Add-on Dead link checker

[Alpha1]

Over the years (or even decades) forums accumulate a mass of dead links. Dead links are kryptonite for SEO and usability.

I'd like an automatic script to check the validity of all external links.
If a dead link is encountered, then the post should be reported to the moderator of that forum, with the suited details about the link. This will allow the moderators to clean up all dead link issues.

 

[JABRONI]

+1

 

[AndyB]

I wrote code to automatically convert linked images to attachments. It would be nice if this function was a core feature with an option to enable or disable it by the admin.

 

[zeropaid]

Any update on this?

 

[Breixo]

A broken link checker like this one at wordpress would be nice
http://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

 

[emc2]

great idea! +1

 

[DRaver]

+++++ 1

I want it.

 

[SelfSufficientMe]

Yep, I agree this is a top suggestion and would be a handy add-on/tool even for small forums.

 

[emc2]

I'm thinking it wouldnt be too much for @AndyB to modify his addon

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/convert-image-all.2527/

 

[Breixo]

This is a nice start:
http://xenforo.com/community/resources/link-check.2723/

 

[dvsDave]

awesome idea. +1

 

[Alpha1]

It's pretty important to have dead links reported to the relevant moderator trough the report center. Admins of small sites might be able to manage dead links themselves, but for medium to large sites the number of dead links quickly grow into thousands or tens of thousands. There is no way that such numbers are manageable through the admin panel. Such tasks need to be divided amongst moderators, so they can edit every post with a dead link.

 

[JordanH]

This is a must have for every forum on the internet!

+1

 

[rootsxrocks]

I wrote code to automatically convert linked images to attachments. It would be nice if this function was a core feature with an option to enable or disable it by the admin.

Could you elaborate or share a link to that, I would really like to use it.

 

[Donny]

This is a nice start:
Link Check

This does the trick.

 

[Fred.]

There is another (paid) add-on by PIX-house that's working great.
[by PiX-house.com] Dead Link Management Extended