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Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link Checker for Links & Images

Name: Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link Checker for Links & Images
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: tidyplugins

Find broken links and broken images in your posts, pages and custom post types. Runs on your own server: no SaaS, no API key.

Tidy Broken Link Scan ranks #31,564 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #2,976 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Oct 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.5.6 Current Version v2.5.6

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 23 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#2,976 of 6,651 in Media Top 50% by installs Downloads -55.7% this week Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.5.6
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.0.8
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: tidyplugins

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Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Tidy Broken Link Scan – Broken Link Checker for Links & Images

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

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

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

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

Some servers refuse automated requests, or answer a HEAD request differently from a real visit. Open the link, confirm it is fine, then use Ignore on that row: it stays out of your broken count without being deleted.

It is the share of checked links that are broken. Above 3% the grade drops sharply, because at that level readers and search engines hit dead ends regularly.

Yes, and a link that ends on a working page is not reported as broken. The Fix redirect action rewrites the link to its final destination so readers skip the extra hop.

Yes. Settings has a domain exclusion list, plus a URL exclusion list for one-off cases. Social networks that systematically block crawlers are skipped by default.

You edit the URL from the results table and the plugin rewrites it everywhere it appears in your content, so you do not have to open each post.

No. Every check is made from your own server with the WordPress HTTP API. The optional cloud scanner is a separate tool you visit yourself.