easy-broken-link-checker

More like a spam bot

It shows a lot of broken links, 404 Not Found, but when I checked, the link was good.

I installed this and after a few minutes got the hang of it. It showed me some links that were an incorrect format and a broken one. Works like a charm. Thanks! Any chance of adding this to the dashboard?

I was optimistic when it quickly reported that it had found 59 broken links that the previous link checker hadn’t. From then on however it’s been downhill. The plug-in seemingly specialises in generating false reports (or at least reporting links that appear to be working). Breaking the <center> tag in images and tables and aligning your website left. Breaking the open in separate tab HTML attribute. And inserting %0D%0A into a link (hence breaking it) It’s probably going to cost me a few days labour now to repair the damage this plug-in has caused, and consequently its been deactivated. You just can’t trust it. I’m fearful also about how much other sabotage it’s performed. Not really sure it should be out there based on my experience. It doesn’t look fit for purpose. It’s broken every single link in posts and pages that was set up to open a separate tab It’s a shame, as I had high hopes for it, but its done a lot of damage to the layout

I have many broken links in my website and using this plugin I have resolved broken link issues. Quick fix and convenient to use. It has some issue to use, but nice. Good. Very helpful and thank you.

There is no button to tell the plugin to START running! So I have no idea if it will randomly decide when it will run. Or if it will ever run at all. It shows Checking status No internal or external broken links found. No links Detected. Which is absolutely incorrect. I suspect it sais this because it has never run yet. But even then, the message is misleading. And there appears to be no way to tell it TO run. The video looks promising. But probably it is not ready for actual use yet. Probably this should be labeled as a Alpha (or Beta) testing version !! It is also *possible* that the button is hidden somewhere, other than the Plugin’s ONLY page ?? Or that it will decide to run on its own, whenever IT FEELS like it (which I believes would be a POOR decision on the developer’s behalf), and that once it *does decide* to run, it’s wonderful. But it is unlikely to be the case. honestly, I believe it to be not ready for prime time yet, and will likelly uninstall immediately. I *want* it to work, so I may keep an eye on this plugin, and try again as it begins to mature. Note that at this point, it only has 20 installs !!!