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Kreativ Broken Image Finder
v1.3.0 · by anolaru
Scan your WordPress site for broken images in post content, excerpts, custom fields and featured images directly from the admin dashboard.
About this plugin
Kreativ Broken Image Finder scans your posts, pages and custom post types for broken images and provides a clear report directly in your WordPress dashboard.
Missing or broken images can negatively affect user experience and SEO. This plugin helps you quickly identify:
- Images that return 404 or other HTTP errors
- Broken image URLs inside post content, excerpts and custom fields
- Image URLs and Media Library image IDs stored in custom field values, including nested ACF-style values
- Broken featured images on posts and pages
No external services, no tracking, no bloat – everything runs locally on your server using WordPress core functions.
Features
- Scan all public post types (posts, pages, custom post types)
- Scan Media Library image files and generated sizes for missing local files
- Detect broken images inside post content, excerpts and custom fields
- Detect images in
srcset, lazy-load attributes and CSSurl(...)references - Detect broken featured images
- Cache repeated image URL checks during a scan for faster results
- Optional missing featured image reporting by post type
- Ignore specific image URLs, domains, posts or media attachments
- Recheck a single affected item after fixing it
- Export the current filtered report to CSV
- WP-CLI support with
wp kbif scan - Summary with items scanned, images/files checked, broken images found and scan time
- Detailed report with direct links to edit affected posts
- Supports relative and protocol-relative image URLs
- Lightweight and GDPR-friendly (no cookies, no external API calls)