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Website Broken Link Checker

Find broken links on a page before launch or after a migration.

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What is a broken link checker?

A broken link checker scans links on a page or sitemap and reports HTTP status codes, redirects, and failures. Helps fix SEO and user-experience issues before launch.

This website broken link checker crawls links from a starting URL and reports HTTP errors, redirects, and timeouts. Run pre-launch QA or post-migration audits without installing desktop software.

Fix internal 404s first—they waste crawl budget and hurt UX; external broken links may need archive.org replacements.

How to use this tool

Enter starting URL, run check, review broken and redirected links, fix hrefs, rescan.

Worked example

Example: scan homepage before launch—three footer links return 404 after URL restructure.

When to use this

  • Pre-launch site QA.
  • After CMS migration.
  • Monthly maintenance on content-heavy sites.

Common examples

  • Blog post HTML → flags `/old-pricing` returning 404 in the footer.
  • Resource page with 15 outbound links → surfaces two 403 partner URLs blocked to bots.
  • Post-migration homepage → confirms `/docs/getting-started` redirects but `/docs/api` is 404.
  • Email newsletter archive paste → finds `http://` mixed-content links that fail on HTTPS site.
  • Affiliate page QA → catches truncated URL missing trailing slash before publish.
  • Internal wiki export → lists broken image `src` paths still pointing at retired CDN host.

What people search for

  • broken link checker
  • dead link checker
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  • seo broken link audit

Common mistakes

  • Scanning staging URLs blocked by robots.
  • Ignoring redirect chains.
  • Only checking homepage depth.

Related long-tail tasks

  • 404 link audit
  • redirect checker
  • internal link health

How it works

Extract links from HTML or a fetched page, then send HEAD requests to check HTTP status codes. Broken or unreachable links are listed in a results table.

Limitations

Checks up to 20 unique URLs per run. Some sites block live checks from the browser—paste HTML when fetch fails. Status codes reflect what your browser can reach, not a full server crawl.

Privacy and file handling

Your data stays on your device and is not uploaded.

Important notice

Link checks run from your browser and may be blocked by site security or rate limits. Only the first 20 unique URLs are tested per run.

Related Broken Link Checker guides

These pages use the same broken link checker with guides tailored to specific search intents.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Full site crawl?

Depth depends on tool limits—start from key templates and hub pages.

Auth pages?

Password-protected areas may not scan without credentials.

Rate limits?

Large sites may need throttled crawls to avoid server overload.

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