How to Find Broken Links in Drupal Using Link Checker

Easy steps to start tracking broken links on your site.

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Link checker is a module that regularly checks your content and reports broken links.

First, download it:

composer require drupal/linkchecker

Then, enable it:

drush en linkchecker -y

Now, you need to configure the fields you want Link Checker to check:

• Go to /admin/structure/types.
• Click on “Manage fields” on one of the content types.
• Edit the field you want to track broken links and enable link checker:

• Save the changes. Do the same process for all the fields and content types you need.

Once enabled in all the fields you need, navigate to Administration > Configuration > Content authoring > Link checker:

• Under “Link extraction”, select the HTML tags that should be scanned:

• You can adjust the rest of the settings in the page if the default values don’t suit your needs.
• Save configuration.

From now on, cron will check your links. Be aware that it will take some time to go through all the links in your site. You can find a report of broken links in Administration > Reports > Broken links:

You can also find the extraction status in Administration > Configuration > Content authoring > Link checker:

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