Pixabay links broken

  • Resolved wpprup

    (@wppraesenz)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,
    for a week or more BLC shows that over 30 links to pixabay pages are broken (“403 forbidden”).
    But when I follow the links, the pages on pixabay display without error!?
    Then I let BLC check them again, no change, still “broken”.
    Thanks for support.

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  • Hello @wppraesenz

    I hope you are doing well!

    The 403 Forbidden means there are no permissions to access a link. When Broken Link Checker tries to access these links, the Pixabay must have a security policy that is blocking this request. This I’m afraid can be changed only from the Pixabay end, if they will change their security policy and will allow your site IP to check their links.

    On Settings -> Link Checker -> Which Links To Check page, at the bottom, there’s an “Exclusion list” box. You can exclude links from the Pixabay from showing up in the list. Please see this screenshot:
    https://monosnap.com/file/hEIECzUfmRykRiUE21Dce8kyRjOlyQ

    Kind regards,
    Nastia

    Thread Starter wpprup

    (@wppraesenz)

    Thank you very much, Nastia!
    That sounds plausible and I will do that. This way I will miss real broken links on pixabay, but so it is.
    I will also exclude youtube-links because I get 400’s by BLC, although they work fine, too.
    Thanks again and best wishes,
    Ulf

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by wpprup.
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