jQuery (Broken) Link Checker

jQuery Link Checker checks broken links, internal links, external links and anchor links. It automatically checks all your links, adds target or nofollow attributes, add a class and more. Please see options for all available settings.

Usage

1. Include jQuery

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script> 

2. Include plugin's code:

<script src="/assets/js/link-checker.js"></script> 

3. Call the plugin:

$('a').linkChecker(); 

Options

The hostname that will be used for checking internal links

hostname : new RegExp(location.host) 

The class for internal Links

internalLinkClass : 'internal-link' 

The class for external links

externalLinkClass : 'external-link' 

The class for anchor links

anchorLinkClass : 'anchor-link' 

The class for broken links

brokenLinkClass : 'broken-link' 

Animate anchor links with a scroll to

animateAnchorLinks : true 

Add the rel="nofollow" to external links

externalLinkNoFollow : true 

Add a target="_blank" to external links (opens in new window)

externalLinkBlank : true 

Example with options

var options = {     externalLinkClass : 'outgoing-link',     animateAnchorLinks : false, }  $('a').linkChecker(options); 

Style (CSS)

You can simple add CSS for the link classes like:

.broken-link, .broken-link:hover, .broken-link:active, .broken-link:focus {     text-decoration: line-through; }