How to Find Broken Links in WordPress to Remove
If you use the content managing script WordPress to maintain your website or blog and have many posts or pages that contain links, you may want a utility that allows you to find broken links or those that redirect to other Web addresses so that you can fix those links or delete the post or page that contains the broken link. If you correct broken links to other pages on your site, you can improve your website's functionality.
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Instructions
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Install the Broken Link Checker plugin to your WordPress installation. Perform a search in the "Plugins" section of your WordPress dashboard, via the browser. Alternatively, you can manually download the plugin from the WordPress plugins repository and upload it to your server via FTP program or browser-based file manager.
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Click the link to activate the plugin, if you have installed it from the dashboard. Log into your dashboard, click the Plugins section, and click to view all plugins to see the Broken Link Checker. Click "Activate" below the plugin name.
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Expand the "Tools" section in the navigation sidebar of your WordPress dashboard, and click "Broken links." The plugin will show you all the broken links or those with redirects, as well as the page or post that contains the link.
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Tips & Warnings
You can delete the source (page or post) or modify the destination URL with Broken Link Checker plugin.
If you wish to keep the broken link as it is, to point to a website for reference, you can instruct the plugin to ignore the entry.
