Report - Broken Link Checker 2.3.0

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-09-10 16:58:42 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: 384.84 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	6.6.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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=4299e29d70
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.705 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=blc_dash
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.716 s
Memory usage	3.85 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker → Local [old]

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=blc_local
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.528 s
Memory usage	4.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.224 s
Memory usage	3.63 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	0.342 s
Memory usage	3.85 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.349 s	0.345 s	-0.004 s	3.47 MiB	3.85 MiB	+ 384.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.218 s	0.238 s	+0.020 s	3.54 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 405.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.812 s	0.658 s	-0.154 s	5.75 MiB	6.15 MiB	+ 408.46 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.675 s	0.684 s	+0.009 s	3.49 MiB	3.84 MiB	+ 362.64 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.213 s	0.232 s	+0.019 s	3.41 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 425.45 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.258 s	0.272 s	+0.014 s	3.4 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 438.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.184 s	0.227 s	+0.043 s	3.47 MiB	3.85 MiB	+ 385.5 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.612 s	0.617 s	+0.005 s	5.75 MiB	6.14 MiB	+ 399.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.218 s	0.328 s	+0.110 s	3.41 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 427.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.242 s	0.245 s	+0.003 s	3.49 MiB	3.84 MiB	+ 362.63 KiB
/	0.316 s	0.360 s	+0.044 s	3.4 MiB	3.63 MiB	+ 233.37 KiB
Average	0.372 s	0.382 s	+0.010 s	3.87 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 384.84 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	48.4%	25,299	14,392	30
	PHP	47.4%	24,788	12,198	149
	JavaScript	2.2%	1,138	234	22
	CSS	1.1%	552	30	2
	XML	0.5%	246	0	2
	SVG	0.4%	190	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	62	0	1
	Sass	0.0%	2	1	1
Total			52,277	26,855	208

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	22,888
Total complexity	4,178
Median class complexity	15.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	wsBrokenLinkChecker
Most complex function	wsBrokenLinkChecker::options_page()

Classes	142
Methods	1,107
Functions	33

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` 4

blc_activation_enabled
blc_installation_log
blc_settings
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 2.3.0