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Broken Link Checker · Version history

Broken Link Checker changelog and version history

Latest version
2.4.15
Oct 13, 2026 (27 days ago)
Releases
170
since 2007
In the last year
11
about one every 33 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20076 releases
  • 200823 releases
  • 200937 releases
  • 201018 releases
  • 20116 releases
  • 201210 releases
  • 20138 releases
  • 201410 releases
  • 20156 releases
  • 20163 releases
  • 20173 releases
  • 20192 releases
  • 20205 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20225 releases
  • 20237 releases
  • 20245 releases
  • 20255 releases
  • 202610 releases

202610 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 2.4.15Latest

    • Fix: Fixing a broken link inside a block no longer changes other URLs in that block’s settings, such as embeds and navigation links.
    • Fix: Broken link highlighting now keeps the link’s other attributes intact.
    • Fix: SiteOrigin Page Builder layouts are no longer corrupted when a broken link inside them is edited or unlinked.
    • Fix: Broken links can now only be edited or removed by users who can edit the post, comment or other content containing them.
    • Fix: A message is now shown when editing or unlinking a broken link is not allowed.
    • Fix: Special characters in recipient names and links now display correctly in the activation email and on the activation and cancellation pages.
    • Fix: Special characters in post titles and source URLs now display correctly in the broken links list.
    • Fix: Special characters in the link text are now preserved when a broken link is unlinked.
    • Fix: Personalised links in the scan report emails now work for all recipients.
    • Fix: An existing .htaccess file in the log folder is no longer overwritten.
    • Improvement: The custom log file path is now validated when saved.
    • Improvement: The custom CSS entered in the settings is now validated when saved.
    • Improvement: Shortcodes in link and image URLs are now only expanded in content written by users who can edit posts.
    • Improvement: Stricter validation of the addresses the Local link checker connects to.
    • Improvement: Updated the bundled Hub Connector to the latest version.

  2. Broken Link Checker 2.4.14.1

    • Fix: A server-side request vulnerability

  3. Broken Link Checker 2.4.14

    • Fix: Fixed scheduled scans running more than once and duplicate scan report emails being sent when the site uses a 12-hour time format.
    • Fix: Fixed the scan report email showing an incorrect broken links count when links were ignored after the scan.
    • Fix: Fixed broken links being missing from the scan report email when their source post could not be resolved.
    • Fix: Fixed scheduled scans running at the wrong time or on the wrong day for sites with a timezone other than UTC.
    • Fix: Fixed the scan schedule allowing the same recipient to be added more than once, which resulted in duplicate scan report emails.

  4. Broken Link Checker 2.4.13.1

    • Fix: Patched a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

  5. Broken Link Checker 2.4.13

    • Fix: Fixed a fatal error that could occur when viewing broken links found in Template Parts and Templates.
    • Fix: Fixed “Look For Links In” checkboxes being unchecked by default, causing some content types to be skipped during scans.

  6. Broken Link Checker 2.4.12

    • Fix: Fixed an issue with permissions allowing Editors to access Dashboard widget.
    • Fix: Patched a vulnerability issue (Credit: Jakub Herman).

  7. Broken Link Checker 2.4.11

    • Fix: Fixed daily scan schedule time not being saved correctly in some cases.

  8. Broken Link Checker 2.4.10

    • Fix: Fixed error ocurred during database schema upgrade.

  9. Broken Link Checker 2.4.9

    • Fix: Updated links in the footer of the Cloud admin page.
    • Fix: Fixed BLC Cloud link detection in comments.
    • Fix: Resolved BLC Local database error when checking pages.
    • Fix: Fixed BLC Cloud Elementor and SiteOrigin PageBuilder support.
    • Fix: Fixed BLC Cloud recipients counter in the role filter.
    • Fix: Improved BLC Cloud keyboard navigation for the recipients search field.
    • Fix: Fixed BLC Local result status code after request redirection.
    • Fix: Improved BLC Local accessibility.
    • Fix: Optimized BLC Local database.
    • Fix: Resolved PHP compatibility warnings.
    • Fix: Fixed BLC Cloud scheduled reports timezone support.
    • Enhance: Added blc_link_status_changed filter to monitor link status changes.
    • Enhance: Redirected users to the plugin dashboard after activation.
    • Enhance: Added BLC Local support for custom taxonomies.
    • Enhance: Added ability to sort BLC Local records by status code.
    • Enhance: BLC Cloud now automatically highlights broken links on the site.
    • Fix: Miscellaneousness improvements

  10. Broken Link Checker 2.4.8

    • Fix: Patched a vulnerability issue.

