What is WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider?
WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider is a bot that scans WordPress websites to identify and report broken links as part of a site management and maintenance service offered by WPMU DEV. This tool helps WordPress site owners and agencies maintain site health by detecting links that lead to non-existent or inaccessible pages. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | WPMU DEV |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | August 1, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider's traffic is as regular as a cron job, because it usually is one. Uptime monitors hit the same endpoint every few minutes, while performance and audit tools run deeper scans on demand. Expect narrow, repetitive access to specific pages rather than crawling.
WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider's User Agent
| User Agent | WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider |
How To Block WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider not access your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to request the same of all developer helpers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider # https://knownagents.com/agents/wpmu-dev-broken-link-checker-spider
Disallow: /Global Insights for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider
As of August 1, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider in their robots.txt files.
Overall Developer Helper Traffic
0.4% of all web traffic came from developer helpers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider?
Only if nobody you work with uses it. WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider is the kind of tool a team points at its own site for uptime checks, performance tests, and audits. If someone on your team relies on it, blocking it silently breaks their monitoring. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider right now.
Does WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only states your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then confirm in Agent Analytics that its requests actually stop.
Does WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider Access Private Content?
Only if its owner sets that up. Monitoring tools check whatever they are configured to check, which can include staging sites and private health endpoints when a team grants access. Uninvited, WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider sees only public pages.
Why Is WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider Visiting My Website?
Someone pointed WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider at your site, most likely your own team. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools only visit the sites they are configured to watch.
How Can I Tell if WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider". Look for regular checks of the same pages or endpoints, often minutes apart. Keep in mind that WPMU DEV Broken Link Checker Spider doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.