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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. silverstripe/externallinks ActiveSilverstripe-vendormodule silverstripe/externallinks ========================== Adds tracking of broken external links to the SilverStripe CMS 3.4.2(8mo ago)10230.0k↓23.9%12[10 issues](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-externallinks/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-externallinks/pulls)2BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.1CI passing Since Aug 13Pushed 1mo ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-externallinks)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/silverstripe/externallinks)[ RSS](/packages/silverstripe-externallinks/feed)WikiDiscussions 3 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (79)Used By (2) External links ============== [](#external-links) [![CI](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-externallinks/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-externallinks/actions/workflows/ci.yml)[![Silverstripe supported module](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9b7e93d393a01f6d3091fb30983b870aa863ef076858115faaa1c74b995854ec/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f73696c7665727374726970652d737570706f727465642d3030373143342e737667)](https://www.silverstripe.org/software/addons/silverstripe-commercially-supported-module-list/) Introduction ------------ [](#introduction) The external links module is a task and ModelAdmin to track and to report on broken external links. Maintainer Contact ------------------ [](#maintainer-contact) - Damian Mooyman (@tractorcow) Features -------- [](#features) - Add external links to broken links reports - Add a task to track external broken links Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require silverstripe/externallinks ``` Report ------ [](#report) A new report is added called 'External Broken links report'. When viewing this report, a user may press the "Create new report" button which will trigger an ajax request to initiate a report run. In this initial ajax request this module will do one of two things, depending on which modules are included: - If the queuedjobs module is installed, a new queued job will be initiated. The queuedjobs module will then manage the progress of the task. - If the queuedjobs module is absent, then the controller will fallback to running a buildtask in the background. This is less robust, as a failure or error during this process will abort the run. In either case, the background task will loop over every page in the system, inspecting all external urls and checking the status code returned by requesting each one. If a URL returns a response code that is considered "broken" (defined as < 200 or > 302) then the `ss-broken` css class will be assigned to that url, and a line item will be added to the report. If a previously broken link has been corrected or fixed, then this class is removed. In the actual report generated the user can click on any broken link item to either view the link in their browser, or edit the containing page in the CMS. While a report is running the current status of this report will be displayed on the report details page, along with the status. The user may leave this page and return to it later to view the ongoing status of this report. Any subsequent report may not be generated until a prior report has completed. Dev task -------- [](#dev-task) Run the following task ** to check your site for external broken links. Queued job ---------- [](#queued-job) If you have the queuedjobs module installed you can set the task to be run every so often. Whitelisting codes ------------------ [](#whitelisting-codes) If you want to ignore or whitelist certain HTTP codes this can be setup via `ignore_codes` in the config.yml file in `mysite/_config`: ``` SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CheckExternalLinksTask: ignore_codes: - 401 - 403 - 501 ``` Follow 301 redirects -------------------- [](#follow-301-redirects) You may want to follow a redirected URL a example of this would be redirecting from http to https can give you a false poitive as the http code of 301 will be returned which will be classed as a working link. To allow redirects to be followed setup the following config in your config.yml ``` # Follow 301 redirects SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CurlLinkChecker: follow_location: 1 ``` Bypass cache ------------ [](#bypass-cache) By default the task will attempt to cache any results the cache can be bypassed with the following config in config.yml. ``` # Bypass SS_Cache SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CurlLinkChecker:: bypass_cache: 1 ``` Headers ------- [](#headers) You may want to set headers to be sent with the CURL request (eg: user-agent) to avoid website rejecting the request thinking it is a bot. You can set them with the following config in config.yml. ``` # Headers SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CurlLinkChecker: headers: - 'user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0' - 'accept-encoding: gzip, deflate, br' - 'referer: https://www.domain.com/' - 'sec-fetch-mode: navigate' ... ``` ### Health