20255 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 2.4.7

    • Fix: Removed Edit and Unlink Banner actions from the Local Scanner page.
    • Fix: Updated webhook parse_request handler to use add_action instead of add_filter.
    • Fix: Prevented broken links from being highlighted for non-logged-in users.
    • Fix: Updated email reports to use public post links.
    • Enhance: Added the blc_allow_subsites_email_notification filter to control sending email notifications from subsites in multisite installations.
    • Fix: Updated React JS files to properly support translations.
    • Fix: Removed type attributes from inline styles.
    • Fix: Updated user-count logic in the Schedule Scan modal to correctly handle changes in user numbers.
    • Enhance: Improved keyboard accessibility for the Search Users field in the Schedule Scan modal.
    • Fix: Miscellaneousness improvements

  2. Broken Link Checker 2.4.6

    • Fix: Patched a vulnerability issue.

  3. Broken Link Checker 2.4.5

    • Fix: Patched a vulnerability issue.

  4. Broken Link Checker 2.4.4

    • Fix: Resolved issue where editing a link would get stuck in the Hub.
    • Fix: Updated the Hub link to correctly point to the BLC page within the Hub.

  5. Broken Link Checker 2.4.3

    • Enhance: PHP 8.4 compatibility.
    • Enhance: Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
    • Enhance: Add a new menu item to help you discover other free plugins by WPMU DEV and more

20245 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 2.4.2

    • Fix: Patched a vulnerability issue.
    • Fix: Notice about _load_textdomain_just_in_time.

  2. Broken Link Checker 2.4.1

    • Security Fix: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  3. Broken Link Checker 2.4.0

    • Enhance: Improved editing and unlinking of URLs with query parameters.
    • Fix: Resolved issue with implicit conversion from float to int in YouTube links.

  4. Broken Link Checker 2.3.1

  5. Broken Link Checker 2.3.0

    • New: Connect to the Cloud Engine API directly without installing the Dashboard plugin.
    • Fix: PHP8 Deprecation message.
    • Fix: Recipient confirmation link from scheduled scan email not working.
    • Fix: User role conflict with Solidwp

20237 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 2.2.4

    • Enhance: Code stability improvements.

  2. Broken Link Checker 2.2.3

    • Enhance: Optimize local db tables.
    • Fix: Rare but possible Fatal error when unlinking a link.
    • Fix: Removed deprecated Defender hooks.

  3. Broken Link Checker 2.2.2

    • Fix: Exclusions list spacing in Local settings.
    • Fix: Database error Illegal mix of collations.
    • Enhance: Use WP_HTML_Tag_Processor and DOMDocument instead of regex in Cloud Edit/Unlink.

  4. Broken Link Checker 2.2.1

    • Fix: Youtube playlist show as not found (Local engine).
    • Fix: In Scheduled scan, users can be added twice in list.
    • Fix: PHP8 Deprecation messages.
    • Fix: Callback missing from Local cron jobs.
    • Enhance: Added BLC bot UA in Defender’s bot allowlist.

  5. Broken Link Checker 2.2.0

    • New: Edit and Unlink broken links in Cloud Engine.
    • Fix: Editor access blocked in Local Engine.
    • Enhance: PHP 8.1 and 8.2 compatibility.

  6. Broken Link Checker 2.1.0

    • Improved admin menus, so they are separated to Cloud and Local Engine.
    • Fix multiple emails issue.
    • Fix Dashboard fonts.
    • Fix insisting line-through text decoration on links in front end.

