Free Broken Link Checker for Ghost
Ghost is built for publishing, and publishing at pace means links break: change a post slug, delete a tag page, or link out to a source that later disappears, and the 404s add up. On a content site, dead links quietly undercut the reader experience and your SEO.
Dead Link Crawler crawls your Ghost site and reports every broken link with its status code, anchor text, and the page it lives on. It works in the browser with nothing to install, so it never touches your Ghost instance or integrations.
Scan your Ghost site for broken links
Free to use. No sign-up required.
Why broken links pile up on Ghost
Changed post and page slugs
Editing a post's slug changes its URL. Internal links, newsletters, and inbound backlinks to the old slug return a 404 until you add a redirect.
Deleted tags and author pages
Removing a tag or author removes its archive page. Links pointing at those archives break, which is easy to miss because they are generated rather than hand-placed.
Rotting outbound citations
Content-heavy Ghost sites cite and link out constantly. Those external destinations move or shut down over time, leaving dead links throughout older posts.
Integration and theme links
Themes and integrations inject navigation and promotional links. Editing your theme or removing an integration can strand links that used to resolve.
How to fix broken links on Ghost
Use Ghost redirects
Ghost supports redirects via a redirects file (redirects.yaml or redirects.json) you upload under Settings, Labs. Add a 301 from each old URL to its new home to preserve traffic and link equity.
Update in-post links
Use the "Found on page" column to open the post or page containing each broken link, then edit the link in the Ghost editor to point somewhere current or remove it.
Refresh dead citations
For broken outbound links in older articles, find the destination's new location or an archived copy and update the link, keeping your references trustworthy.
Monitor your archive
Sign in and enable monitoring so your growing Ghost archive is re-scanned automatically and new link rot is caught early.
Ghost broken link checker FAQ
- Do I need a Ghost integration or code injection?
- No. Dead Link Crawler scans your live site over the web, so there is nothing to add to your Ghost admin, theme, or code injection settings.
- Does it crawl every post and tag page?
- Yes. It follows links across your whole site, including individual posts, pages, and generated tag and author archives.
- How do I set up a redirect in Ghost?
- Upload a redirects file (redirects.yaml or redirects.json) under Settings, Labs, mapping each old URL to its new one with a 301.
- How often should I scan a Ghost site?
- Monthly suits most blogs. If you publish frequently, weekly monitoring keeps link rot from building up across your archive.