Report - Broken Link Checker 2.4.7

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 6.9.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-11 00:14:20 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 418.42 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	6.9.3
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=ff12d32bcc
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.855 s
Memory usage	4.92 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	0.683 s
Memory usage	4.11 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	0.613 s
Memory usage	4.32 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	0.369 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.251 s
Memory usage	4.37 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	0.546 s
Memory usage	4.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.400 s	0.401 s	+0.001 s	3.78 MiB	4.23 MiB	+ 463.58 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.362 s	0.450 s	+0.088 s	3.78 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 443.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.865 s	0.903 s	+0.038 s	6.31 MiB	6.85 MiB	+ 561.22 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.658 s	0.419 s	-0.239 s	3.74 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 379.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.337 s	0.336 s	-0.001 s	3.71 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 383.37 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.445 s	0.370 s	-0.075 s	3.7 MiB	4.08 MiB	+ 391.56 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.355 s	0.495 s	+0.140 s	3.72 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 402.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.704 s	0.745 s	+0.041 s	6.3 MiB	6.84 MiB	+ 553.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.369 s	0.386 s	+0.017 s	3.71 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 379.87 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.320 s	0.373 s	+0.053 s	3.73 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 379.37 KiB
/	0.284 s	0.207 s	-0.077 s	4.11 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 265.05 KiB
Average	0.464 s	0.462 s	-0.001 s	4.24 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 418.42 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	48.1%	25,299	14,392	30
	PHP	47.5%	25,009	12,294	152
	JavaScript	2.4%	1,237	244	22
	CSS	1.0%	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			52,597	26,961	211

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	23,107
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	145
Methods	1,115
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

[11-Mar-2026 00:14:38 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 6131

Broken Link Checker 2.4.7