  7. Broken Link Checker 2.0.0

20225 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.21

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.11.20

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.11.19

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.11.18

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.11.17

20211 release

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.15

20205 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.14

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.11.13

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.11.12

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.11.11

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.11.10

20192 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.9

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.11.8

20173 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.5

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.11.4

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.11.3

20163 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.11.2

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.11.1

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.10.11

20156 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.10.10

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.10.9

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.10.8

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.10.7

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.10.6

  6. Broken Link Checker 1.10.5

201410 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.10.4

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.10.3

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.10.2

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.10.1

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.10

  6. Broken Link Checker 1.9.5

  7. Broken Link Checker 1.9.4.2

  8. Broken Link Checker 1.9.4.1

  9. Broken Link Checker 1.9.4

  10. Broken Link Checker 1.9.3

20138 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.9.2

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.9.1

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.9

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.8.3

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.8.2

  6. Broken Link Checker 1.8.1

  7. Broken Link Checker 1.8

  8. Broken Link Checker 1.7.1

201210 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.7

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.6.2

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.6.1

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.6

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.5.5

  6. Broken Link Checker 1.5.4

  7. Broken Link Checker 1.5.3

  8. Broken Link Checker 1.5.2

  9. Broken Link Checker 1.5.1

  10. Broken Link Checker 1.5

20116 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.4

  2. Broken Link Checker 1.3.1

  3. Broken Link Checker 1.3

  4. Broken Link Checker 1.2.5

  5. Broken Link Checker 1.2.4

  6. Broken Link Checker 1.2.3

201018 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 1.2.2

  2. Broken Link Checker 0.9.7.2

  3. Broken Link Checker 0.9.7.1

  4. Broken Link Checker 0.9.7

  5. Broken Link Checker 0.9.6

  6. Broken Link Checker 0.9.5

  7. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4.4-last-non-modular

  8. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4.4

  9. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4.3

  10. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4.2

  11. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4.1

  12. Broken Link Checker 0.9.4

  13. Broken Link Checker 0.9.3

  14. Broken Link Checker 0.9.2

  15. Broken Link Checker 0.9.1

  16. Broken Link Checker 0.9

  17. Broken Link Checker 0.8.1

  18. Broken Link Checker 0.8

200937 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 0.7.4

  2. Broken Link Checker 0.7.3

  3. Broken Link Checker 0.7.2

  4. Broken Link Checker 0.7.1

  5. Broken Link Checker 0.7

  6. Broken Link Checker 0.6.5

  7. Broken Link Checker 0.6.4

  8. Broken Link Checker 0.6.3

  9. Broken Link Checker 0.6.2

  10. Broken Link Checker 0.6.1

  11. Broken Link Checker 0.6

  12. Broken Link Checker 0.5.18

  13. Broken Link Checker 0.5.17

  14. Broken Link Checker 0.5.16.1

  15. Broken Link Checker 0.5.16

  16. Broken Link Checker 0.5.15

  17. Broken Link Checker 0.5.14

  18. Broken Link Checker 0.5.13

  19. Broken Link Checker 0.5.12

  20. Broken Link Checker 0.5.11

  21. Broken Link Checker 0.5.10.1

  22. Broken Link Checker 0.5.10

  23. Broken Link Checker 0.5.9

  24. Broken Link Checker 0.5.8.1

  25. Broken Link Checker 0.5.8

  26. Broken Link Checker 0.5.7

  27. Broken Link Checker 0.5.6

  28. Broken Link Checker 0.5.5

  29. Broken Link Checker 0.5.4

  30. Broken Link Checker 0.5.3

  31. Broken Link Checker 0.5.2

  32. Broken Link Checker 0.5.1

  33. Broken Link Checker 0.5

  34. Broken Link Checker 0.4.14

  35. Broken Link Checker 0.4.13

  36. Broken Link Checker 0.4.12

  37. Broken Link Checker 0.4.11

200823 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 0.4.10

  2. Broken Link Checker 0.4.9

  3. Broken Link Checker 0.4.8

  4. Broken Link Checker 0.4.7

  5. Broken Link Checker 0.4.6

  6. Broken Link Checker 0.4.5

  7. Broken Link Checker 0.4.4

  8. Broken Link Checker 0.4.3

  9. Broken Link Checker 0.4.2

  10. Broken Link Checker 0.4.1

  11. Broken Link Checker 0.4-i8n

  12. Broken Link Checker 0.4

  13. Broken Link Checker 0.3.9

  14. Broken Link Checker 0.3.8

  15. Broken Link Checker 0.3.7

  16. Broken Link Checker 0.3.6

  17. Broken Link Checker 0.3.5

  18. Broken Link Checker 0.3.4

  19. Broken Link Checker 0.3.3

  20. Broken Link Checker 0.3.2

  21. Broken Link Checker 0.3.1

  22. Broken Link Checker 0.3

  23. Broken Link Checker 0.2.5

20076 releases

  1. Broken Link Checker 0.2.4

  2. Broken Link Checker 0.2.3

  3. Broken Link Checker 0.2.2.1

  4. Broken Link Checker 0.2.2

  5. Broken Link Checker 0.2

  6. Broken Link Checker 0.1

Questions about Broken Link Checker’s releases

What is the latest version of Broken Link Checker?

2.4.15, released on Oct 13, 2026 (3 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Broken Link Checker updated?

11 releases in the last year, about one every 33 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2007.

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