Broken Link Checker
Enter a page URL to scan all its links and identify any that return errors — 404s, 5xx responses, or connection failures.
Overview
Broken links (404s and other error responses) are bad for both SEO and user experience. Search engines treat a high rate of broken outbound links as a quality signal, and users hitting dead links lose trust in your site.
This tool fetches the page you specify, extracts all anchor href links from the HTML, checks each one's HTTP status code, and reports any that are broken or unreachable — so you can fix or remove them before they impact your rankings.
How It Works
- Enter the URL of the page you want to scan.
- Complete the verification check if shown.
- Click Scan Links — the tool fetches the page, extracts all links, and checks each one.
- Review the results: broken links (4xx/5xx/timeout) are flagged in red, working links in green.
Use Cases
Pre-publish QA
Run a broken link scan before publishing a new article or page to catch any bad links in your draft.
Site Maintenance
Periodically check important pages for links that have broken since publication due to external sites going down or changing URLs.
Tips
- Some links may return a false positive if the target server blocks automated requests (403 Forbidden). A manual check of flagged links is always worth doing before removing them.
- This tool checks the links on a single page only — it does not crawl the entire site. For a full-site audit, run it on your most important pages.
FAQ
Up to 50 unique links per page. If a page has more than 50 links, the first 50 unique absolute URLs are checked.
Yes — each link is checked following redirects. A link is flagged as broken only if the final destination returns a 4xx or 5xx status code, or the connection fails.