Title: Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker
Author: tidyplugins
Published: <strong>June 24, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 24, 2026

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# Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker

 By [tidyplugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pierreferrolliet/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tidy-broken-link-scan.2.5.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#developers)

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## Description

BLC scans every published post, page and public custom post type on your WordPress
site for broken links and images. It checks `<a href>`, `<img src>`, `<img srcset
>`, and `<source srcset>` — all natively, using the WordPress HTTP API. No SaaS,
no API key, no external dependency.

**Features:**

 * Detects broken links (4xx, 5xx, timeouts)
 * Checks images including `srcset` and `<picture>` elements
 * Automatic daily scan via WP-Cron
 * Instant re-scan when you save a post
 * Admin dashboard with filtering (all / broken / ok)
 * Direct link to edit the source post
 * Works on any WordPress hosting

**Need a full-site crawl?** This plugin checks the links and images inside your 
published posts, pages and custom post types. For a complete crawl of your whole
site — every URL discovered through your sitemap, plus SSL and redirect-chain checks—
you can run a free scan with our companion cloud scanner at [brokenlinkscan.com](https://brokenlinkscan.com).
It runs in your browser, needs no installation, and is made by the same author.

#### More from Tidy Plugins

If you like this plugin, take a look at the rest of the Tidy suite:

 * [Tidy Table of Contents](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-table-of-contents/)—
   automatic, accessible table of contents
 * [Tidy Draft Share](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-draft-share/) — share drafts
   via secure, expiring preview links
 * [Tidy Author Box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-author-box/) — author bio
   box with avatar and social links

### External services

This plugin sends HTTP requests to third-party URLs as its core functionality (broken
link checking). The list of contacted URLs is dynamic: it consists of the external
links and image sources found in your own published posts, pages, and custom post
types.

 * What is sent: HTTP HEAD (with GET fallback) requests using the WordPress HTTP
   API. The plugin does not transmit any user-identifying data; only the URL itself
   is requested.
 * When: requests are issued during a scan, which is triggered manually from the
   admin dashboard, automatically once per day via WP-Cron, or when you save a post(
   re-scan of that post only).
 * Why: to determine whether each link returns a 2xx/3xx response (OK) or a 4xx/
   5xx/timeout response (broken).

Because the contacted URLs are entirely determined by the content of your own site,
the plugin does not rely on any single fixed third-party service. A small allow-
list of well-known domains (Gravatar, gstatic, wordpress.com, Cloudflare, etc.) 
is skipped from scanning to avoid noise; no data is sent to those domains by the
plugin itself.

## Screenshots

[⌊Scan dashboard with health score and link results⌉⌊Scan dashboard with health 
score and link results⌉[

Scan dashboard with health score and link results

## Installation

 1. Upload the `tidy-broken-link-scan` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin in **Plugins  Installed Plugins**
 3. Go to **Liens cassés** in the admin menu
 4. Click **Scanner tout le site** to run your first scan

## FAQ

### Will it slow down my site?

No. Scans run in the background via WP-Cron and are never triggered by front-end
visitors.

### Does it check images?

Yes — `<img src>`, `<img srcset>`, and `<source srcset>` are all parsed and checked.

### How often does it scan?

Once per day automatically (at 03:00 server time). You can also trigger a full scan
manually or re-scan individual posts on save.

### Can I scan a single post?

Posts are automatically re-scanned every time you publish or update them.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker” is open source software. The
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ tidyplugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pierreferrolliet/)

[Translate “Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tidy-broken-link-scan/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tidy-broken-link-scan/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tidy-broken-link-scan/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tidy-broken-link-scan/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.5.0

 * Scans now cover every public post type (posts, pages and custom post types) instead
   of only posts and pages — full scans, the daily auto-scan, the on-save re-scan,
   the post editor meta box and WP-CLI all use the same scope. Added a `blsc_scannable_post_types`
   filter to customise the list.

