Hi Nithin!
Old settings: increased “Timeout” & “Max. execution time”, cleared the cache, forced recheck, no difference whatsoever. I even tried to ease some security constraints, but it was of no avail.
In “BLC 2.0 Beta” the false redirects to images disappeared. Buuuut: many links reported as 403, 500 and 29 that open without any problem when I click them directly. And there is no option to edit the link in any way nor suggestions.
Anyway, I didn’t like “BLC 2.0 Beta”. It goes against some things I consider important and doesn’t have the conveniences that attracted me to Broken Linck Checker in the first place.
For now, at least, I will uninstall your plugin in this site (the old plugin is working well on the others). Can you tell me how to proceed? Do I close the account on wpmu dev before or after uninstalling? Do I have to clean any tables on the database or the plugin will do it by itself?
As you are in beta stage, I will try to give you a feedback of sorts to explain what I didn’t like:
You see, when I chose the Broken Linck Checker, some years ago, the key points for my decision were that 1. It was a plugin that ran inside my wordpress environment, what was and is important to me. 2. It was very well made, separating broken links from redirects and warning in a clear and understandable way. 3. It had some amazing conveniences: from a single window, without having to go every page that had a broken link, I could change (edit) the link or replace it, or mark it as a false positive, and I even got suggestions including links on the wayback machine that were quite important, because, as I told you, this is a old site, with lots of links to academic papers and not well known sites that change a lot over time.
Now, with BLC 2.0 Beta, I lost all this conveniences. There is no way I can edit directly the links, I don’t receive suggestions and I get a list of links without any separation between broken links and redirects. If I want to change anything, I have to open the page and edit the link there. In this way, it is not different from services based on the internet that check links in pages.
Moreover, the plugin goes to a different site to ran the checking. It is not using a external API, it is effectively going to another site from inside my wordpress environment. In my view, BLC 2.0 Beta is not a plugin, but a service, and one that you have to subscribe to use. I know many people don’t care about this, but I do.
Two other things, not related: the scanning took a lot more time in the new plugin, and used a lot of resources in doing so. My sites are not that big, so velocity is not a concern, but I thought I should mention it.
I believe that is all. I will await for your instructions about uninstalling.
Good luck and best regards!
