Description
Caresort Broken Link Monitor scans your WordPress content for links and checks whether each one still resolves. When it finds a broken link, it’s added to a report inside your dashboard so you can fix, ignore, or remove it.
What gets scanned
- Post & page content
- Approved comments
- Custom fields (including ACF, which stores values as post meta)
- Navigation menu (custom link) items
Features
- Scheduled automatic scans (daily or weekly) via WP-Cron
- Manual “Scan Now” button for on-demand checks
- Email alerts when new broken links are found
- Dashboard widget with a live broken-link count
- Exclude specific domains from scanning (e.g. sites that block bots)
- Sortable, searchable, filterable report (Broken / Ignored / All)
- Recheck, Ignore, and Delete actions per link, plus bulk actions
Installation
- Upload the
caresort-broken-link-monitorfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or upload the zip via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to Broken Links Settings to configure scan frequency, notification email, and what content to scan.
- Click Scan Now on the Broken Links report page to run your first scan.
FAQ
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Will this slow down my site?
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No. Scans run in the background via WP-Cron (or manually, on demand) and do not affect front-end page load times.
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Does it check external links only?
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No, it checks both internal and external links found in your scanned content.
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Can I exclude certain sites from being checked?
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Yes. Add one domain per line to the “Excluded Domains” field under Settings.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.