Report - Broken Link Checker 1.11.15

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 5.8.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-09-09 04:03:52 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 263.58 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 version	5.8.1
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-08-13T04:55:00+00:00
Active installs	500,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 5

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%2Fbroken-link-checker.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8cca87da8f
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	6.233 s
Memory usage	4.15 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Tools → Broken Links

URL	/wp-admin/tools.php?page=view-broken-links
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.360 s
Memory usage	3.57 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Link Checker

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=link-checker-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.358 s
Memory usage	3.44 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.266 s
Memory usage	3.1 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.452 s
Memory usage	3.35 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.295 s	0.341 s	+0.046 s	3.08 MiB	3.35 MiB	+ 277.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.181 s	0.243 s	+0.062 s	3.11 MiB	3.44 MiB	+ 339.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.169 s	1.327 s	+0.158 s	5.27 MiB	5.53 MiB	+ 271.72 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.530 s	0.494 s	-0.036 s	3.03 MiB	3.29 MiB	+ 265.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.143 s	0.180 s	+0.037 s	3.02 MiB	3.27 MiB	+ 250.05 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.244 s	0.245 s	+0.001 s	3.01 MiB	3.27 MiB	+ 266.25 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.169 s	0.205 s	+0.036 s	3.04 MiB	3.31 MiB	+ 275.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.061 s	0.970 s	-0.091 s	5.26 MiB	5.52 MiB	+ 267.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.307 s	0.263 s	-0.044 s	3 MiB	3.26 MiB	+ 266.56 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.236 s	0.223 s	-0.013 s	3.04 MiB	3.31 MiB	+ 274.06 KiB
/	0.337 s	0.382 s	+0.045 s	2.96 MiB	3.1 MiB	+ 144.3 KiB
Average	0.425 s	0.443 s	+0.018 s	3.44 MiB	3.7 MiB	+ 263.58 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.

PO File

PHP

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PO File	61.8%	25,299	14,392	30
	PHP	36.7%	15,028	5,586	58
	CSS	1.4%	555	30	2
	JavaScript	0.2%	82	77	3
Total			40,964	20,085	93

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	14,128
Total complexity	2,420
Median class complexity	16.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	wsBrokenLinkChecker
Most complex function	wsBrokenLinkChecker::options_page()

Classes	65
Methods	552
Functions	22

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 4

wp_blc_filters
wp_blc_instances
wp_blc_links
wp_blc_synch

Options `wp_options` 3

blc_activation_enabled
blc_installation_log
wsblc_options

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "blc_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Broken Link Checker",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Broken Link Checker 1.11.15