Report - Broken Link Checker 2.4.5

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-21 08:02:38 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 409.97 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-05-22T12:22:00+00:00
Active installs	600,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=broken-link-checker%2Fbroken-link-checker.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=7ffa790c31
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.539 s
Memory usage	4.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=blc_dash
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.599 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker → Local [old]

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=blc_local
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.518 s
Memory usage	4.1 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker → More free Plugins?

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=plugins_cross_sell
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.444 s
Memory usage	3.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.189 s
Memory usage	3.69 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.394 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.340 s	0.384 s	+0.044 s	3.51 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 401.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.197 s	0.212 s	+0.015 s	3.57 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 420.75 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.807 s	0.913 s	+0.106 s	6.07 MiB	6.61 MiB	+ 556.34 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.747 s	0.574 s	-0.173 s	3.52 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 378.97 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.221 s	0.221 s	+0.000 s	3.5 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 382.96 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.268 s	0.284 s	+0.016 s	3.49 MiB	3.87 MiB	+ 391.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.195 s	0.221 s	+0.026 s	3.5 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 401.83 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.615 s	0.655 s	+0.040 s	6.05 MiB	6.59 MiB	+ 555.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.440 s	0.296 s	-0.144 s	3.5 MiB	3.87 MiB	+ 379.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.251 s	0.483 s	+0.232 s	3.52 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 378.96 KiB
/	0.301 s	0.195 s	-0.106 s	3.43 MiB	3.69 MiB	+ 262.54 KiB
Average	0.398 s	0.403 s	+0.005 s	3.97 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 409.97 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PO File

PHP

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PO File	48.2%	25,299	14,392	30
	PHP	47.7%	25,049	12,324	153
	JavaScript	2.2%	1,138	234	22
	CSS	1.1%	552	30	2
	XML	0.5%	246	0	2
	SVG	0.4%	190	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	62	0	1
	Sass	0.0%	2	1	1
Total			52,538	26,981	212

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	23,147
Total complexity	4,235
Median class complexity	14.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	wsBrokenLinkChecker
Most complex function	wsBrokenLinkChecker::options_page()

Classes	146
Methods	1,121
Functions	33

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 4

wp_blc_filters
wp_blc_instances
wp_blc_links
wp_blc_synch

Options `wp_options` 4

blc_activation_enabled
blc_installation_log
blc_settings
wsblc_options

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "blc_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Broken Link Checker",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[21-May-2025 08:02:55 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>broken-link-checker</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121

Broken Link Checker 2.4.5