PlainwrenPrivacy Policy for Local Link Checker
Last updated: 25 October 2026
Local Link Checker is a WordPress plugin published by Plainwren. It runs entirely inside your own WordPress site. We do not collect, receive, sell or share any data. The plugin has no account, no analytics and never contacts Plainwren or any third-party service.
What the plugin stores
In your own WordPress database only: the links found in your published content, the result of each check (status, HTTP code, final URL, error message, time of the check), and its settings. Deleting the plugin removes all of it.
What the plugin sends, and to whom
- By default: requests only to your own site, to see whether your internal links work.
- Only if an administrator turns on "Also check links to other websites" (off by default): a
GETrequest to that website's/robots.txtonce per scan (following redirects, with the same request timeout). Links that file disallows are skipped and listed as skipped (robots.txt). If robots.txt cannot be read (a 4xx, 5xx or timeout), the link is still checked. For each remaining link, an HTTPHEADrequest to the linked URL, aGETrequest to the same URL if the server refusesHEAD(only the first 64 KB of the reply is read, then discarded), and one more request for each redirect it follows (up to 5). Each request carries the user agentLocalLinkChecker/<version> (+https://tools.plainwrenstudio.com/bots/local-link-checker/); <your site URL>and the standard HTTP headers any client sends. No cookies, no content from your site, no data about your visitors and no other identifiers are sent. At most one request per second goes to any one website. Those websites receive the request like any visit and may log it under their own privacy policies.
Paid version
If a Pro version is offered later, its licensing will be described here before it ships. The free plugin contains no licensing or update code.