2 Best Broken Link Checker WordPress Plugin

Are you looking for a broken link checker plugin to check broken links or dead links on your WordPress site? Broken links affect the user experience and website SEO very much. And If you do not fix it quickly, then your website ranking can reduce.

Today in this article we have selected some of the best broken Link Checker WordPress Plugins, which you can use for your site.

What is Broken Link


Broken links are such links, that does not exist on your site and when visitors click on it, they show a 404 page not found error.

In simple word, when you link your old post or any external site link in your content, but they are no longer available (deleted or redirected). These links create broken links Issue on your site and when a visitor clicks on it, it displays a 404 page.

As I said earlier, Broken links do not only affect user experience, it also affects search engine bots.

So, let's get started...

Best Broken Link Checker WordPress Plugins


Broken Link Checker


Best Broken Link Checker WordPress Plugins

Broken Link Checker is the most popular and highly configurable plugin in WordPress.org to find broken links.

The plugin checks broken links/dead link for your posts, pages, comments, the blogroll, and custom fields etc. How long will it take (few minutes, hour or more) to find broken links, it fully depends on the size of your site and how many links there are.

After installing the plugin it will automatically start showing Broken links on your site. But if you want a broken link for your custom post, it will show.

When the plugin gets a broken link, it notifies via the Dashboard or by email.

Furthermore, you can tell search engines not to follow broken links.

WP Broken Link Status Checker


Best Broken Link Checker WordPress Plugins

WP Broken Link Status Checker is also a very good plugin that helps you find a broken link on your site and it is better than Broken Link Checker in many aspects.

Once the scan starts, you can see the results without waiting for the scan to finish. You can access the results page by click in the scan name, or clicking the “Show results” link from the scan actions row.

The plugin checks broken links/dead link for your posts, pages, comments etc.

In addition, you can use an online broken link checker tool - DrLinkCheck. It is free to find broken links and blacklisted links on websites.

The tool checks only 1000 links on your site. If you have more than 1000 links, you will need a paid plan.

However, this tool is perfect for a small blog or website.

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