Find broken links on your WordPress site
Free cloud-based scanner that checks your WordPress site the way Google does — no plugin overhead, no server load, no performance impact.
No signup required for your first scan · Plugin is free on WordPress.org
Why WordPress sites break links faster
Plugin & theme updates
Updates can change URL structures, remove pages, or break custom links in widgets and templates.
Permalink changes
Changing your permalink structure breaks every internal link unless you set up redirects.
Deleted content
Trashing posts, pages, or media files creates 404 errors across your site.
External link rot
Sites you link to move, rebrand, or shut down. Blog posts are especially vulnerable.
Missing media
Images deleted from the Media Library still appear as broken in posts and pages.
Migrations
Moving hosts, changing domains, or migrating from another CMS breaks links at scale.
Two tools, complete coverage
Use our cloud scanner for comprehensive external checks, and the WordPress plugin for real-time monitoring inside your CMS.
Broken Link Scan
Cloud-based scanner — sees your site like Google does.
- Scans up to 100,000 pages per site
- Checks links, images, CSS, and JS
- Zero server load on your WordPress host
- Automated daily/weekly scans
- Email, Slack, Discord & webhook alerts
- REST API for CI/CD integration
WordPress Plugin
Lightweight plugin by TidyPlugins — monitors from inside WordPress.
- Native Gutenberg integration
- Real-time link monitoring in editor
- Lightweight — no server performance impact
- Free core features, optional Pro tier
- Dashboard widget with broken link count
- Edit links directly from the report
“I have tried other ‘highly rated’ broken link checkers and they are way behind Tidy Broken Link Scan. In fact, I put it on two of our commercial sites. Another thing, when you find a bug (and I have found a couple), their support team fixes it right way.”
Unedited 5-star review of the WordPress plugin, published on WordPress.org.
How to check broken links on WordPress
Enter your WordPress URL
Paste your homepage URL in our scanner. Works with any WordPress site — self-hosted, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, multisite.
We crawl every page
Our cloud crawler follows every link on your site — posts, pages, menus, footers, sidebars, WooCommerce products — and checks each one.
Get your report
See every broken link with its HTTP status code, the page it appears on, and the anchor text. Export to CSV or JSON on Pro to share with your team.
Set up monitoring
Enable automated scans so you catch new broken links as they appear — after updates, deploys, or external changes.
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