Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO 1.2.6

Does Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
2JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 478.99 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker-seo/
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Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=broken-link-checker-seo%2Faioseo-broken-link-checker.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4200706188
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.629 s
Memory usage 4.23 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')\n    at dismissNotice (/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s:380:17)\n    at /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s:395:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Broken Links

Page screenshot: Broken Links
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=broken-link-checker
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.760 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Broken Links → SEO Settings

Page screenshot: Broken Links → SEO Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=broken-link-checker-seo-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.495 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Broken Links → About Us

Page screenshot: Broken Links → About Us
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=broken-link-checker-about
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.443 s
Memory usage 4.21 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.258 s
Memory usage 4.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 4.37 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')\n    at dismissNotice (/wp-admin/index.php:712:17)\n    at /wp-admin/index.php:727:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.375 s0.596 s+0.221 s3.78 MiB4.37 MiB+ 605.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.374 s0.343 s-0.031 s3.78 MiB4.3 MiB+ 524.49 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.862 s0.863 s+0.001 s6.31 MiB6.91 MiB+ 620.42 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.796 s0.456 s-0.340 s3.74 MiB4.18 MiB+ 448.56 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.324 s0.542 s+0.218 s3.71 MiB4.15 MiB+ 444.88 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.480 s0.380 s-0.100 s3.7 MiB4.14 MiB+ 453.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.432 s0.341 s-0.091 s3.72 MiB4.16 MiB+ 458.62 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.692 s0.679 s-0.013 s6.3 MiB6.87 MiB+ 587.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.320 s0.398 s+0.078 s3.71 MiB4.15 MiB+ 441.07 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.319 s0.549 s+0.230 s3.73 MiB4.17 MiB+ 450.01 KiB
/0.273 s0.205 s-0.068 s4.12 MiB4.35 MiB+ 235.18 KiB
Average 0.477 s0.487 s+0.010 s4.24 MiB4.7 MiB+ 478.99 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP100.0%8,5606,20379
Total 8,560 6,203 79

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 8,201
Total complexity 1,872
Median class complexity 15.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class AIOSEO\BrokenLinkChecker\Core\Database
Most complex function AIOSEO\BrokenLinkChecker\Core\Database::__toString()
Classes 58
Methods 403
Functions 5

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 5

Options wp_options 2

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
scheduled-actionScheduled Actions

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "aioseo-blc-overview": {
            "title": "Broken Link Checker Overview",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 3

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 22:05:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:05:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:05:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:05:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO Admin Menus and Widgets