What is WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker?
Direct Answer: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker is a bot operated by WPMUDEV that scans sites for broken links.
The WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker is a monitoring bot that runs a full scan of a site to find any broken links. It also scans for 3rd-party links that direct web users to site pages and finds any that may be broken. The bot provides detailed reports of scan results to fix broken links.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker in your live traffic data:
WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider
robots.txt Rules for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker
Respects robots.txt: No
Use the following robots.txt rules to control WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker access:
# Block WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker
User-agent: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider
Disallow: /
# Allow WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker
User-agent: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider
Allow: /This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Behavior
Frequency:On-Demand, With A 24-Hour Cooldown Between Scans
Request Pattern:Crawls The Web Looking For Links To The Site
Official Documentation Quotes
"The Backlinks checker uses a 3rd-party API to scour the net for sites that link to your site."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 88.0 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 82.7 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 83.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 81.8 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 87.3 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 90.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 88.8 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker checks your site availability at regular intervals. Without proper identification, these requests can inflate your bot traffic metrics and distort crawl analysis.
Validate monitoring coverage. Track which pages WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by WPMUDEV)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Undocumented Information
The following information is not officially documented for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker:
- crawl frequency details
- IP verification method
Official Documentation
View Official WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.