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Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links
It finds broken links and then breaks your trust with hidden fees.
DecliningPoor rating
55/100
The plugin works well for link monitoring but relies on misleading free tier claims and aggressive billing.
Active installs
~350,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
3.9★
80 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-25%
Declining fast
1,677 → 1,253 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.70★
- MINORdownloads down 25% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -25% in the last year
1,677/day a year ago→1,253/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBroken Link Checker by AIOSEO is a functional link-monitoring tool that users find useful for site health, but it carries significant caveats around undisclosed credit card requirements, a low free-tier link quota, false positives, and intrusive account issues.
What people like
- +Effectively identifies broken and redirected links across a site×4
- +Provides detailed information about where broken links appear on specific pages×2
- +Supports link editing actions such as replacing external links, improving internal linking, and changing anchor texts
- +Includes helpful how-to video resources produced by AIOSEO
- +Easy to install and get started
Common complaints
- −Credit card details required upfront without clear disclosure before users invest time setting up the plugin×3
- −Free tier is capped at only 250 links, after which charges are applied automatically×3
- −High rate of false positives — valid links, including links to a site's own homepage, are incorrectly flagged as broken and remain flagged even after rechecking×2
- −Account connectivity issues: plugin displays contradictory 'account not connected' errors that appear across backend pages and cannot be resolved through settings
- −Confusing and potentially misleading UI — a warning pop-up before scanning does not clearly indicate that a paid charge will be triggered
- −Phone number required as a mandatory field to create a free account, which some users find unacceptable
- −Billing anomalies reported, including a quota renewal date displaying an impossible future year (3024)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.70★Verified rating — drops from 3.90★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 80 total
Latest reviews · 80 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Parfaitmissnath
- 2026-04-25★★★★★Extremely disappointingtashword
- 2026-04-02★★★★★CREDIT CARD REQUIRED TO TRY “FREE”jeffw203
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Helped me find and fix several broken links, as intendedfrostdeer
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Very Helpful & Insightful With No Site Breaking Issuestkrose24
- 2026-03-17★★★★★Great product, very useful.vinu0
- 2026-03-17★★★★★great product – huge helpdecoda
- 2026-02-18★★★★★perfectbandar71-shot
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Great PluginPopcorn Jedi
- 2026-01-23★★★★★Great toolAJWinmill
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,208
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,149
Prior 7-day baseline
925
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,274
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.04
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
66%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+29%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.88 → 3.70★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered