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WordPress maintenance checklist

Website health check after a WordPress update

This website health check shows whether public pages and links still work after a WordPress update, on a computer and a phone.

Check a website for free
  1. 1. Paste a page address. We find links on that public page.
  2. 2. Choose a link. Pick a page visitors need to reach.
  3. 3. Review the result. See what opened on desktop and mobile and what needs another look.

Check a public website page

No sign-up, payment or changes to the website are needed. The check may take a few minutes.

Advanced options

These are filled when you choose a link. Change them only if you want to check a specific page heading or menu.

Public pages and links only. We do not submit contact forms, sign in, make bookings or purchases. Checks are limited to five different pages and a small number of checks per visitor and website.

Save your result

Keep the result so you can compare the same page after maintenance. Downloading it is free.

Optional email copy

Website check after maintenance

$199

Up to three agreed checks of pages and links on one website. For website owners, agencies and WordPress maintainers who want a record of what worked before and after maintenance.

  • Computer and phone checks before and after the agreed change.
  • Dated screenshots, a difference seen in both checks and what to ask your maintainer to check.
  • One retest of the same pages and links within seven calendar days after the report.

Delivery: within two business days after receipt of all agreed information and the agreed after-maintenance check.

If you cancel before we start, or we cannot provide the agreed check, we will give you a full refund.

Repairs, security checks, contact form delivery, sign-ins, bookings and purchases are excluded. A passing result covers only the agreed checks of pages and links at the recorded times. It does not show that a vulnerability was fixed.

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Ask a question about the website check

WordPress update broke my site

Start with an important page and the links your visitors use. Compare the result with the same check from before the update. Ask your website maintainer to investigate a difference seen in both checks. A changed result does not prove which update caused it.

See the report format

The sample shows an imagined website change: a link opens the intended page before maintenance and a missing page afterward. It includes desktop and mobile screenshots and a specific next check for the maintainer.

Open the sample report. It uses made-up pages, not a customer website or a real maintenance event.

Questions about checking a WordPress website

What should I check after a WordPress update?

Open important pages on a computer and phone, follow the links people use to contact you, and compare them with the pages before the update. Keep a usable backup. This checker opens public pages and links; it does not send a contact form or make a purchase.

How can I check whether a website link works?

Paste the starting page address into the free checker. Choose a link it finds, then check whether that link opens its expected page on desktop and mobile.

My WordPress update broke my site. Can this show what changed?

If you have a result from before the update, compare the same pages and links afterward. A difference seen in both checks gives your website maintainer a place to investigate. The result does not prove which update caused the change.

Do I need to know code to use the website health check?

No. Paste one public website address and choose a link from the results. Use Advanced options only if your website maintainer wants to select a specific heading or menu.

Does this check contact forms, logins or payments?

No. It opens public pages and follows an agreed link on the same website. It does not enter or submit forms, sign in, make a booking or buy anything.

What does the $199 website check include?

The report covers up to three agreed checks of pages and links on one website, with computer and phone checks before and after maintenance, screenshots, a difference seen in both checks and one retest of the same pages and links within seven calendar days after the report. Delivery is within two business days after receipt of all agreed information and the agreed after-maintenance check. If you cancel before we start, or we cannot provide the agreed check, we will give you a full refund. Checkout availability is shown above.

Privacy

Enter public website addresses only. Do not enter passwords, private records or customer information. No files are uploaded. Saved results and any requested email address are kept for up to 30 days. Anonymous usage counts are kept separately.

This is a limited website check. Website rules may prevent a page from opening. A stopped or unclear check does not prove that the website is broken.