Basic, Free
Broken link checking for 1 site. Crawl your content, find 404s and missing images, and fix them yourself.
Broken Links
Detect and fix every broken link before your visitors hit a dead end.
Broken Links crawls your WordPress content to find broken internal and external links and missing images (404s), shows you exactly where each one is used, and lets you edit, redirect, or unlink them in bulk, monitored continuously across all your connected sites.
In short
Broken Links is a WP Tailwatch feature that crawls your WordPress content to find broken internal and external links and missing images (404s), shows where each is used, and lets you edit, redirect, or unlink them in bulk. It monitors continuously across all your connected sites so dead links never pile up unnoticed.
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What it does
Find every dead link and fix it in bulk.Clean up 404s without clicking through every post.
Broken links creep in silently, content moves, external pages vanish, images get deleted. Broken Links crawls everything so you can clean it all up from one place instead of clicking through every post.
- Crawls content for broken internal and external links
- Detects missing images and 404 errors automatically
- Shows exactly where each broken link is used
- Edit, redirect or unlink in bulk across every site
How it works
From hidden 404s to a clean site in three steps.No hunting through every post by hand.
Point Broken Links at your site and it crawls the content, maps each dead link to where it lives, and lets you fix or redirect in bulk. You clear the list and keep it clean with continuous monitoring.
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Crawl your content
Broken Links scans your posts, pages, and media to test every internal and external link and image, flagging anything that returns a 404 or fails to load.
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See where it's used
Each broken link is mapped to the exact posts and pages it appears in, so you know precisely what to fix and how many places reference the dead URL.
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Fix, redirect, monitor
Edit the target, set a redirect, or unlink in bulk, then let continuous monitoring re-crawl on a schedule and alert you when new breaks appear.
Why it matters
Why fixing broken links matters.Dead links quietly erode trust and traffic.
Broken links and 404 errors are a quiet drain on every WordPress site. Every dead link is a visitor who clicked expecting content and got a dead end instead, and on larger sites, a steady stream of 404s can waste crawl budget that search engines could spend on your real pages. Google's own guidance notes that 404 errors generally don't directly harm a site's ranking, but broken navigation still frustrates users and erodes trust. Source: Google Search Central documentation. The longer dead links sit unfixed, the more they accumulate.
Broken Links turns that invisible decay into a clear, fixable list. You see every broken link, where it's used, and you can clear it in bulk, then keep it clean with continuous monitoring. That is the WP Tailwatch difference: maintenance built in, instead of one more plugin to bolt on.
Plan availability
Free checking, more power on paid.Start free, scale monitoring as you grow.
Start finding broken links for free, upgrade for monitoring, alerts, and scale.
Business, Monitoring
Continuous re-crawling with push alerts and bulk fixes for 1-20 sites. Catch new broken links the moment they appear.
Agency, At scale
Crawl and fix broken links across 21-1,000 sites with tiered volume pricing and one dashboard for everything.
Works together with
Part of your mobile-first stack.One platform in place of 50+ plugins.
Broken Links pairs with the rest of WP Tailwatch to replace 50+ separate plugins.
FAQ
Broken Links questions.Answers to the questions we hear most.
Broken Links crawls your WordPress posts, pages, and content to find broken internal links, broken external links, and missing images that return 404 errors. For each one it shows the exact post or page where the link is used, so you can fix it without hunting through your whole site.
Yes. Once Broken Links finds problem URLs, you can edit the target, set up a redirect, or unlink them in bulk directly from the dashboard. You don't have to open each post one at a time, you can clear a whole batch of 404s in a few clicks.
Yes. Broken Links checks both internal links to your own content and external links to other sites. When an external page disappears or starts returning a 404, the link is flagged so you can update or remove it before visitors hit a dead end.
Yes. WP Tailwatch is multi-site by design, so Broken Links monitors every connected WordPress site from a single dashboard and the mobile app. You see all broken links in one place instead of crawling each site separately.
Broken links and 404s primarily degrade the experience for visitors who hit dead ends, and they can waste crawl budget on large sites. Google's documentation notes that 404 errors generally don't directly harm rankings, but broken navigation frustrates users, which is reason enough to fix them quickly.
Yes. On paid plans Broken Links re-crawls your content on a schedule, so newly broken links are caught automatically. You can also get a push alert when new 404s appear, instead of only finding them during a manual check.
Yes. Broken link checking is available on the free Basic plan for one site. Paid Business and Agency plans add continuous monitoring, push alerts, and the ability to crawl and fix links across many sites from one place.
Yes. For each broken link you can choose to edit the original target, set up a redirect to a working URL, or remove the link entirely. Redirects are handy when content has moved and you want existing references to keep working.
Yes. Broken Links is one of the tools that lets WP Tailwatch replace 50+ separate plugins. Instead of installing a standalone link-checker plugin on every site, link crawling and fixing is built into the same platform that handles your security, backups, and monitoring.
Stop letting broken links pile up.
Crawl your content, find every 404 and missing image, and fix or redirect them in bulk, all from one dashboard. Start free today.
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- 14-day money-back on paid plans