What does "Unlink" do?

For a text link it removes the tag and keeps the link text. For an image it removes the tag. The change is saved to the post like a normal edit, so it appears in the post's revision history.

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Linkmender – Broken Link Scanner

Name: Linkmender – Broken Link Scanner
Author: prayasa

Find and fix broken links, redirects, missing images and orphan pages. 100% local: no cloud service, no external API, nothing leaves your site.

Linkmender ranks #72,028 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #5,822 of 6,651 in the Media category, and was last updated Sep 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 23 Sep, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.0
Last Updated: Sep 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: prayasa

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Linkmender – Broken Link Scanner

No. Every request is made from your own server with the WordPress HTTP API. The plugin never contacts any server other than the URLs found in your content.

Scans run in small batches with a configurable pause between them, and never run longer than about 40 seconds in one go. You can lower the batch size on shared hosting.

Some sites block automated requests (LinkedIn, some CDNs, some bot-protection services). Add such domains to Settings → Exclude domains, or set a browser-like user agent under Settings → User agent.

For a text link it removes the <a> tag and keeps the link text. For an image it removes the <img> tag. The change is saved to the post like a normal edit, so it appears in the post's revision history.

It checks the rendered HTML stored in post_content, which covers the block editor, the classic editor and most page builders that store HTML. Builders that store their layout only as shortcodes or JSON in post meta are covered by the "Also scan custom fields" option when the meta contains HTML or a bare URL.

An orphan page is a published post or page that nothing else on your site links to. Search engines discover pages largely by following links, so an orphan is crawled less and ranks worse than its content deserves. The fix is editorial: link to it from a post where it is genuinely relevant.

Linkmender reads links from post content (and custom fields, when that option is on). It does not scan navigation menus, widgets or theme templates, so a page reachable only from your menu still counts as an orphan here. Add its ID to Settings → Exclude post IDs to hide it. The front page and the blog posts page are excluded for you. The Orphan pages tab says to run a scan first. Orphan detection is built from the internal links recorded during a scan. Before the first full scan finishes there is no link graph, so every page would look orphaned — the tab asks you to scan rather than show you a misleading list. This also applies right after upgrading from 1.0.x, which did not record the link graph.

Not yet. The Pro tab lists what is planned. The free version is complete and will stay free.

Scheduled events are removed. The results table and settings are kept unless you enable Settings → Delete the links table and all settings when the plugin is deleted.