WordPress Plugin to Fix Dead Links


When it comes to leveraging a completely-free link checker tool for WordPress, the Broken Link Checker plugin is incredibly essential. It helps you spotlight all the redirections and detect all broken links on your website.

This WordPress plugin examines all URLs on your WordPress site and gives you an accurate analysis of the redirected and broken links.

How to Leverage the Broken Link Checker Plugin

  • Download the plugin and install it on your blog
  • Go to the settings tab and click on Tools, then on Broken Links.

It sometimes takes a couple of hours to scan the whole of a WordPress website for internal and external broken links and give you a complete analytical report for prompt actions.

Aside from getting a report of the broken links, you’ll also have the status code appearing in order to help you decide whether to update, unlink or take no action.

I would recommend you updating the dead links rather than just unlinking them. However, if you have a great blog with hundreds of broken links, you can preferably remove such 404 links without having to delay the process any further.

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Jenny28 Premium
Hi Israel, thank you for this training. I regularly check for broken links using the free broken link checker. I usually find broken links in the comments, when people leave their URL and it no longer exists. Would you say that the plugin is more thorough, or is using a free tool just as effective?
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Israel17 Premium
@Jenny28
Hey Jenny, thanks for dropping by! Glad you read this training and left a thought! Much appreciated! Yes, the plugin can actually help detect and fix all dead links in comments, images, posts and all of that. However, if you wouldn't want to add any other plugin to your list, you can leverage the free online tool called "Dead Link Checker". You just need to input a page URL and it shows all broken links as well suggests the way to fix them all almost immediately. I supplied the URL to this free tool in the training. Thanks for your contributions!

Israel Olatunji
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Jenny28 Premium
@Israel17
Thanks Israel 😊
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Mick18 Premium
Thanks, Israel I will check this out.
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Israel17 Premium
@Mick18
Hey Mick, you're deeply cherished. Thanks for reaching out with a comment! Good to know you would like to check it out. If you ever need help with anything going forward, let me know immediately. I'm here to attend to anything affecting you or your business, my friend. I'm more committed to you than you think. Thanks for all those comments left so far! Wish you much success in your online endeavors!

Israel Olatunji
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Eaka1 Premium
Thanks Israel, this is great information for newbie like us!
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Israel17 Premium
@Eaka1
You're most welcome, Eva. Thanks for reaching out, my good friend! Much appreciated! Glad you found this training useful for your online business! I hope you've started using the Broken Link Checker plugin or Dead Link Checker tool! You'll find these indispensable for your site's SEO audit. Thanks for taking the time to read this tutorial!

Israel Olatunji
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CathyAllen Premium
Thank you for these great ideas! I always thought I would just need to go through my entire site from time to time checking for broken links. Your information is fantastic!
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Israel17 Premium
@CathyAllen
Yes, your site needs regular SEO audits from time to time and these tools can help you achieve that as broken links can hurt your search rankings if not fixed on time. Alternatively, if you never wanted to download a plugin, you can be using the Dead Link Checker Tool which is more fantastic that the Broken Link Checker plugin and it doesn't require any download or install.
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Traveller75 Premium
Thanks for the info and will be trying this plugin for my site.

Wayne
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Israel17 Premium
@Traveller75
Sure, Wayne! Thanks for reading this training piece! Much appreciated! If you don't ever want to add more plugins to your list, I recommended an alternative to the Broken Link Checker plugin which is the Dead Link Checker tool. It's just an online tool whereby you simply input the page URL into the toolbar and start the audit right away. Thanks for leaving a thought!

Israel Olatunji
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