WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker
GoodBotVerifiedBOTA specialized crawler used by the WPMU DEV Hub platform to identify broken internal and external links on WordPress websites. Operated by WPMU DEV.
What is WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker?
The WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker is a diagnostic tool integrated into the WPMU DEV Hub ecosystem. It is designed to assist WordPress administrators in maintaining site integrity by scanning posts, pages, comments, and custom fields for dead links or missing media assets. By identifying these errors, the bot enables site owners to proactively fix navigation issues and prevent negative impacts on search engine rankings.
Identification
WPMU DEV Broken Link CheckerWhy it crawls your site
The bot crawls websites to perform a comprehensive audit of all outbound and inbound hyperlinks. It verifies the HTTP status codes of these links to ensure they are still active and pointing to valid destinations. This data is then processed and presented to the user within the WPMU DEV Hub dashboard, allowing administrators to manage redirects or update broken references directly from their management console.
Block or allow WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker
Add a Disallow rule for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker from crawling your entire site User-agent: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Disallow: / # Allow WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker full access User-agent: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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