Broken Link Checker
Find broken links on a page. The server fetches the URL you give, requests the links on it, and lists each one that fails with its HTTP status.
How to Use Broken Link Checker
Follow these simple steps to get the best results.
Enter a page URL
Type the full address of a single page, including http:// or https://, to scan the links it contains.
Run the link check
Click Start Check; the server fetches that page and requests every link it finds, following redirects and recording each HTTP status.
Review the broken links
See total, working and broken counts, then read the table of failing links with their status and the page each came from; copy the report or export it as CSV.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Broken Link Checker.
About the Broken Link Checker Tool
Check the outbound links on one page at a time. The ToolFlic Broken Link Checker sends the URL you enter to a server-side scanner that fetches that page, collects the links it contains and requests each one, recording redirects and HTTP status. It then reports total, working and broken counts and a table of the failing links with their status and where they appeared, which you can copy as a report or export as CSV. It checks the page you name rather than crawling an entire site, so run it on each important template or landing page; a single scan is a snapshot of one URL, not a full audit.
Core Advantages
Catch the 404, 410 and 500 links that quietly leak crawl budget and dead-end real visitors, without a plugin or a paid crawler for a quick pass. Because the fetch happens on the server, it reads links the browser could not fetch cross-origin directly, and the CSV export gives you a worklist to hand to whoever fixes the site.
Architecture & Security
The page calls a server-side endpoint (/broken-link-proxy.php) with your URL; that request downloads the HTML, extracts the links and tests each one over the network, following redirects and capturing the final status, then returns total, working and broken counts plus a list of the failing links with their status and source. The browser renders the result and offers copy and CSV export. Because the scan runs on the server, the URL you enter is fetched by that server, and an indeterminate progress bar is shown rather than a made-up percentage, since the browser cannot see per-link progress.
Under the Hood: the Broken Link Checker explained properly
No marketing filler — just the mechanics, the trade-offs and the real limits, explained clearly.
How it actually works
It scans one page, not a whole site. The URL you enter is sent to a server-side endpoint that downloads that single page, collects every link it contains and requests each one, following redirects and capturing the final HTTP status.
What that means for your results
The totals it reports, links found, working and broken, come from the live requests made on the server, and the table lists each failing link with its status code and the page it appeared on. Because a browser cannot see per-link progress on a server job, an honest indeterminate bar runs while the scan is in flight rather than a fabricated percentage that counts up.
Where it falls short — honestly
This is a snapshot of one URL, not an audit. It does not follow links into other pages, so coverage grows only by running it again on each template, landing page or archive you care about. It also runs on the server, so the URL you enter leaves your device, and no report is stored for you to return to later.
A real end-to-end workflow
Enter the full address of a single page, start the scan, then read the broken rows in order of real impact: internal dead links first because they strand link equity and dead-end visitors, then redirects that loop or end on a missing page. Copy the report into a ticket or export the CSV as a fix list, and re-run after every migration, using XML Sitemap Generator to keep the surviving URLs submitted.
In-Depth Guides Using This Tool
Tested workflows, exact sizes and limits — written step by step by the ToolFlic team.
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