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Broken link scanning

How scans discover pages, judge links, and mail you when something breaks.

  1. How a scan works How a scan finds the pages on your site, which links it checks, what it skips, and how many pages each plan covers in one scan. 3 min read
  2. How links are classified Which answers make a link broken, a warning or blocked, how redirects and soft 404 pages count, and why a 403 or 429 never counts as broken. 4 min read
  3. Scan settings Set up a project's scans. Exclude URL patterns, decide how URL parameters count, check images and documents, and turn on the weekly scan. 3 min read
  4. Weekly scans and email alerts Scan a project every Monday on its own, and get an email at the next morning check when a scan finds more broken links than the one before. 3 min read
  5. The broken links table Filter a project's broken links, read each column, exclude false alarms and export the list as a CSV file for your team or your developer. 3 min read
  6. Scan history and retention Find every past scan of a project on the Scan reports tab, and see how long we keep full link details and scan summaries on each plan. 2 min read
  7. Fix broken links with AI Get a checked replacement or a recommendation to unlink for every broken link, then apply the fixes in WordPress or hand the prompt to your developer. 3 min read