Fix Broken Links & Redirections For Better SEO With Broken Link Checker For WordPress

Summary: Listen audio version The Broken Link Checker WordPress plugin(BLC) is an essential SEO audit plugin.For any WordPress blog, this plugin is a lifesaver for removing broken links and fixing redirections and is very handy when you are cleaning up your WordPress site. This plugin finds all broken and redirected links and gives you lots of options to fix them.But before we talk more about the Broken Link Checker plugin, let’s talk about broken links.If you want to skip the written tutorial and go straight to the video, here it is:Page ContentsWhat are broken links?WordPress Plugin To Fix Broken LinksWhat are broken links?Broken links are links which don’t link to an existing page. It’s a “dead” link and contains a 404 error code.For example, let us assume you linked to a page on a particular website, but that page wasremoved. This causes a broken link. When a visitor follows that link, they will get a 404 error page.But this does not just impact users. When search engine bots find a broken link, they also get a 404 status code implying that the page does not exist. From an SEO point of view, these broken links (i.e.,dead links)have a negative impact on your website.Too many of these links and a website will suffer from something called “Link Rot.”So how does a website get broken links?Well, aside from linking to a page that has been removed, if you are a popular blog that gets a lot of comments, you need to be careful. The comments also contain links. If your site has been around for a while, and you have gotten lots of comments, chances are you have a lot of broken links to websites that no longer exist.There are many broken link checker websitesout there to check for broken links on your site. But with WordPress, we have the power of plugins.WordPress Plugin To Fix Broken LinksBroken Link Checker is a free tool for WordPress.Ithelps you find all broken links on your blog as well as highlight all of the redirections.This WP plugin checks all URLs on your WordPress blog and gives you a complete report of the broken and redirected links.How To Use Broken Link Checker WordPress PluginDownload and install the plugin. (How To Install WordPress Plugins)Activate the plugin and go to its setting by clicking on Tools > Broken Links.It might take some time (a couple of hours or even days) to scan the WordPress site for broken links (internal and external) and give you a report as shown in below screenshot to take action. Along with broken links, it also shows the status code which will help you determine if you have to unlink, update, or not take any action.My recommendatio... You are listening to the topic about "Fix Broken Links & Redirections For Better SEO With Broken Link Checker For WordPress", if you want to read the full article, please visit https://geniuswp.com or the link in the description.