Broken Link Checker

A SEO tool to find broken (404) and redirected (301, 307, 308) links in all frames
What is Broken Link Checker?
"Broken Link Checker" is a Firefox add-on providing hassle-free link validation. Whether they are broken (404) or redirected (301, 307, 308), this tool categorizes all the links, focusing on the broken ones for easier detection. It also uniquely offers deep search, filter, and text-link extraction features. It helps in increasing link validation speed by evaluating multiple links simultaneously. It also warns about skipped links like mailto links, thus enhancing the user experience.
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Add-on stats

By: Balvin
Users: 2,001 ▲ 44
Rating: 4.67 (6)
Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2023-02-22)
Creation date: 2019-03-07
Weekly download count: 53
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • notifications
  • contextMenus
  • <all_urls>
Size: 171.85K
URLs: Website

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# 2036 ▲ 17
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Add-on summary

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A simple tool to find broken (404 code) and redirected (301, 307, 308 codes) links in the current page. This tool examines all links in the current page (top frame and all sub-frames) and returns the status code and its meaning for each link. You can optionally ask the extension to check links inside about:blank frame elements are well. All broken links are placed in a separated category for easier detection. Beside each link, there is an inspect button which focuses the link to the center of the page to help to find the links faster.

Note that to increase link validation speed, the extension evaluates 5 links simultaneously.

Note that you can open the validation UI in a new popup window or as an embedded frame inside the page.

Note that this extension also notifies you about the links that are skipped like none HTTP links or mailto links

Features:

  1. Deep search: search deep inside a website. If this mode is enabled, the extension parses all links of the same domain and extract links from them.
  2. Filter: Ignore URLs that match with the user-specified keywords. This way you can increase the searching speed by ignoring particular URLs.
  3. Text-Link Extraction: extracts links embedded in the content that are not actual links. This feature works on the top content and all subrequests.
  4. Filters to show and hide links with 2XX, 3XX, 4XX, and 5XX status codes

User reviews

by Hans De Kryger, 2023-01-20
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Broken Link Checker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Broken Link Checker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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