#### 2.4.9

 * Scan history now shows every recorded entry (up to the 30 the plugin stores) 
   instead of being capped.
 * Domain and URL exclusions are now fully configurable from the Settings screen—
   enter the domains or URLs to skip during scans.

#### 2.4.8

 * Replaced all direct cURL calls with the WordPress HTTP API (`wp_remote_*`) for
   link and image checking, including the batch scanner. Redirects are now followed
   via the HTTP API while still reporting redirect chains and loops.
 * WP-CLI `blc export` now writes CSV to STDOUT only (use shell redirection, e.g.`
   wp blc export > report.csv`); the arbitrary `--file` path option was removed.

#### 2.4.7

 * WordPress.org coding-standards hardening: explicit output escaping in the admin
   dashboard and post meta box, documented safe `$wpdb` queries, and translators
   comments for all i18n placeholders (Plugin Check compliance).

#### 2.4.6

 * Added a dismissible tip on the dashboard linking to the companion cloud scanner(
   brokenlinkscan.com) for a full-site crawl beyond posts and pages.

#### 2.4.5

 * Replaced PHP short echo tags (`<?=`) with full `<?php echo` in the post meta 
   box (WordPress.org coding-standards compliance).
 * Bumped “Tested up to” to WordPress 7.0 and aligned the readme plugin name with
   the plugin header.

#### 2.4.4

 * Hardened admin output escaping: replaced `phpcs:ignore` suppressions with explicit`
   wp_kses()`, `esc_attr()` and `(int)` casts in the dashboard view (WordPress.org
   coding-standards compliance).

#### 2.4.3

 * Document outbound HTTP scanning behavior under the new “External services” section
   of the readme (WordPress.org guideline 6 compliance).

#### 2.4.2

 * Removed the ACF field scanner from the free plugin (the code only ran when the
   Pro add-on enabled the related setting). ACF scanning is now provided entirely
   by the companion Pro plugin via the new `blsc_extra_links` filter.

#### 2.4.1

 * Removed all licence checks and premium-feature gating from the free plugin code(
   premium features — auto-scan cron, email/Slack notifications, ACF scanning, exclusions,
   CSV/XLSX export, extended history — are now distributed via a separate companion
   plugin).
 * Removed the now-unnecessary `load_plugin_textdomain()` call (handled by WordPress.
   org translation system since WP 4.6).
 * Added extension hooks for add-on plugins (settings defaults/sanitisation, scan-
   complete notification, scan/exclusion filters, admin UI).

#### 2.4.0

 * Added: Broken anchor detection (missing #id targets)
 * Added: Redirect chain tracking and reporting
 * Added: Slack notifications for scan results
 * Added: Scan diff — compare results between consecutive scans
 * Added: Health score dashboard with summary cards

#### 2.2.0

 * Fixed: Plugin header version now matches internal constant
 * Fixed: SSL_VERIFYHOST set to 2 (was incorrectly disabled, MITM vulnerability)
 * Fixed: Plugin action links basename corrected (Settings link now works on Plugins
   page)
 * Fixed: Double scan race condition — pending state now blocks duplicate starts
 * Fixed: Raw $_POST passed to settings save without wp_unslash()
 * Fixed: save_scan_history() query now uses $wpdb->prepare()
 * Improved: Nonce caching in list table rows (performance)
 * Improved: Hardcoded French strings in admin.js replaced with i18n keys
 * Removed: Dead code (page_by_post method, by-post.php template, unused CSS, blsc_manual_ok_urls
   option)
 * Added: Missing admin notice keys (settings_saved, export_empty)

#### 2.1.0

 * Parallel HTTP checks via curl_multi
 * Email alerts for new broken links
 * Scan history and delta reporting
 * XLSX export support
 * Ignore list with persistent overrides
 * By-post view integrated into dashboard

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.5.0**
 *  Last updated **23 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 8.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [404](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/404/)[broken links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/broken-links/)
   [dead links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dead-links/)[images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [link checker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-checker/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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