Title: Not checking my custom fields
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Not checking my custom fields

 *  Resolved [Guust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldroo/)
 * (@goldroo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/)
 * I am using [https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/)
   and they use a custom field **geodir_website** which is added to their custom
   posts.
    The field holds a normal URL including the http. I added it to the links
   to look for, but it does not find the broken ones?
 * All suggestions gladly accepted.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)

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 *  [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226824)
 * Does it find _any_ of the links in those custom fields? You can check that like
   this: go to the “Broken Links” page, switch to the “All” view, click “Search”
   and search for “Link type: Custom fields”.
 *  Thread Starter [Guust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldroo/)
 * (@goldroo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226829)
 * No, it does not find any.
 *  [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226830)
 * Update: I’ve now tested GeoDirectory on a local site and looked at its database
   entries. Broken Link Checker can’t find “geodir_website” because it is not a 
   custom field. At least, not in the sense that the term is generally used in WordPress(
   see: [Custom Fields](https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields)).
 * WordPress stores custom fields in the `wp_postmeta` table. It also provides a
   well-defined way to retrieve and update those fields, so BLC can work with many
   different fields without having to be patched to support each individual plugin.
   On the other hand, GeoDirectory stores place details in a custom table called`
   wpx_geodir_gd_place_detail`. The only way to make BLC scan that table for links
   would be to write additional code to handle that specific format.
 *  Thread Starter [Guust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldroo/)
 * (@goldroo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226842)
 * GeoDirectory also creates extra tables like that for every custom post type an
   admin can add; they all use the geodir_website field. For example wpx_geodir_gd_event_detail
   etc.
 * No idea what the code would be, so I leave it with you.
 * Thanks
 *  [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226849)
 * Unfortunately, usually there simply isn’t enough time to implement support for
   every plugin that stores its links in some non-standard location.
 *  Thread Starter [Guust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldroo/)
 * (@goldroo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226870)
 * No problem at all. Thanks for looking into it anyway.

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 * Last reply from: [Guust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldroo/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-checking-my-custom-fields/#post-6226870)
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