How To Fix Broken Links in WordPress

This short tutorial with video shows you how to use a plugin to quickly fix broken links in WordPress. Ironically, i used the Better Search Replace plugin to replace broken download links i discovered after migrating from WPEngine to WordPress.com servers.

Remember to take a database backup first. On top of this, i tested the plugin out locally as well using Download Monitor with a broken download link.

Here’s the broken link in download monitor :

And here’s the plugin settings i used to fix it replacing :

/nas/content/live/wpsitesstg/

with

https://wpsites.net/

Make sure you select and highlight the correct table so it changes to light blue before