Everyone agrees that broken links are bad for user experience. But did you know that broken links can significantly hurt your WordPress SEO rankings? Yes, it’s proven that having broken internal links on your website negatively impacts SEO rankings. In this article, we will show you how to easily find and fix broken links in WordPress, so you can improve your user experience and SEO rankings. What is a Broken Link? A broken link, also known as dead link, is a link that no longer works. Broken links can happen for many reasons, but the most common reason is when a page is either deleted or moved to a different location which causes the server to show a 404 not found error. On WordPress sites, broken links typically occur when moving a site to new domain name , or when deleting a post or page without proper redirection. Sometimes broken links can also happen due to a typo, and they can go unnoticed for months if not years. This is why it’s extremely important to regularly monito...