Title: Link Scanner
Author: Patrick O'Donoghue
Published: <strong>May 24, 2025</strong>
Last modified: May 31, 2025

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# Link Scanner

 By [Patrick O’Donoghue](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boxdigit/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/link-scanner.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/link-scanner/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/link-scanner/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/link-scanner/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/link-scanner/)

## Description

Simple Link Scanner – Lightweight, Unlimited Link Scanning for WordPress

Looking for a fast and reliable way to scan all the links on your WordPress site—
without the bloat? Simple Link Scanner does exactly that. No SEO noise, no complicated
dashboards — just a clean, categorized list of every link on your site.

✅ What It Does

Scan unlimited posts, pages, and links — whether it’s 50 or 100,000
 View clear 
results categorized as: Successful Redirected Link Failed (with specific error codes)

Works across all post types, including pages and custom content
 Built for performance
and simplicity

🧭 How It Works

Download and install from the plugin directory
 Click “Link Scanner” in your dashboard
Wait for the scan to complete and view your results — it’s that easy

💡 Use Cases

Quickly check for broken or redirected links
 Audit internal and external links 
across your site Keep track of content performance and user experience Perfect for
content creators, site managers, and developers

💬 A Note from the Creator

Hi! I’m Patrick O’Donoghue from odonodesign.com. I built this plugin to be fast,
simple, and helpful — without the unnecessary extras. It’s free to use for anyone
scanning links on their WordPress site.

If you find it useful and want to support future development, please consider donating
via PayPal and get added support included:

👉 https://bit.ly/4dvtZtS

Your support is genuinely appreciated.

🚀 Ready to Go?

Install Simple Link Scanner, scan your site, and get a clean overview of your links—
all with just a few clicks.

No learning curve. No bloat. Just fast, effective results.

Happy scanning!

### A brief Markdown Example

Markdown is what the parser uses to process much of the readme file.

List of features:

 1. Scan unlimited posts and pages to find ALL urls.
 2. It will categorise each url as either “successful”, “redirected” or “link failed”
    to show what the status of your url is on that page.
 3. Will allow you to see easily how all the links on your posts are doing and whether
    any are broken.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Link Scanner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Patrick O’Donoghue ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boxdigit/)
 *   [ Patrick ODonoghue ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patrick-odonoghue/)

[Translate “Link Scanner” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/link-scanner)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/link-scanner/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/link-scanner/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/link-scanner/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/link-scanner/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.02

 * Fixed all readme and header errors on php file.
 * Fixed all escaping issues

#### 1.01

 * Now fully functioning and scans up to 10 posts on this free version.

#### 1.0

 * Successful upload to repository, minimum functionality.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.02**
 *  Last updated **10 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/link-scanner/)
 * Tag
 * [link scanner](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-scanner/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/link-scanner/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Patrick O’Donoghue ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boxdigit/)
 *   [ Patrick ODonoghue ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patrick-odonoghue/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/link-scanner/)