Title: 409 errors
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# 409 errors

 *  Resolved [slushman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slushman/)
 * (@slushman)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/409-errors/)
 * We have recently migrated all our hosted sites to a new server and used this 
   plugin as part of our process. Unfortunately, we are getting errors on many websites
   and I wonder if anyone knows why.
 * The problem
    We’re getting 409 errors on just about every link on the site. We
   are able to open the links from the Tools > Broken Links page and they open to
   valid things (PDFs, images, pages, posts, etc). If I click “Recheck”, it still
   comes back as a 409 error. I can mark them all as “Not Broken”, however newly
   created links are then marked as 409 errors after they are created and published.
 * Our Migration Process
    Our process might have caused some of these issues, but
   I’m stumped about how to actually fix them. Our process went something like this:
    - Move the files and database to the new server.
    - Once the files and database are migrated, change the site and home URLs to
      a temp URL. (like temp.mycompany.site)
    - Test the site. If everything still works (stylesheets aren’t missing, etc),
      point the domain to the migrated site.
    - Once the domain is pointing to the new host, change the site and home URLs
      to the real domain. Then use the Search & Replace plugin to find all references
      to the temp domain for the old server and the temp domain on the new server
      and replace them with the real URL. So replace “[http://temp.oldserver.com&#8221](http://temp.oldserver.com&#8221);
      and “[http://temp.mycompany.site&#8221](http://temp.mycompany.site&#8221);
      with “[http://realdomain.com&#8221](http://realdomain.com&#8221);.
 * Its at this point that we start getting all the 409 errors. On every link. Even
   brand new ones that are created after all the process above.
 * I want to say something is wrong with the process above, but I’m not sure what
   exactly and I can’t figure out who to prevent all the 409 errors without simply
   uninstalling this plugin.
 * Does anyone have an idea?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)

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 *  [jodzeee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jodzeee/)
 * (@jodzeee)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/409-errors/#post-7345358)
 * Have you resolved this? I’m also getting 409 errors after migrating to a new 
   host. The plugin is showing they’re broken — but they do, in fact, work.
 * When I look at the details, it appears it has something to do with CloudFlare.
   I purged the cache and rechecked them and that cleared the error. But they came
   back a week or so later. I actually have the site paused on ClouldFlare, so not
   sure what’s up.
 * Any ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [slushman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slushman/)
 * (@slushman)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/409-errors/#post-7345359)
 * Sadly, no. I thought maybe it was something to do with CloudFlare as well, but
   I have other sites that aren’t using it that just get “unknown error” with links
   instead of 409. I’ve been debating just turning off the plugin altogether since
   I’m getting notifications from all our clients every time they link something
   now.

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