Removed or changed URLs still being checked – how long?

  • Resolved Denis Giffeler

    (@giffeler)


    5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello, I have a question about how the plugin handles URLs that were once checked but later changed or removed from my site.

    If a URL has already been checked and I then update or delete that URL, how long will the plugin continue to check the old (now non‑existent) URL? Shouldn’t such URLs be automatically removed from the list of URLs to be checked?

    I am using WordPress version 6.9 and Wayback Link Fixer version 1.3.4.

    Thank you for clarifying how this behavior is intended to work.

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  • Plugin Contributor Glynn Quelch

    (@glynnquelch)

    5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hey,

    The links are not removed from the database. They are only checked when they are present in the content currently being viewed, as link checks run only when a user accesses the content on the front end.

    Because finding or replacing links is a relatively slow process, retaining them improves performance if the same link appears again in future views.

    We could potentially add a feature to clean up orphaned links, either via the WordPress admin interface and or as a WP-CLI command.

    Thread Starter Denis Giffeler

    (@giffeler)

    5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Thanks for clarifying — “orphaned links” was exactly the term I needed. Adding a cleanup option for those links, whether via the admin interface or WP‑CLI, sounds like a really useful enhancement.

    neotrope

    (@neotrope)

    1 month, 1 week ago

    An admin link would be ideal, as this is common practice for most “clear cache” functions in plugins these days. TIA !

    Thread Starter Denis Giffeler

    (@giffeler)

    1 month, 1 week ago

    @neotrope – agreed!

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