Broken Link Checker 2.4.6

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.8.3 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: 404.49 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.041 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.3
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=50b8d0ab18
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.595 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 0.797 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 0.559 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 0.477 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 0.297 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 0.438 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.php0.588 s0.493 s-0.095 s3.51 MiB3.9 MiB+ 401.39 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.242 s0.284 s+0.042 s3.57 MiB3.98 MiB+ 420.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.818 s1.343 s+0.525 s6.06 MiB6.61 MiB+ 560.98 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.672 s0.607 s-0.065 s3.52 MiB3.89 MiB+ 379.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.222 s0.254 s+0.032 s3.5 MiB3.88 MiB+ 383.14 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.294 s0.314 s+0.020 s3.49 MiB3.87 MiB+ 391.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.204 s0.224 s+0.020 s3.5 MiB3.9 MiB+ 402.01 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.149 s0.851 s-0.298 s6.05 MiB6.59 MiB+ 555.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.334 s0.355 s+0.021 s3.5 MiB3.87 MiB+ 379.64 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.253 s0.558 s+0.305 s3.52 MiB3.89 MiB+ 379.14 KiB
/0.313 s0.254 s-0.059 s3.5 MiB3.69 MiB+ 195.92 KiB
Average 0.463 s0.503 s+0.041 s3.98 MiB4.37 MiB+ 404.49 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 File48.1%25,29914,39230
PHP47.7%25,07212,331153
JavaScript2.2%1,13823422
CSS1.1%552302
XML0.5%24602
SVG0.4%19001
JSON0.1%6201
Sass0.0%211
Total 52,561 26,988 212

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,170
Total complexity 4,239
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

Options wp_options 4

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[30-Sep-2025 20:25:58 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