Score 59 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance62 Regular maintenance activity Popularity42 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community31 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity87 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor3 3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~57 days Recently: every ~73 days Total 75 Last Release 82d ago Major Versions 2.4.1 → 3.0.12023-06-16 2.4.2 → 3.0.22023-08-27 2.4.3 → 3.1.12023-11-13 2.x-dev → 3.1.22024-02-11 3.4.x-dev → 4.x-dev2025-08-19 PHP version history (4 changes)2.2.0-beta1PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0 2.3.0-beta1PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0 3.0.0-beta1PHP ^8.1 4.x-devPHP ^8.3 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/654636?v=4)[Aaron Carlino](/maintainers/unclecheese)[@unclecheese](https://github.com/unclecheese) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0cba8b534e20e6ab4fff555a97b237a18436ebca1446fc0b29c8a8b504038b9?d=identicon)[GuySartorelli](/maintainers/GuySartorelli) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111025?v=4)[Ingo Schommer](/maintainers/chillu)[@chillu](https://github.com/chillu) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a25bc04c5720a36869d5a39c6449dde7eb43e19b7c8e666d5f632d6a9ab440b1?d=identicon)[emteknetnz](/maintainers/emteknetnz) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/afbb3dcc9ef29c1a6eedd6addcae5fce9ab1271915a85a4c349301b71237368d?d=identicon)[silverstripe-machine01](/maintainers/silverstripe-machine01) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/be6648e60fbab6f70bfc34dd8c14259562d28a47510a934ea9c01fe98633f3c2?d=identicon)[sminnee](/maintainers/sminnee) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1168676?v=4)[Maxime Rainville](/maintainers/maxime-rainville)[@maxime-rainville](https://github.com/maxime-rainville) --- Top Contributors [![emteknetnz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4809037?v=4)](https://github.com/emteknetnz "emteknetnz (51 commits)")[![GuySartorelli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36352093?v=4)](https://github.com/GuySartorelli "GuySartorelli (49 commits)")[![robbieaverill](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5170590?v=4)](https://github.com/robbieaverill "robbieaverill (39 commits)")[![kmayo-ss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1711912?v=4)](https://github.com/kmayo-ss "kmayo-ss (30 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (16 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (15 commits)")[![NightJar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/778003?v=4)](https://github.com/NightJar "NightJar (9 commits)")[![sabina-talipova](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/87288324?v=4)](https://github.com/sabina-talipova "sabina-talipova (6 commits)")[![maxime-rainville](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1168676?v=4)](https://github.com/maxime-rainville "maxime-rainville (4 commits)")[![halkyon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/138450?v=4)](https://github.com/halkyon "halkyon (2 commits)")[![chillu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111025?v=4)](https://github.com/chillu "chillu (2 commits)")[![ScopeyNZ](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3260989?v=4)](https://github.com/ScopeyNZ "ScopeyNZ (2 commits)")[![raissanorth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14869519?v=4)](https://github.com/raissanorth "raissanorth (2 commits)")[![scott1702](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10215604?v=4)](https://github.com/scott1702 "scott1702 (1 commits)")[![dhensby](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/563596?v=4)](https://github.com/dhensby "dhensby (1 commits)")[![dnsl48](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9313746?v=4)](https://github.com/dnsl48 "dnsl48 (1 commits)")[![fspringveldt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10938392?v=4)](https://github.com/fspringveldt "fspringveldt (1 commits)")[![lhalaa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/340514?v=4)](https://github.com/lhalaa "lhalaa (1 commits)")[![mikron-ia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9341377?v=4)](https://github.com/mikron-ia "mikron-ia (1 commits)")[![alex-dna](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6982515?v=4)](https://github.com/alex-dna "alex-dna (1 commits)") --- Tags hacktoberfestsilverstripelinksbrokenhref ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/silverstripe-externallinks/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/silverstripe-externallinks/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/silverstripe-externallinks) ``` ### Alternatives [silvershop/core Provides an ecommerce product catalog, shopping cart, and order management system 11340.0k37](/packages/silvershop-core)[silverstripe-terraformers/gridfield-rich-filter-header Rich filter header component for GridField 1325.7k1](/packages/silverstripe-terraformers-gridfield-rich-filter-header)[sunnysideup/ecommerce Silverstripe E-commerce Application 257.2k79](/packages/sunnysideup-ecommerce) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)