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Rotbane – Broken Link Checker

Name: Rotbane – Broken Link Checker
Author: codinglabe

Find and fix broken links, 404s, soft 404s and redirects in WordPress. No account, no link limits, and every check runs on your own site.

Rotbane ranks #66,314 among WordPress.org plugins with 1+ active installations, is #2,188 of 4,265 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.1.1 Current Version v1.1.1

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 29 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.1
Last Updated: Oct 29, 2026
Requires WP: N/A+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: codinglabe

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Rotbane – Broken Link Checker

No. Checks run from your site with the WordPress HTTP API. There is no account, no quota, and no telemetry in the free plugin.

Not by default. Automatic homepage redirects and the slug-change watcher are off until you enable them. A redirect you save only runs when a visitor hits a 404 on that path.

Some sites answer “page not found” with HTTP 200. Rotbane reads a short title or body and reports that as broken, with the reason “soft 404”, instead of calling the link OK.

The post is a draft, pending review, scheduled, private, or in the Trash, so visitors get a “not found” page. Rotbane names the post and rechecks the link by itself as soon as the post is published or restored.

Each problem is sent once. The first completed scan sets a baseline, so turning alerts on does not send the backlog, and scans with nothing new send nothing.

A 401, 403, 429, or a challenge page means the host refused the checker. LinkedIn, X, Medium, SSRN, and Amazon robot checks stay in Blocked so you do not “fix” a link that still works in a browser.

The page works, but the section the link points at (the part after #) is not on it, so visitors land at the top of the page. It usually means a heading was renamed. Edit the link to the new #id, or remove the fragment. Missing anchors are warnings and are not included in the broken-link email.

Checking anchors on other websites is off by default, because sites that build their pages with JavaScript can add sections after the page loads and would show false warnings. Turn it on in Settings → Anchors.

No. doi.org is supposed to redirect to the publisher. When the identifier resolves, Rotbane marks it OK and explains that.

No. Work is queued in WP-Cron and on the dashboard progress bar, a batch at a time. You can pause it and it resumes.