The “Broken Link Notifier” WordPress plugin is a vigilant guardian for your website’s links, monitoring and alerting you to broken or dead links as users visit your site. This ensures a seamless user experience and helps prevent search engine ranking penalties.
This plugin:
- Scans content when users visit a page after the page fully loads, preventing performance lag
- Identifies broken links, including 404 errors, timeouts, images, and embedded YouTube videos
- Notifies you via dashboard notifications, email, Discord, Slack and/or Microsoft Teams
- Provides a list of broken links for easy review and correction
- Lets you browse every link on your site in one searchable table before checking their status (NEW with Version 2.0)
- Runs a full two-step site-wide scan on your own schedule — discover every link, then check them all for broken links and warnings (NEW with Version 2.0)
- Allows easy replacement of links straight from the results page
- Caches working (good) links to skip rechecking them for a configurable amount of time
With “Broken Link Notifier”, you can:
- Ensure accurate and functional links for your users
- Prevent search engines from indexing broken links
- Maintain a professional and trustworthy website image
- Save time and effort in manual link checking
- Discover and catalog every link on your site before you even check them
- Run a full site scan on your own terms, without relying only on page-load visits
- Improve performance by caching successful link checks (optional)
This plugin is a must-have for website owners, developers, and SEO enthusiasts who want to guarantee a smooth and error-free browsing experience for their audience!
IF THIS PLUGIN FLAGS SOME LINKS AS BROKEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT, PLEASE READ THE FAQ BELOW
Demo
Screenshots
Page load scan results on back-end
Page load scan results on front-end in dev console - enable in settings
Find broken links easily on front-end with a glowing animation and red border
Omitted Links
Omitted Pages
Page Scan
Site Scan
Link Browser
Settings