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936 Automattic and the Internet Archive Team Up To Fight Link Rot

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msmash @ Slashdot · 02/05/2026 14:00 EDT

Automattic and the Internet Archive Team Up To Fight Link Rot

Automattic and the Internet Archive have released a free, open-source WordPress plugin that automatically detects broken outbound links on a site and redirects visitors to archived Wayback Machine copies instead of serving them a 404 error.

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer, which launched last fall and is available on WordPress.org, runs in the background scanning posts for dead links, checking for existing archived versions, and requesting new snapshots when none exist. It also archives a.

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