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Save Post. Check Links.

Verifies URLs of links in your content are reachable when saving a post in WordPress.

By pluginkollektiv·Admin·Free
5(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Save Post. Check Links. is a WordPress admin plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/55 reviews
100active installs
9.0K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

When a post is saved or published, this plugin will

  • scan the post’s content for any URLs,
  • ping all the URLs found (except relative ones),
  • detect any broken or unreachable URLs and list them for review and correction.

No more publishing of links or images broken by typos or incompletely copy-pasted URLs!

Support

  • Community support via the support forums on wordpress.org
  • We don’t handle support via e-mail, Twitter, GitHub issues etc.

Contribute

  • Active development of this plugin is handled on GitHub.
  • Pull requests for documented bugs are highly appreciated.
  • If you think you’ve found a bug (e.g. you’re experiencing unexpected behavior), please post at the support forums first.
  • If you want to help us translate this plugin you can do so on WordPress Translate.

Credits

  • Author: Sergej Mülle…
Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

55 reviews
5 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.2+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.2

  • Updated build environment
  • Minor code style corrections
  • Include JavaScript in footer
  • Tested up to WordPress 6.8

1.0.1

  • Fix issue that check does work in Gutenberg

1.0.0

  • Add support for the Gutenberg editor (compatible with the latest WordPress version now)

0.7.5

  • Use a more secure hashing function

0.7.4

  • Bugfix for translations via wor…
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

pluginkollektivpluginkollektiv
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.2
Last Updated
Mar 14, 2026
WP Requires
3.7+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.2+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
9.0K+
Added
Nov 25, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

adminchecklinksbrokenlink checker

Developer

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pluginkollektiv
8 plugins0.8M+ total installs
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