Broken Link Checker 2.4.3

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 409.92 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 version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 600,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/
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Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: 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=5dc7d86abe
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.557 s
Memory usage 4.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Link Checker

Page screenshot: Link Checker
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=blc_dash
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.682 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Link Checker → Local [old]

Page screenshot: 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?

Page screenshot: Link Checker → More free Plugins?
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=plugins_cross_sell
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.454 s
Memory usage 3.92 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.200 s
Memory usage 3.69 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: 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
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.307 s0.361 s+0.054 s3.51 MiB3.9 MiB+ 400.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.216 s0.247 s+0.031 s3.57 MiB3.98 MiB+ 420.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.844 s1.051 s+0.207 s6.06 MiB6.61 MiB+ 560.31 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.768 s0.597 s-0.171 s3.52 MiB3.89 MiB+ 378.47 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.231 s0.231 s+0.000 s3.5 MiB3.88 MiB+ 382.46 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.279 s0.267 s-0.012 s3.49 MiB3.87 MiB+ 390.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.206 s0.233 s+0.027 s3.5 MiB3.9 MiB+ 401.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.742 s0.652 s-0.090 s6.05 MiB6.59 MiB+ 555.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.273 s0.359 s+0.086 s3.5 MiB3.87 MiB+ 378.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.455 s0.235 s-0.220 s3.52 MiB3.89 MiB+ 378.46 KiB
/0.313 s0.411 s+0.098 s3.43 MiB3.69 MiB+ 262.45 KiB
Average 0.421 s0.422 s+0.001 s3.97 MiB4.37 MiB+ 409.92 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 File48.2%25,29914,39230
PHP47.6%25,02112,302153
JavaScript2.2%1,13823422
CSS1.1%552302
XML0.5%24602
SVG0.4%19001
JSON0.1%6201
Sass0.0%211
Total 52,510 26,959 212

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,121
Total complexity 4,228
Median class complexity 14.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class wsBrokenLinkChecker
Most complex function wsBrokenLinkChecker::options_page()
Classes 146
Methods 1,120
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

Options wp_options 4

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[30-Apr-2025 18:24:48 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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Broken Link Checker Admin Menus and Widgets