Title: Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker
Author: tidyplugins
Published: <strong>јуни 24, 2026</strong>
Last modified: август 5, 2026

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# Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker

 By [tidyplugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pierreferrolliet/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tidy-broken-link-scan.2.5.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#installation)
 * [Development](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/#developers)

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## Description

BLC scans every published post, page and public custom post type on your WordPress
site for broken links and images. It checks `<a href>`, `<img src>`, `<img srcset
>`, and `<source srcset>` — all natively, using the WordPress HTTP API. No SaaS,
no API key, no external dependency.

**Features:**

 * Detects broken links (4xx, 5xx, timeouts)
 * Checks images including `srcset` and `<picture>` elements
 * Automatic daily scan via WP-Cron
 * Instant re-scan when you save a post
 * Admin dashboard with filtering (all / broken / ok)
 * Direct link to edit the source post
 * Works on any WordPress hosting

**Need a full-site crawl?** This plugin checks the links and images inside your 
published posts, pages and custom post types. For a complete crawl of your whole
site — every URL discovered through your sitemap, plus SSL and redirect-chain checks—
you can run a free scan with our companion cloud scanner at [brokenlinkscan.com](https://brokenlinkscan.com).
It runs in your browser, needs no installation, and is made by the same author.

#### More from Tidy Plugins

If you like this plugin, take a look at the rest of the Tidy suite:

 * [Tidy Table of Contents](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-table-of-contents/)—
   automatic, accessible table of contents
 * [Tidy Draft Share](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-draft-share/) — share drafts
   via secure, expiring preview links
 * [Tidy Author Box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-author-box/) — author bio
   box with avatar and social links

### External services

This plugin sends HTTP requests to third-party URLs as its core functionality (broken
link checking). The list of contacted URLs is dynamic: it consists of the external
links and image sources found in your own published posts, pages, and custom post
types.

 * What is sent: HTTP HEAD (with GET fallback) requests using the WordPress HTTP
   API. The plugin does not transmit any user-identifying data; only the URL itself
   is requested.
 * When: requests are issued during a scan, which is triggered manually from the
   admin dashboard, automatically once per day via WP-Cron, or when you save a post(
   re-scan of that post only).
 * Why: to determine whether each link returns a 2xx/3xx response (OK) or a 4xx/
   5xx/timeout response (broken).

Because the contacted URLs are entirely determined by the content of your own site,
the plugin does not rely on any single fixed third-party service. A small allow-
list of well-known domains (Gravatar, gstatic, wordpress.com, Cloudflare, etc.) 
is skipped from scanning to avoid noise; no data is sent to those domains by the
plugin itself.

## Screenshots

[⌊Scan dashboard with health score, category filters and per-link actions⌉⌊Scan 
dashboard with health score, category filters and per-link actions⌉[

Scan dashboard with health score, category filters and per-link actions

[⌊Results grouped by post, so you fix a page in one pass⌉⌊Results grouped by post,
so you fix a page in one pass⌉[

Results grouped by post, so you fix a page in one pass

[⌊Settings — caching, menu and image scanning, domain and URL exclusions⌉⌊Settings—
caching, menu and image scanning, domain and URL exclusions⌉[

Settings — caching, menu and image scanning, domain and URL exclusions

[⌊Scan history with the week-to-week trend and a diff of what just broke⌉⌊Scan history
with the week-to-week trend and a diff of what just broke⌉[

Scan history with the week-to-week trend and a diff of what just broke

## Installation

 1. Upload the `tidy-broken-link-scan` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin in **Plugins  Installed Plugins**
 3. Go to **Liens cassés** in the admin menu
 4. Click **Scanner tout le site** to run your first scan

## FAQ

### Will it slow down my site?

No. Scans run in the background via WP-Cron and are never triggered by front-end
visitors.

### Does it check images?

Yes — `<img src>`, `<img srcset>`, and `<source srcset>` are all parsed and checked.

### How often does it scan?

Once per day automatically (at 03:00 server time). You can also trigger a full scan
manually or re-scan individual posts on save.

### Can I scan a single post?

Posts are automatically re-scanned every time you publish or update them.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker” is open source software. The
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ tidyplugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pierreferrolliet/)

[Translate “Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link & Image Checker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tidy-broken-link-scan/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tidy-broken-link-scan/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tidy-broken-link-scan/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tidy-broken-link-scan/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.5.3

 * Fixed: links pointing to a domain that no longer resolves are now reported. They
   were being marked healthy, which hid the most common kind of broken link.
 * Fixed: the retry counter is no longer reset at the start of every scan, so a 
   link that keeps failing actually reaches the three-strike threshold and gets 
   reported.
 * Fixed: the category filters on the dashboard showed raw HTML instead of their
   icons.

