Report - Broken Link Checker 1.11.8

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 5.2.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2019-10-14 22:17:13 UTC.

Summary

Errors

5	PHP deprecation warnings
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 300.51 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	5.2.4
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
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=3cf7be2794
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.623 s
Memory usage	4.4 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	0.489 s
Memory usage	4.14 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	0.372 s
Memory usage	4.04 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.321 s
Memory usage	3.43 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	0.436 s
Memory usage	3.88 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.319 s	0.294 s	-0.025 s	3.6 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 284.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.259 s	0.348 s	+0.089 s	3.63 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 281.75 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.290 s	1.298 s	+0.008 s	5.27 MiB	5.61 MiB	+ 352.85 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.533 s	0.409 s	-0.124 s	3.46 MiB	3.8 MiB	+ 344.62 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.199 s	0.192 s	-0.007 s	3.55 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 251.24 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.226 s	0.202 s	-0.024 s	3.45 MiB	3.78 MiB	+ 344.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.232 s	0.197 s	-0.035 s	3.49 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 346.17 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.202 s	1.350 s	+0.148 s	5.25 MiB	5.59 MiB	+ 346.47 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.530 s	0.396 s	-0.134 s	3.45 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 345.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.272 s	0.370 s	+0.098 s	3.55 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 280.6 KiB
/	0.384 s	0.321 s	-0.063 s	3.3 MiB	3.43 MiB	+ 127.4 KiB
Average	0.495 s	0.489 s	-0.006 s	3.82 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 300.51 KiB

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` 2

blc_installation_log
wsblc_options

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[14-Oct-2019 22:17:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[14-Oct-2019 22:17:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[14-Oct-2019 22:17:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[14-Oct-2019 22:17:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[14-Oct-2019 22:17:29 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/core/core.php on line 957

Broken Link Checker 1.11.8