Checking links as-you-type

The Link Checker plugin provides a link checking service right within the TinyMCE editor.

Think of Link Checker as "spell-checking for URLs". But instead of checking spelling, it will let you know if a URL in the editor is valid, invalid or questionable. This is a huge time-saver for anyone who creates content — no more having to double-check URLs, especially in imported content. Not to mention the benefit of no longer frustrating readers with broken hyperlinks.

Your have two deployment options. One is super easy with Tiny Cloud, the other is to go the more traditional Self-hosted route, requiring an additional server-side component to be installed and configured.

Link Checker self-hosted setup

Once you have the server-side component installed, additional configuration to your application.conf file is required. (Don’t forget to restart the Java application server after updating the configuration.)

For information on configuring the server-side component, see: Configure server-side components.

You will also find more Self-hosted setup information on the Link Checker plugin page.

Link Checker cloud setup

Tiny Cloud makes setting up Link Checker a breeze. Simply include the linkchecker parameter in your tinymce.init and have the Tiny Cloud services do the work for you.