Broken Link Checker

The broken link notifications are displayed on the dashboard.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

What is new in this release:

• Security:
• Filter link URLs before displaying them on the "Broken Links" page.
• Prevent Editors and Administrators who don't have the "unfiltered_html" capability from creating "javascript:" URLs by editing existing links.

What is new in version 1.10.8:

• Security:
• Filter link URLs before displaying them on the "Broken Links" page.
• Prevent Editors and Administrators who don't have the "unfiltered_html" capability from creating "javascript:" URLs by editing existing links.

What is new in version 1.10.4:

• Security:
• Filter link URLs before displaying them on the "Broken Links" page.
• Prevent Editors and Administrators who don't have the "unfiltered_html" capability from creating "javascript:" URLs by editing existing links.

What is new in version 1.10:

• Added a way to hide individual link actions like "Dismiss" and "Unlink".
• Added a "Fix redirect" link action. It replaces a redirect with a direct link. It is hidden by default and can be enabled through the settings page.
• Added a "Recheck" link action. Unlike the bulk action by the same name, it checks a link immediately and displays the results without having to refresh the page.
• Added a "Dismiss" bulk action.
• Added a note below the "link tweaks" settings explaining that they only apply to the contents of posts (and pages, and CPTs), not comments or custom fields.
• Made the "Redirect URL" column sortable.
• Added a "Details" link to the "Status" column.
• Added a "Warnings" section to Tools -> Broken Links. It shows problems that might be temporary or false positives. Warnings can be disabled through the settings page.
• Fixed a conflict with plugins that use PHP sessions.
• Fixed the "post statuses" option. Now disabling a post status (e.g. "Draft") should take effect immediately.
• Fixed the Mediafire link checker.
• Fixed the text in the "Status" column being slightly offset vertically when compared to other columns.
• Fixed search box position in WP 4.1-alpha.
• Added a few workarounds for situations where a custom post type is removed without first removing the posts.
• Removed the screen icon. WordPress has deprecated it.

What is new in version 1.9:

• Added a Hebrew translation.
• Added support for HTML code in custom fields. To make the plugin treat a field as HTML, prefix its name with "html:" in BLC settings. For example, if you have a custom field named "foo" that contains HTML, enter it as "html:foo".
• Fixed: The "Status" column is now properly updated when editing a link.
• Fixed: Visual feedback when a link is successfully edited. Basically, it briefly changes the row background to green.
• Fixed: Email notifications will only include the "see all broken links here" link if the recipient can actually access that link.
• Fixed some UI labels not being localizable.
• The "Undismiss" action is now displayed in all views instead of only the "Dismissed" view. This way you can tell if a broken link has been dismissed without having to search the "Dismissed" list.
• Added information about the last email notification sent to debug info. It's accessible by clicking "show debug info" on the plugin settings page.

What is new in version 1.8.1:

• Updated the German translation.
• Added translation strings for two modules that were missing them.
• Replaced a number of icons with GPL-compatible alternatives from Font Awesome.
• Removed some unused images.

What is new in version 1.8:

• Added an option to only show the dashboard widget for users with the Administrator role, or to disable it completely.
• Added a way to change the notification email address.
• Added support for Smart YouTube "httpv://" links.
• Added support for protocol-relative URLs (for example, "//example.com/").
• Added support for checking YouTube playlists.
• Added a Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) translation.
• Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation.
• Switched over to storing plugin settings as JSON instead of serialized PHP arrays.
• Improved error reporting in situations where the plugin can not load settings from the database.

What is new in version 1.7.1:

• Updated Portuguese translation.
• Updated French translation.
• Fixed MySQL errors caused by the plugin converting table names to lowercase.
• Fixed a bug where the plugin would sometimes report broken Twitter links as working.
• Fixed the plugin author URL.

What is new in version 1.6.2:

• Another attempt to fix the "database not up to date" that some users are still experiencing even with 1.6.1.

What is new in version 1.6:

• Added a "Redirect URL" column. For redirects this will display the URL that the link redirects to. For normal, non-redirected links, it will be empty. This column is hidden by default. You can enable it in the "Screen Options" panel.
• Updated French translation.
• Tested on WP 3.4.1.
• Replace the "More plugins..." link on the "Broken Links" page with a link to the Admin Menu Editor page. This link will be hidden for users who have donated.
• A number of minor fixes.

What is new in version 1.5.3:

• Fixed a bug that would cause the donation flag to be recorded incorrectly.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.2 or higher