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how to find all broken links in a space or multiple spaces

Dee Elling

Hi,

I just inherited a Confluence wiki and it has a lot of hard-coded URLs that are broken. How can I get a list of all of them?

I've tried searching for part of the URL string, but the search functionality does not seem to include fragments of URL strings. (I guess the search only looks at what is displayed, and not the wiki markup.)

I notice that there's an old thread on this; hoping the problem/feature has been addressed in newer releases!

thanks for any tips! -Dee

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Kevin Buchs2

Hard coded URLs that are of the http:// format are going to be hard to detect unless you use some sort of website validator tool. However, if you are referring to page links, [My Page X], then there is an easy way to detect that. Put this on a page in a given space

h2. Pages Which Have No Links Pointing To Them: 

{orphaned-links}No links exist{orphaned-links} 

h2. Links Which Point To Non-existent Pages: 

{undefined-links}No links exist{undefined-links}

Matthias Born

Perhaps u may try this: [Validate External Links For A Space|http://wiki.customware.net/repository/x/iQC9Ag]

Dee Elling

Thanks Kevin! unfortunately these macros are not supported ("unknown macro" error) in my installation (3.5.9), do i need an additional plugin? -Dee

Dee Elling

Thanks Matthias, I'll have a look! -Dee

Kevin Buchs2

These macros are part of the Linking plugin from Customware:

https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/166

Dee Elling

Thanks Kevin, Matthias!

I learned that if you want some basic content administration functionality you have to look for plugins. I'm used to mediawiki so it didn't occur to me to look outside of the paid-for product. Much appreciated!

Jonathan Simonoff

New URL for that: https://docs-old.servicerocket.com/display/AtlassianPlugins/Validate+External+Links+For+A+Space