Free Broken Link Checker for Webflow
Webflow's CMS is powerful, which also means links break in more places: change a collection item slug, unpublish an item, or delete a page, and references to it start returning 404s. External links rot independently over time.
Dead Link Crawler crawls your published Webflow site and reports every broken link with its status code, anchor text, and the page it was found on. It runs in the browser with no code, so it never touches your project or Designer.
Scan your Webflow site for broken links
Free to use. No sign-up required.
Why broken links pile up on Webflow
CMS item slug changes
Editing the slug of a collection item changes its URL. Any linked reference, collection list, or hand-placed link to the old slug breaks unless you add a redirect.
Unpublished or deleted items
Unpublishing a collection item or deleting a page removes its URL while links to it can remain scattered across the site, sending visitors to a 404.
Staged versus published changes
Links that work in the Designer can still be broken on the live site if the target was never published. Crawling the published site is what reveals the real state.
External embeds and outbound links
Custom code embeds and outbound links point at resources you do not control. When those move or disappear, the links go dead.
How to fix broken links on Webflow
Add 301 redirects in project settings
Open Project Settings, then Publishing, and add a 301 redirect under URL Redirects from the old path to the new one. Webflow supports wildcards, which is handy for whole collections that changed structure.
Fix references and republish
Use the "Found on page" column to locate each broken link, update the reference or link target in the Designer or CMS, then publish so the fix goes live.
Check after every publish
Because staged and live can differ, run a scan right after publishing structural changes to confirm nothing broke in production.
Automate the recheck
Sign in and enable monitoring so your Webflow site is re-crawled on a schedule and new broken links are flagged without manual effort.
Webflow broken link checker FAQ
- Does it scan Webflow CMS collection pages?
- Yes. The crawler follows links throughout your published site, including CMS-generated collection and item pages.
- Do I need to add custom code to my Webflow project?
- No. The scan happens in your browser against the live site, so there is no embed or script to add in the Designer.
- A link works in the Designer but shows as broken. Why?
- The target was probably never published. Publish the destination page or item, then re-scan the live site.
- How do I redirect a whole changed collection?
- Use a wildcard 301 redirect in Project Settings, Publishing, to map the old path pattern to the new one in a single rule.