Free Broken Link Checker for Shopify
On a Shopify store, a broken link is lost revenue: a 404 where a product used to be is a shopper who bounces instead of buying. Deleted products, renamed collections, and third-party apps all leave dead links behind as your catalog changes.
Dead Link Crawler crawls your whole storefront and reports every broken link with its status code, anchor text, and the page it lives on, so you can fix the ones costing you sales first. No app install, no theme edits, no access to your admin required.
Scan your Shopify site for broken links
Free to use. No sign-up required.
Why broken links pile up on Shopify
Deleted products and collections
When you remove a product or collection, Shopify returns a 404 at its old URL. Any internal link, menu entry, or marketing link still pointing there sends shoppers to a dead page.
Changed product or collection handles
Renaming a product changes its handle, and therefore its URL. Links built on the old handle break unless a redirect is in place.
Hardcoded links in the theme
Liquid templates, navigation menus, and banner sections often contain hand-entered URLs. When the target moves, those links quietly rot until someone crawls the site.
App-injected and blog links
Marketing apps, review widgets, and blog posts add links throughout your store. As apps are removed or content ages, those links can point at pages that no longer exist.
How to fix broken links on Shopify
Use Shopify URL Redirects
In your admin, go to Online Store, then Navigation, then URL Redirects, and add a redirect from the old path to the new one. This is the built-in, no-code way to send old product and collection URLs somewhere useful.
Repoint navigation and theme links
For broken links in menus or theme sections, use the "Found on page" column to locate them, then update the target in your navigation settings or theme editor.
Prioritize by traffic
Fix broken links on high-traffic and high-intent pages first: your homepage, top collections, and best sellers. Those 404s cost the most in lost sales.
Monitor around catalog changes
Sign in and enable monitoring so your store is re-scanned automatically. Seasonal catalogs and frequent product turnover are exactly when new broken links appear.
Shopify broken link checker FAQ
- Do I need to install a Shopify app?
- No. Dead Link Crawler scans your public storefront over the web, so there is no app to install and nothing added to your theme or checkout.
- Will it find broken links inside collections and product pages?
- Yes. It follows links from page to page across your store, so broken links on collection pages, product pages, and blog posts all appear in the report.
- Can it check my custom domain and myshopify URL?
- Yes. Enter whichever URL your store serves to customers and the crawler follows it from there.
- How do I stop broken links from coming back?
- Add a Shopify URL redirect every time you delete or rename a product or collection, and run a monitored scan so anything you miss is caught quickly.