Find broken links on your Joomla site
Free cloud scanner for Joomla sites — crawls your articles, menus and components to surface broken links and images with zero server load.
No signup required for your first scan · Scan up to 500 pages free
Why Joomla sites break links
Menu & alias changes
Changing a menu item or article alias rewrites the URL, breaking internal links and bookmarks to the old path.
Extension updates
Component, module and plugin updates can change routing or remove pages, breaking links that depended on them.
Unpublished articles
Setting an article to unpublished or trashed returns a 404 for every link that referenced it.
Media manager changes
Deleting or moving files in the Media Manager breaks direct links to the old image and document URLs.
External link rot
Outbound links in articles decay over time as the destinations move, rebrand or disappear.
SEF URL migrations
Turning search-engine-friendly URLs on or off, or switching to a new router, changes every URL on the site at once.
How to check broken links on Joomla
Enter your Joomla site URL
Paste your homepage URL in our scanner. No account, no install — your first scan starts instantly.
We crawl every page
We crawl every menu item, article and component-driven page, following links and images across your Joomla site.
Get your report
See every broken link with its HTTP status code, the page it appears on, and its anchor text. Export to CSV or JSON with a free account to share with your team.
Set up monitoring
Enable automated scans so you catch new broken links as they appear — after edits, publishes, or external changes.
Joomla broken link checker — FAQ
Does Joomla check for broken links?
Joomla has no built-in crawler that verifies your live links. Some extensions help, but they add server load and rarely check external links. A cloud scanner covers everything without touching your server.
Does it add load to my Joomla server?
No. All crawling happens in our cloud. Your Joomla host serves normal page requests, so there is no measurable performance impact.
Does it work across Joomla 3, 4 and 5?
Yes. Because we crawl the public HTML of your site, the Joomla version and template do not matter.
Can I schedule Joomla scans?
Yes. Paid plans run automatic scans on a schedule and alert you when new broken links appear.
Ready to fix broken links on Joomla?
Scan up to 500 pages free — no signup, no credit card.