Broken link checker
Every link on a page, tested.
Enter a page address and every link and image on it is tested: broken ones, the ones that redirect, and the ones pointing at deleted products. Up to 150 per page, with the link text so you can find each one.
What it checks
- Every link and image on the page
- 404s, server errors and dead domains
- Links that redirect, and where they end up
- Links to your own store and to other sites
What each number is telling you.
A report you cannot interpret is just a longer way of saying something is wrong.
Broken
The link returns an error: 404 for a page that no longer exists, 5xx for a server problem, or no answer at all. A visitor who clicks it hits a dead end.
Redirects
The link works but takes a detour through one or more redirects. Worth updating to the final address, especially in menus and footers.
Couldn't verify
Some sites, social networks especially, refuse automated checks. Open these yourself before changing anything; most of them work.
On this site or another
Broken links to your own store are yours to fix today. Broken links to other sites mean the page you linked to has moved or gone.
The mechanism, not the platitude.
- 01
Deleted products leave dead ends
Remove a product and every menu, collection description and blog post that linked to it now points at a 404. Shopify doesn't clean those up for you.
- 02
Crawlers stop at broken links
Each 404 is a request Google spends on nothing, and a link that no longer passes anything to the page it was meant for.
- 03
Customers notice before you do
A broken link in a menu or on a product page costs a sale quietly. Nobody writes in to say the size guide 404s; they leave.
What this usually turns up, and the fix.
Four problems that account for most of what this tool reports on a Shopify store.
The finding
Links to deleted products
Why it happens
Products removed without a redirect, still linked from blog posts and collection descriptions.
The fix
Add a URL redirect in Shopify from the old product to its closest replacement or its collection.
The finding
Menu links that redirect
Why it happens
A collection or page was renamed and Shopify added a redirect, but the menu still points at the old address.
The fix
Update the menu item to the new address so every visit skips the hop.
The finding
Dead links to other sites
Why it happens
Suppliers, press coverage and social profiles move or close over time.
The fix
Update the link to the new address, or remove it.
The finding
Broken images
Why it happens
Images hot-linked from another site or removed from Files while still used in a page.
The fix
Upload the image to Shopify and use that copy.
What this will not tell you.
Every tool has a boundary. Knowing where this one ends is what keeps you from over-reading it.
- It checks one page at a time, up to 150 links and images. The app checks every page of the store, every week.
- Some sites block automated checks, so a link marked couldn't verify may work fine in a browser.
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