node_link_report
Node Link Checker
Links within content can take many forms in WYSIWYG, link fields, free text, entity reference fields and many others. Making sure that links are not broken in your content can be difficult to achieve. This module provides a block that displays a link report including all links in the rendered node. It can be set to display on node view, node edit, and or node preview. It is a link checker on a node-by-node basis.
Setup
- Enable Node Link Report module.
- Set permissions to determine which roles can view the link node report block
/admin/people/permissions#module-node_link_report - Place the "Node Link Report" block in whichever region you want it to appear.
/admin/structure/block - Configure the settings to meet your needs.
/admin/config/content/node_link_report
Requirements
phpDom - PHP must have phpDom installed. https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.dom.php
How does it work?
It renders the node without a page template and then curls every unique anchor href in the content. External URLs can be excluded if desired. If broken internal hrefs are found, it looks to see if they point to an unpublished node.
The report output is cached on node save for 24 hours so that the number of repeated curl requests is kept to a minimum.
Caveats
- Some links won't be tested correctly:
- Anchor hrefs created directly on the page template will not be processed since the standard page template is not used.
- The links are tested as an anonymous user. Links to any content that are not exposed to anonymous users will be listed as broken.
- malito, sms, and tel links are not fully tested. The link checker will not call phone numbers or send email.
- 6. The node link report can take a while to render due to all the curls. It is recommended to enable the block to use the BigPipe module.