Broken links frustrate readers and waste the work you put into linking your posts together. Maybe a brand discontinued the stand mixer you linked to, or you changed a recipe's URL years ago. Clariti tests every link and image on your site once a month and flags the ones that fail, so a broken link project is one of the easiest wins you can run.

Press / anywhere on your site to open Super Search and type Posts with broken links. Clariti filters Explore to every post with at least one broken link and adds a Broken Links column sorted from most to least.

Want to fix your most visited posts first? Type Posts with broken links by most views instead.

1. In Explore, click Add Filter and choose Broken Link Count (under Opportunities).

2. Drag the slider so the minimum is 1.

3. Click the columns icon (Select Columns to Show in List) and check Broken Links to see the count for each post. Click the column header to sort.

The broken link count includes both internal links (to your own posts) and external links (to other sites).

Create a project called something like "Fix Broken Links" with a short checklist, for example:

Then click ... at the top right of Explore, choose Assign to Project, pick Filtered Items, and choose your project. See How to Create a Project in Clariti and How to Add Posts and Pages to a Project for the details. Prefer to fix them one at a time without a project? That works too.

1. Open the post and click the Content tab.

2. Look at Internal Links to Other Content and External Links to Other Sites. Each broken link shows its status and when it was last tested, such as Status 404 (Not Found) | Last tested followed by the date.

3. Click the link to check it yourself.

4. Click Edit in WordPress at the top of the post, then update the link, point it to a replacement, or remove it.

5. Check off the tasks in your project.

Clariti retests links automatically once a month. To check your fixes sooner, open the post, click Quick Actions, choose Retest Links, and confirm. The post's links and images are retested within the next 24 hours.

Sometimes a link works fine in your browser but is flagged anyway. Common reasons are a site that responds very slowly (you might see Status 622 (Connection timeout)), or a site that blocks automated checks. A link that takes a long time to load is worth a second look, since slow pages are a poor experience for readers too.

If the link really works, check the Ignore box next to it on the Content tab. Ignoring a link applies to every post on your site that links to that same URL, and ignored links no longer count toward your Broken Links totals once Clariti refreshes your Explore data. Uncheck the box to start counting it again.

For more on this, see Why Are Working Links Flagged as Broken?.

The same steps work for images. Type Posts with broken images in Super Search, then check the Images table on each post's Content tab. Broken images show their status and last tested date, and have an Ignore box that works sitewide just like links.

How often does Clariti check my links?

Every link and image on your site is tested about once a month. Use Retest Links to check a single post within 24 hours.

Can I exclude a whole domain from link checking?

Not at the moment. You can ignore individual URLs with the Ignore box, and that applies to every post that links to the same URL.

Why did my broken link count go down after I checked Ignore?

Ignored links are left out of the Broken Links column, the Broken Link Count filter, and the Issues count.

Reach out anytime and we will help you sort it out. Email us at [email protected].