Broken Link Notifier

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs, this is a niche plugin and the popularity score reflects that low footprint despite being above the baseline.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was last updated in June 2026 and tested with WordPress 7.0, which signals active and current maintenance.

User Rating

14/15

A 96 out of 100 from 14 reviewers is an excellent rating, though the small sample size means it carries less statistical weight.

Support Health

8/15

Only one support thread exists and it is resolved, so support health is technically perfect but the track record is too thin to draw strong conclusions.

WP Compatibility

15/15

It requires WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4, which is a modern baseline and earns full compatibility marks.

Scores higher than 41% of indexed plugins

About

Get notifications when a visitor loads a page with broken links

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2026-09-24 7:12pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 2 Medium

Most recent: January 29, 2026

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What It Does

Broken Link Notifier sends you an email alert when a visitor actually loads a page that contains a broken link, rather than crawling your site on a schedule. It reacts in real time to the front-end experience your visitors are seeing. The plugin does not appear to scan your entire site proactively for dead links.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for site owners who care most about what live visitors encounter, such as news sites, blogs, and documentation portals where outbound link rot directly affects credibility. It is a good fit for smaller or mid-sized sites where a constant background crawler would be overkill. Larger enterprises with dedicated QA processes may want something with scheduled scans instead.

Who Should Skip It

If you want to find and fix every broken link on your site before visitors hit them, or need scheduled full-site scans, this plugin is not the right tool since it only reacts to live traffic. Sites with very low traffic volume will also get unreliable coverage because the plugin only learns about broken links when someone clicks through.

The Bottom Line

Broken Link Notifier earns a 75.33 overall score with strong maintenance and ratings but weak reach. Its reactive, on-load approach to broken links is a legitimate niche strategy for smaller sites, but the 1,000-install footprint and thin support history mean it is a bet on a small developer. For most users, the proven 500,000-install Broken Link Checker remains the safer default.

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