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cp/wp plugin: broken link checker NOTES                         rev 11 sep 2020

Category: link-checker
cp/wp: classicpress and wordpress 
webwalker: useful

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description: 

  Checks your website for broken links.

  Is checking the posts' code, not the resulting html output.
  So if links are made by a shortcode, it won't catch those.
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-with-href-parameter/#post-11928780
    [13 sep 2019]

  Is being replaced by link monitor - see below

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sources: 

  Plugin page:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/

  WordPress forums:
    https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/
    https://wordpress.org/search/classicpress+php-compatibility-checker/?forums=1
  ClassicPress forums:
    https://forums.classicpress.net/search?q=%22broken%20link%20checker%22


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issues:

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affect website speed:

  Can slow down your website if many pages/links.
  Better to run manually rather than scheduled.


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Plugin settings override server and wp-config, even when deactivated

  https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-override-server-and-wp-config-even-when-deactivated/
  [14 sep 2019]


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unwanted code added:

  link to font-awesome added to the header 
  some javascript, particularly a file called, gulpfile.js 
  some called package.json. 
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-added-code/
    [19 oct 2019]

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➽ Install/config/uninstall:


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install:

  the usual.


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settings:

    under Settings sidebar menu.
    has its own sidebar menu
    settings link on plugin page


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uninstall:

  - deletes from database?

  tables: 
    saves all the data directly to the database:
    wp_blc_links
    _blc_filters
    _blc_instances
    _blc_links
    _blc_synch
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-wp_blc_links_old-table/#post-12198447
    [3 dec 2019]

 
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➽ Notes:


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debugging:

  https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-error-404-not-found/#post-11916982
  [10 sep 2020]


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more info:



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other plugins of same type:


  - link monitor
      ManageWP took ownership of Broken Link Checker some time ago
        in order to use its codebase to build an improved version of
        the same plugin. With the release of Link Monitor in May 2019,
        this mission has been accomplished. It is an advanced version
        of Broken Link Checker with additional functionalities that
        is much lighter on the website resources as everything is
        run from our architecture.
      broken link checker is still being maintained since so many 
        people are using it.
      https://wordpress.org/support/topic/important-announcement-2/
      [6 nov 2019]
 



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