multiple links at once.</li>
<li>Export CSV: export any filtered view to a spreadsheet.</li>
<li>Per-article view: click any article to see all its links in one place.</li>
<li>HTTP insecure detection: flags active links still using HTTP instead of HTTPS.</li>
<li>Ignore list: add domains or URL prefixes to never scan or check.</li>
<li>Scan images and iframes: optionally detect broken <code><img src></code> and embedded videos.</li>
<li>Scan user comments: optionally check links in approved comments.</li>
<li>Custom fields (ACF): optionally scan URL fields added by plugins like Advanced Custom Fields.</li>
<li>Daily automatic scan and hourly batch check via WP-Cron. Can close the browser while checking.</li>
<li>Email alerts for fully broken links (no redirect): send one summary after automated checks, or a periodic digest (7 / 15 / 30 days), with an optional notification address.</li>
<li>Nofollow broken links: automatically adds <code>rel="nofollow"</code> to broken links so search engines ignore them.</li>
<li>Preserve post dates: editing a link does not update the post modification date.</li>
<li>Compatible with LiteSpeed Cache, WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, SG Optimizer, Breeze, and Cloudflare.</li>
<li>Extended scanning: plain-text URLs in posts, Gutenberg block JSON, navigation menus, responsive media (srcset/picture), page-builder <code>data-*</code> attributes, widget sidebars, taxonomy descriptions, Site Editor templates/reusable blocks, and plain URLs in custom fields.</li>
<li>Third-party sources: register extra link collectors with <code>tsoliin_register_link_source()</code>.</li>
<li>Includes Catalan and Spanish translations.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Click Scan now to extract all links from your posts.</li>
<li>Click Check now to send HTTP requests to every URL (runs server-side, you can close the browser).</li>
<li>Review results using the Broken, Redirect, HTTP insecure and other filter tabs.</li>
<li>Fix links using Edit URL, Suggestion, Unlink or Mark as OK from each row.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Redirect intelligence</h4>
The plugin follows the full redirect chain manually so it captures the real final destination, not just the last HTTP code. It automatically ignores trivial redirects (trailing slashes, CDN tokens, WP attachment pages, login walls) to avoid false positives.

TSO Link Inspector

Good Plugin

Find and fix broken links across your entire WordPress site without opening each post.

Archivarix Support

Archivarix Broken Links Recovery scans your WordPress content for broken external and internal links and helps you fix them using the Wayback Machine (Web Archive) or manual management.
Key Features:
<ul>
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Multi-level link checking:
<ul>
<li>HTTP status codes (4xx, 5xx, timeouts, DNS failures)</li>
<li>Redirect analysis (different domain, redirect to root)</li>
<li>Domain parking detection (30+ parking service signatures)</li>
<li>Content-Type mismatch detection</li>
<li>Soft 404 detection</li>
<li>YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok video availability via oEmbed API</li>
<li>Social network link validation (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Automatic mode: Replaces broken links with Web Archive copies using the post date as timestamp. Falls back to removing links when archive is unavailable.
</li>
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Manual mode: Full control — review each broken link and choose the action:
<ul>
<li>Replace with Web Archive copy</li>
<li>Replace with custom URL</li>
<li>Remove link (keep anchor text)</li>
<li>Remove link and anchor text</li>
<li>Whitelist (ignore and skip in future scans)</li>
</ul>
</li>
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Internal link checking: Validates internal links against WordPress database and HTTP verification.
</li>
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Background processing: Scans run in the background without blocking your site.
</li>
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Scan sources: Posts, pages, custom post types, comments, custom fields, widgets, Elementor content.
</li>
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Proxy support: Configure HTTP proxies for external link checking to avoid rate limiting.
</li>
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Detailed logs: Every check and action is logged for review.
</li>
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Bulk actions: Fix multiple links at once.
</li>
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WP-CLI & multisite: Scan and fix from the command line (<code>wp ablr scan</code>), and across a multisite network without logging into each site (<code>wp ablr scan --network</code>).
</li>
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AI-ready (WordPress 7.0): Scan, list and fix operations are registered with the Abilities API and available over REST and MCP, so custom dashboards and AI agents can drive the plugin.
</li>
</ul>
Works great with <a href="https://archivarix.com/en/wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Archivarix External Images Importer</a> — this plugin handles links, that plugin handles images.
Available in: English, Russian (Русский), Spanish (Español).
For more information, visit the <a href="https://archivarix.com/en/blog/broken-links-recovery/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin page</a>.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services to check link availability and find archived copies of broken pages. No personal user data is ever sent — only the URLs found in your WordPress content are transmitted to these services during scans initiated by the site administrator.
<h4>Wayback Machine (Internet Archive)</h4>
Used to check if an archived copy of a broken page exists and to build replacement URLs.
<ul>
<li>Availability API endpoint: <code>https://archive.org/wayback/available?url={page_url}&timestamp={date}</code></li>
<li>Sends: the broken page URL and the post publication date (as a timestamp hint)</li>
<li>Called when: checking Wayback availability for broken links (during scan or manual lookup)</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/about/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/about/terms#702-privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>YouTube oEmbed API</h4>
Used to verify whether a YouTube video is still available.
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url={video_url}&format=json</code></li>
<li>Sends: the YouTube video URL found in content</li>
<li>Called when: a YouTube link is encountered during scan</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Vimeo oEmbed API</h4>
Used to verify whether a Vimeo video is still available.
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url={video_url}</code></li>
<li>Sends: the Vimeo video URL found in content</li>
<li>Called when: a Vimeo link is encountered during scan</li>
<li><a href="https://vimeo.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://vimeo.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>TikTok oEmbed API</h4>
Used to verify whether a TikTok video is still available.
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://www.tiktok.com/oembed?url={video_url}</code></li>
<li>Sends: the TikTok video URL found in content</li>
<li>Called when: a TikTok link is encountered during scan</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/legal/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Pinterest oEmbed API</h4>
Used to verify whether a Pinterest pin or board is still available.
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://www.pinterest.com/oembed.json?url={pin_url}</code></li>
<li>Sends: the Pinterest URL found in content</li>
<li>Called when: a Pinterest link is encountered during scan</li>
<li><a href="https://policy.pinterest.com/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Social network link verification</h4>
The plugin makes HTTP GET requests to social network URLs found in your content to verify they are still accessible. No API keys or authentication tokens are used — only standard browser-like HTTP requests. No data is sent beyond the URL itself.
Platforms checked: Twitter/X (x.com), LinkedIn (linkedin.com), Instagram (instagram.com), Facebook (facebook.com).
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/tos" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter/X Terms</a> | <a href="https://x.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement" rel="nofollow ugc">LinkedIn Terms</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870" rel="nofollow ugc">Instagram Terms</a> | <a href="https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/terms.php" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Terms</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>General link checking</h4>
During scans, the plugin makes HTTP GET requests to all external URLs found in your WordPress content (posts, pages, comments, widgets, custom fields) to verify their HTTP status. Only the URL itself is requested — no personal data, cookies, or authentication information is transmitted.
<h4>httpbin.org (proxy testing)</h4>
Used solely to test proxy connectivity when the administrator configures proxies in plugin settings.
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://httpbin.org/ip</code></li>
<li>Sends: nothing (simple GET request to verify the proxy works)</li>
<li>Called when: administrator clicks “Test Proxies” in settings</li>
<li><a href="https://httpbin.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">httpbin.org</a> is an open-source HTTP testing service</li>
</ul>

Archivarix Broken Links Recovery

Finds broken external and internal links and replaces them with Web Archive copies or manages them manually.

TSO Link Inspector vs Archivarix Broken Links Recovery