Broken links quietly hurt your SEO rankings and frustrate your visitors — and most site owners don’t find out until it’s too late. Our free broken link checker scans any page and instantly tells you exactly which links are broken, so you can fix them before they cost you traffic.

What Is a Broken Link Checker?

A broken link checker (also called a dead link checker or 404 link checker) scans a webpage, finds every link on it, and checks whether each one still works. Any link that returns an error — like a 404 “page not found,” a server error, or a link that times out — gets flagged as broken so you know exactly what needs fixing.

Why Check Your Website for Broken Links?

• Protect your SEO rankings – Search engines see broken links as a sign of a poorly maintained site, which can hurt how your pages rank.
• Keep visitors on your site – A dead link sends visitors to an error page, and many simply leave instead of continuing to browse.
• Preserve your credibility – Outdated or broken references make a business, blog, or portfolio site look neglected.
• Catch issues early – Websites change constantly; pages get moved, deleted, or renamed, quietly breaking links elsewhere on your site.
• Ideal for WordPress sites – If you run a broken link checker for WordPress content regularly, you can catch dead links left behind after theme changes, plugin updates, or content edits.

How to Use the Broken Link Checker

Scanning a page takes just a few seconds:

1. Paste the full URL of the page you want to check (e.g. https://yoursite.com/blog-post).
2. Click “Scan Page.”
3. The tool checks every link on that page and shows you a summary — how many links are working, and how many are broken.
4. Any broken links are listed individually with their error status, so you can go fix or remove them.

What Causes Broken Links?

Understanding why links break helps you prevent them in the future:

• A page was deleted or moved without setting up a redirect.
• A URL structure changed (e.g. after a site migration or permalink update).
• An external website you linked to went offline, changed its structure, or shut down entirely.
• A typo in the link’s URL when it was first added.
• A domain expired or was not renewed by its owner.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this broken link checker really free? Yes, it’s completely free to use, with no sign-up and no limits on how many pages you scan.

Does this tool check my entire website or just one page? It scans one page at a time — paste in the URL of any specific page, and it checks every link found on that page. For large sites, run it on a few key pages like your homepage, main blog posts, and top landing pages.

Can I use this as a broken link checker for a WordPress site? Yes, it works on any website, including WordPress sites. Just paste in the URL of any WordPress page or post you’d like to scan.

What counts as a “broken” link? Any link that returns an error response — such as a 404 (page not found), a 500 (server error), or a link that fails to respond at all — is flagged as broken.

Why does the scan only check a limited number of links? To keep results fast and reliable, the tool checks up to 30 unique links per scan. This covers the vast majority of individual pages; for pages with more links, focus scans on your most important content first.

How often should I check my site for broken links? It’s good practice to scan your key pages every few months, and especially after a site redesign, URL structure change, or content cleanup.

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Scroll up, paste in any page URL, and find out in seconds whether it has broken links waiting to be fixed.