# WordPress Broken Link Finder (`conserving_mastodon/wp-broken-links`) Actor

Finds dead internal links on any WordPress site: reads content via the public REST API, checks every internal link it references, and reports each broken one with the pages that link to it. Charged only when a check completes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/conserving\_mastodon/wp-broken-links.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Arsenault](https://apify.com/conserving_mastodon) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$250.00 / 1,000 completed checks

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## WordPress Broken Link Finder

**Every dead internal link on a WordPress site, with the pages that point at it — in one call.** Broken internal links leak authority, waste crawl budget, and quietly tell visitors the site is unmaintained. Finding them by hand means clicking everything; this Actor reads the site's own public REST API, extracts every internal link its content references, verifies each one, and hands you the fix list.

### What you get

A **summary row**:

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "site": "https://example.com",
  "pages_scanned": 60,
  "internal_links_found": 62,
  "links_checked": 60,
  "broken_count": 1,
  "broken_pct": 1.7
}
```

Plus **one row per broken link**:

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com/some-deleted-page/",
  "status": 404,
  "found_on": ["https://example.com/post-that-links-it/"]
}
```

`found_on` lists up to five referencing pages, so the repair is a targeted edit, not a site-wide hunt.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `url` | string | Root URL of the WordPress site |
| `maxItemsPerType` | integer | Cap on posts and pages scanned (each). Default 200 |
| `maxLinks` | integer | Cap on distinct internal links verified. Default 300; the summary reports any skipped over the cap |

### How it works, honestly

- Content comes from the public WordPress REST API; link targets are verified with polite HEAD requests (GET fallback), same-host only.
- External links are **not** checked — this is an internal-integrity tool, by design.
- Links behind login walls will report their real status (401/403), which is usually what you want to know anyway.
- If the target is not a WordPress site, the run says so and **you are not charged**. Billing is per completed check.

### Use cases

- **Agencies and consultants**: run before the client call; `broken_pct` with a fix list is instant credibility.
- **Agents doing content maintenance**: pipe `found_on` straight into an editing workflow.
- **Migration verification**: run before and after a redesign or domain move; the diff is your regression list.

Built and used daily by 1450 Enterprises — its first production run found a dead page on one of our own sites, which we then fixed.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Root URL of the WordPress site (e.g. https://example.com).

## `maxItemsPerType` (type: `integer`):

Cap on posts and pages read from the REST API, each.

## `maxLinks` (type: `integer`):

Cap on distinct internal links to verify. Default 300.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://launchsmarter.1450enterprises.com",
  "maxItemsPerType": 200,
  "maxLinks": 300
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

First row: pages scanned, links found/checked, broken count and percentage. Subsequent rows: each broken link with its HTTP status and up to five pages that reference it.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://launchsmarter.1450enterprises.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("conserving_mastodon/wp-broken-links").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://launchsmarter.1450enterprises.com" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("conserving_mastodon/wp-broken-links").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://launchsmarter.1450enterprises.com"
}' |
apify call conserving_mastodon/wp-broken-links --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,conserving_mastodon/wp-broken-links"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/l1RIUB7kl7GZJArl1/builds/JUX0ffg06BIrYJFTQ/openapi.json