#### 2.5.2

 * The review prompt now waits until the plugin has actually run two scans, appears
   only on the plugin’s own screens, and states what your last scan checked instead
   of just counting days since install.

#### 2.5.1

 * The dashboard cloud-scanner tip now prefills your site URL, so the companion 
   full-site scan on brokenlinkscan.com starts one click away.

#### 2.5.0

 * Scans now cover every public post type (posts, pages and custom post types) instead
   of only posts and pages — full scans, the daily auto-scan, the on-save re-scan,
   the post editor meta box and WP-CLI all use the same scope. Added a `blsc_scannable_post_types`
   filter to customise the list.

#### 2.4.9

 * Scan history now shows every recorded entry (up to the 30 the plugin stores) 
   instead of being capped.
 * Domain and URL exclusions are now fully configurable from the Settings screen—
   enter the domains or URLs to skip during scans.

#### 2.4.8

 * Replaced all direct cURL calls with the WordPress HTTP API (`wp_remote_*`) for
   link and image checking, including the batch scanner. Redirects are now followed
   via the HTTP API while still reporting redirect chains and loops.
 * WP-CLI `blc export` now writes CSV to STDOUT only (use shell redirection, e.g.`
   wp blc export > report.csv`); the arbitrary `--file` path option was removed.

#### 2.4.7

 * WordPress.org coding-standards hardening: explicit output escaping in the admin
   dashboard and post meta box, documented safe `$wpdb` queries, and translators
   comments for all i18n placeholders (Plugin Check compliance).

#### 2.4.6

 * Added a dismissible tip on the dashboard linking to the companion cloud scanner(
   brokenlinkscan.com) for a full-site crawl beyond posts and pages.

#### 2.4.5

 * Replaced PHP short echo tags (`<?=`) with full `<?php echo` in the post meta 
   box (WordPress.org coding-standards compliance).
 * Bumped “Tested up to” to WordPress 7.0 and aligned the readme plugin name with
   the plugin header.

#### 2.4.4

 * Hardened admin output escaping: replaced `phpcs:ignore` suppressions with explicit`
   wp_kses()`, `esc_attr()` and `(int)` casts in the dashboard view (WordPress.org
   coding-standards compliance).

#### 2.4.3

 * Document outbound HTTP scanning behavior under the new “External services” section
   of the readme (WordPress.org guideline 6 compliance).

#### 2.4.2

 * Removed the ACF field scanner from the free plugin (the code only ran when the
   Pro add-on enabled the related setting). ACF scanning is now provided entirely
   by the companion Pro plugin via the new `blsc_extra_links` filter.

#### 2.4.1

 * Removed all licence checks and premium-feature gating from the free plugin code(
   premium features — auto-scan cron, email/Slack notifications, ACF scanning, exclusions,
   CSV/XLSX export — are now distributed via a separate companion plugin).
 * Removed the now-unnecessary `load_plugin_textdomain()` call (handled by WordPress.
   org translation system since WP 4.6).
 * Added extension hooks for add-on plugins (settings defaults/sanitisation, scan-
   complete notification, scan/exclusion filters, admin UI).

#### 2.4.0

 * Added: Broken anchor detection (missing #id targets)
 * Added: Redirect chain tracking and reporting
 * Added: Slack notifications for scan results
 * Added: Scan diff — compare results between consecutive scans
 * Added: Health score dashboard with summary cards

#### 2.2.0

 * Fixed: Plugin header version now matches internal constant
 * Fixed: SSL_VERIFYHOST set to 2 (was incorrectly disabled, MITM vulnerability)
 * Fixed: Plugin action links basename corrected (Settings link now works on Plugins
   page)
 * Fixed: Double scan race condition — pending state now blocks duplicate starts
 * Fixed: Raw $_POST passed to settings save without wp_unslash()
 * Fixed: save_scan_history() query now uses $wpdb->prepare()
 * Improved: Nonce caching in list table rows (performance)
 * Improved: Hardcoded French strings in admin.js replaced with i18n keys
 * Removed: Dead code (page_by_post method, by-post.php template, unused CSS, blsc_manual_ok_urls
   option)
 * Added: Missing admin notice keys (settings_saved, export_empty)

#### 2.1.0

 * Parallel HTTP checks via curl_multi
 * Email alerts for new broken links
 * Scan history and delta reporting
 * XLSX export support
 * Ignore list with persistent overrides
 * By-post view integrated into dashboard

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.5.3**
 *  Last updated **14 часа ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.2**
 *  PHP version ** 8.2 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/)
 * Tags
 * [404](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/404/)[broken links](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/broken-links/)
   [dead links](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dead-links/)[images](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [link checker](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-checker/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tidy-broken-link-scan/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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