The same broken link problem as a smaller site faces, but at a scale where manual checking becomes impractical and a systematic scan matters more — this covers up to 250 links, appropriate for a site with a meaningful amount of accumulated content and history.
A quick sample from your archive tells you more than your homepage does
Rather than your main navigation, which tends to stay well maintained, open a handful of posts or pages from two or three years back and click through their links. Content that old is where broken links actually accumulate, and finding several there is a reasonable sign the true count across the whole site justifies a scan at this scale.
Broken link scan & repair - up to 250 links
Up to 250 broken links found and repaired — the right scope once a site has real history.
- Full backup taken before we start
- If we can’t fix it, you get your money back
- We never ask for your own password
This or something else?
| You want a scan and repair covering up to 250 broken links | This fix covers it |
| Your site is smaller and likely has far fewer broken links | Broken link scan & repair – up to 50 links, the smaller, more cost-effective tier |
| Your site is significantly larger still | Broken link scan & repair – up to 1000 links, the larger tier |
| You’re dealing with redirect chains and loops specifically | Redirect chain & loop cleanup |
What you are seeing
- A meaningful volume of “page not found” errors across the site, not just isolated instances
- Search Console flagging a substantial number of broken links across its reports
- The problem spanning content of different ages, suggesting accumulated issues over time
- Both internal and external links affected across different sections of the site
Common causes
- Years of accumulated content changes, deletions, and renamed pages without corresponding redirects
- Multiple external sites originally linked to having gone offline or restructured over time
- One or more past migrations each introducing their own layer of unaddressed broken links
- A large content library making manual link checking impractical, allowing the problem to grow unnoticed
- A previous redirect or link-management plugin deactivated or removed at some point, taking its stored redirect rules with it
What we do
- Scan the site comprehensively for broken internal and external links, up to the 250-link scope
- Determine the correct fix for each — a redirect, an updated link, or removal
- Repair internal links pointing to moved or renamed content
- Update or remove external links that are genuinely no longer valid
- Verify each repair resolves correctly
- Provide a written summary of what was found and fixed, organised for easy review at this scale
What is included
- A comprehensive scan for broken links, up to 250
- Each broken link repaired with the appropriate fix
- Verification of each repair
- A written, organised summary of findings and fixes
Not included
- Scanning beyond the 250-link scope — the 1000-link tier is available if your site likely exceeds this
- Redirect chain or loop cleanup, a separate, related fix if that’s the specific issue found
- Ongoing monitoring for new broken links as content changes over time
- Recreating content that’s genuinely, permanently gone with no reasonable replacement
Questions about this fix
How do I know if my site needs this tier rather than the smaller one?
A general guide is total content volume and site age — a site with several years of blog posts, pages, or products has usually accumulated enough changes to exceed the smaller tier, though we can help estimate if you're genuinely unsure.
What if the scan finds fewer than expected — do I still pay for this tier?
We'd flag if the actual count is meaningfully lower than this tier's scope and discuss whether the smaller tier would have been more appropriate, rather than simply proceeding without mentioning it.
Is fixing 250 links significantly more work than fixing 50?
It's more volume to review and repair, though each individual fix follows the same process — the tiers reflect the practical scale of work involved, not a difference in method.
Will this be organised in a way I can actually review, given the larger number?
Yes, we provide a written, organised summary specifically designed to be reviewable at this scale, rather than an unstructured list that's hard to make sense of.
Should I expect to need this again in the future?
Broken links accumulate gradually over time, so a periodic re-scan is a reasonable practice, though the interval depends on how actively your content changes and how many external links your content relies on.
Related fixes
If this is the second time this year
A bad update breaking the site is a symptom of updates not being tested first. Care plans run every update on a staging clone before it reaches your live site, which is the actual fix for this happening again.
Your access, your rules
Create a separate admin account for us and delete it when we are done. For anything else, we get in touch and agree a method — never a form field on this site, never by reply to an email.
We back up first, always
Before anything is touched we take a full backup and keep it for 30 days. If a fix goes wrong, we put the site back exactly as it was.
If it is not what you bought
If the problem turns out smaller than what you ordered, we refund the difference. If it is bigger, we stop and send a quote before doing any extra work.
If we cannot fix it
You get back what we received. Diagnosis is on us — you only pay when the problem is actually solved. The payment processor takes its fee before the money reaches us, so we never hold it and it is not ours to return. That is true here as everywhere else.
If it comes back
Reply within seven days of delivery and we put it back on the bench at no cost. The fix is not finished until it holds.
What we are responsible for
If something goes wrong with a fix, our responsibility is limited to what you paid for it. We take a full backup first so mistakes can be undone, and we tell you before doing anything outside what you bought.