Report - Broken Link Checker 2.4.4

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-14 17:38:07 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 409.92 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.042 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.1
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 6

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=058c66f674
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.620 s
Memory usage	4.75 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	0.665 s
Memory usage	3.9 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	0.568 s
Memory usage	4.1 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Link Checker → More free Plugins?

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=plugins_cross_sell
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.520 s
Memory usage	3.92 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	3.69 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	0.407 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.326 s	0.456 s	+0.130 s	3.51 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 400.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.211 s	0.272 s	+0.061 s	3.57 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 420.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.855 s	1.129 s	+0.274 s	6.06 MiB	6.61 MiB	+ 560.31 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.630 s	0.690 s	+0.060 s	3.52 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 378.47 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.235 s	0.238 s	+0.003 s	3.5 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 382.46 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.342 s	0.338 s	-0.004 s	3.49 MiB	3.87 MiB	+ 390.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.236 s	0.271 s	+0.035 s	3.5 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 401.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.672 s	0.732 s	+0.060 s	6.05 MiB	6.59 MiB	+ 555.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.536 s	0.311 s	-0.225 s	3.5 MiB	3.87 MiB	+ 378.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.305 s	0.524 s	+0.219 s	3.52 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 378.46 KiB
/	0.369 s	0.223 s	-0.146 s	3.43 MiB	3.69 MiB	+ 262.45 KiB
Average	0.429 s	0.471 s	+0.042 s	3.97 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 409.92 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	48.2%	25,299	14,392	30
	PHP	47.7%	25,023	12,324	153
	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			52,512	26,981	212

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	23,123
Total complexity	4,230
Median class complexity	14.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	wsBrokenLinkChecker
Most complex function	wsBrokenLinkChecker::options_page()

Classes	146
Methods	1,121
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 1 lines

[14-May-2025 17:38:25 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>broken-link-checker</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121

Broken Link Checker 2.4.4