Link Diagnostics – Broken Links, Redirects, and Link Insights
by swiftspeed · SEO
Also makes 3 other plugins · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Complete link health monitoring for WordPress. Find broken links, fix redirect chains, optimize internal linking, and improve SEO performance.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈51 estimated
Momentum
-5%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “broken links”, “internal links” and “redirects” for “redirect chains”, “pillar pages” and “link health”. “broken links” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “redirect chains” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “internal links” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pillar pages” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “redirects” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “link health” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 65 average across 2,231 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.1%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 979 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,196 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 161 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| redirect chains | #7 | #20 | 0 |
| diagnostics | #12 | #23 | down 5 |
| link health | #11 | #22 | down 1 |
| pillar pages | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| insights | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| link checker your tag | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| broken link | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| broken link checker | #22 | #24 | down 2 |
| dead link checker | #13 | #22 | 0 |
| anchor text | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| outbound links | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| internal link checker | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| link monitoring | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| external link checker | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| link redirects | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| broken links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| internal links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| redirects your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “broken links”, “internal links” and “redirects” for “redirect chains”, “pillar pages” and “link health”. “broken links” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “redirect chains” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “internal links” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pillar pages” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “redirects” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “link health” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Feb 2026 · 269 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 143 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 25 May 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 39 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 58 days.
Install history since 6 Feb 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webrun4mo ago
I used this plugin to fix internal links after changing a large number of URL slugs for SEO purposes. Other tools can detect broken links too, but you still have to edit them manually. When you have hundreds of them, that quickly becomes time-consuming. This plugin is a fantastic time-saver for that task. However, I couldn’t use it everywhere because many of my texts are in the Product category, which cannot be scanned at the time of writing. It would be great if the Product category could be added to the scan list (and perhaps the Post category as well).
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Complete link health monitoring for WordPress. Find broken links, fix redirect chains, optimize internal li..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 11 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,895 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "link checker" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-24 40+ → 50+ up after 71 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 30+ → 40+ up after 35 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 20+ → 30+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-05-07 40+ → 30+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-03-05 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Link Checker 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 200K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Internal Links Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Link Manager – Analyze, Automate, and Monitor Links 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - S SEO Auto Linker 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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