deadko

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.

rimbeplus

Beplus Link Status Scanner scans all your published posts and pages for broken links, redirects, and unreachable URLs. It runs in the background using WordPress Cron so your site performance is never impacted.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic background scanning — Uses WP-Cron to scan posts and check links on a schedule you control.</li>
<li>Broken link report — A clean admin table listing every broken link: URL, HTTP status code, the post it was found in, and when it was last checked.</li>
<li>Status filters — Quickly filter links by All, Broken, Redirect, OK, Unchecked, or Ignored.</li>
<li>Bulk actions — Re-check, ignore, or delete multiple links at once.</li>
<li>Email notifications — Get a digest email listing new broken links after each cron check run.</li>
<li>Configurable settings — Set check frequency (daily/weekly/monthly), request timeout, links per cron run, and excluded URL patterns.</li>
<li>Dashboard widget — A quick summary of total, broken, redirect, and OK links on your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Instant re-check — Re-check any single link immediately from the admin table.</li>
<li>Scan on save — Newly published or updated posts are scanned immediately when saved.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>When a post is published or updated, Beplus Link Status Scanner extracts all <code><a href></code> links from the content and stores them in the database.</li>
<li>A scheduled cron job checks each stored link by making an HTTP HEAD request and recording the response code.</li>
<li>Broken links (404, 410, connection errors) are flagged in the admin report.</li>
<li>If email notifications are enabled, you receive a digest email listing newly broken links after each scan.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
Beplus Link Status Scanner sends HTTP requests to external URLs in order to check their status. No personal data is collected or shared.

Beplus Link Status Scanner

Automatically detects broken and redirected links in your posts and pages, with scheduled background scanning and email notifications.

TSO Link Inspector vs Beplus Link Status Scanner