Description
Catch the quiet failure before a reader does.
Turn a site-wide broken-link hunt into one calm report
Agent Broken Link Alert finds external HTTP and HTTPS links in published posts, checks each unique address and shows the source post, broken URL and response status in WordPress.
Run it when you want or schedule a weekly background check. Optional email tells you when attention is useful; the detailed results remain in your own dashboard.
Links age quietly, but readers notice the dead end immediately
A useful source moves, a domain blocks requests or an old guide disappears. Manual checking grows with every article. This free assistant gives a small site a repeatable maintenance habit without a corporate monitoring subscription.
One report
See the post, exact external address and returned status together.
Less repeated traffic
Each unique external URL is checked once per run, even when several posts use it.
A schedule you control
Use the manual button or enable a weekly background scan and optional email summary.
Enable → run → review → edit the source post
Allow checking
The settings explain that linked external addresses receive the required HTTP request.
Run the check
The scanner works in slices and retries selected HEAD responses with GET for a clearer result.
Open the post
Use the direct edit link, verify the destination and update the article when appropriate.
Settings and results live in the same simple screen
- A blog with years of source links and no dedicated maintenance team.
- A news site that needs a repeatable weekly link review.
- A tutorial library where one moved reference can confuse many readers.
- A beginner who wants a direct Edit link instead of a complex monitoring console.
- WordPress 6.0 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer.
- Published posts that contain external HTTP or HTTPS links.
- Permission to manage the plugin and edit the affected posts.
- The scan contacts only the external addresses already present in the content and identifies the request with the site address.
We are a small product workshop. We do not need to turn every useful button into a monthly bill
Similar products probably exist. Before choosing one, ask a simple question: can you keep using the useful part without another mandatory monthly payment?
Agent Broken Link Alert is Free, so this edition stays free. Paid AgentWP products follow the same plain principle: pay once and own the product you bought, with no mandatory monthly AgentWP subscription. Honest pricing and honest cooperation.
If a future Pro feature uses an external AI or data provider, that provider’s price and terms will be disclosed separately before purchase — never hidden inside the AgentWP licence.
It could recommend replacement sources when paired with a future AI and search-assisted Pro workflow
That direction could compare replacements, summarise the choice and prepare a review queue. The free plugin already handles the essential first step: showing exactly where attention is needed.
The result stays local and the network behaviour is explained before you press Run
Settings, results and history stay in WordPress. The only external requests are the link checks themselves; no API account is required, and email remains optional.
Give old links a five-minute maintenance routine
Run the report, open the source post and fix the reader's path before the dead end becomes normal.
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