Title: Plugin marks valid links as broken
Last modified: February 4, 2021

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# Plugin marks valid links as broken

 *  Resolved [mark8181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark8181/)
 * (@mark8181)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/)
 * Hi,
 * please see these links, they are all valid, but the plugin marks them as broken.
   Same foro another 50 links which I manually marked as not broken.
 * [https://www.liveinlondon.uk/recommends/vpn-purevpn](https://www.liveinlondon.uk/recommends/vpn-purevpn)
 * Ultimo controllo dei link: 04/02/2021
    codice HTTP: 0 Tempo di risposta: 0.019
   secondi URL di arrivo: [https://www.liveinlondon.uk/recommends/vpn-purevpn](https://www.liveinlondon.uk/recommends/vpn-purevpn)
   Conteggio dei redirect: 0 Conteggio Istance: 1
 * Il link ha fallito 1 volta.
    Questo link è stato rotto per 56 secondi. Registro:
   error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure[
   Error #35] === (nessuna risposta) ===
 * Response headers
    ================
 * Il link non è rotto.
 * [https://www.vivirenlondres.co/categoria/transporte](https://www.vivirenlondres.co/categoria/transporte)
 * Ultimo controllo dei link: 04/02/2021
    codice HTTP: 0 Tempo di risposta: 0.028
   secondi URL di arrivo: [https://www.vivirenlondres.co/categoria/transporte](https://www.vivirenlondres.co/categoria/transporte)
   Conteggio dei redirect: 0 Conteggio Istance: 1
 * Il link ha fallito 1 volta.
    Questo link è stato rotto per 10 minuti. Registro:
   error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure[
   Error #35] === (nessuna risposta) ===
 * Response headers
    ================
 * Il link non è rotto.
 * Same many others.
    How can I fix this?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Dmytro – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport16/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport16)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/#post-14004664)
 * Hi there [@mark8181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark8181/)
 * The clues to these issues are in the logged errors, for example:
 *     ```
       This link was broken for 56 seconds.
       Log: error: 14077410: SSL routines: SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO: sslv3 alert handshake failure [Error # 35]
       ```
   
 * They each appear to be temporary errors, in the above case for 56 seconds, likely
   caused by an issue with the SSL certificate.
 * The `HTTP code: 0` also points to a network error. Although it can be very difficult
   to pinpoint what that error is just by that “0”, I would wager it is indeed related
   to SSL as that is what is logged for each of your examples.
 * I had hoped to run a deep check on your SSL cert, but my favorite tool for such
   tests is currently offline for maintenance it would seem: [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/)
 * So, as these broken link issues do appear to be intermittent temporary things,
   and do appear related to SSL, I’d suggest checking that test site a little later
   and run a test on your root URLs:
    [https://www.liveinlondon.uk/](https://www.liveinlondon.uk/)
   [https://www.vivirenlondres.co/](https://www.vivirenlondres.co/)
 * Cheers!
    Patrick
 *  [Talha Imam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talhaimam/)
 * (@talhaimam)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/#post-14045071)
 * [@wpmudevsupport16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport16/)
 * I am having the same issues with my site. I can’t really seem to understand why
   the plugin is reporting totally working, active links as 404 – Not found. And
   no matter how many times I recheck them, they stay 404.
 * Some of the example URLs:
    1) [https://www.coaching-place.com/contact/](https://www.coaching-place.com/contact/)
   2) [https://www.coaching-place.com/coaches/matey-illiesu/](https://www.coaching-place.com/coaches/matey-illiesu/)
   3) [https://www.coaching-place.com/study-efficiently-addition/](https://www.coaching-place.com/study-efficiently-addition/)
 * As you can see these links are totally alright. Even if checked from third party
   sources but the plugin reports them as broken every time with a 404. The links
   are properly indexed on Google too. This actually led me to deactivate the plugin
   altogether for now.
 * Please advise what’s the matter?
 *  Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/)
 * (@wpmudev-support8)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/#post-14051759)
 * Hi [@talhaimam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talhaimam/)
 * I hope you’re well today!
 * I understand that the issue seems to be the same but please ([as per this support forum guidelines](https://wordpress.org/support/forum-user-guide/faq/#i-have-the-same-problem-can-i-just-reply-to-someone-elses-post-with-me-too))
   open a separate ticket of your own.
 * We’ll assist you there to find out why this is happening and how to deal with
   the issue.
 * Kind regards,
    Adam
 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/#post-14111308)
 * Hello [@mark8181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark8181/) ,
 * We haven’t heard from you for several weeks now, so it looks like you no longer
   need our assistance.
 * Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.
 * kind regards,
    Kasia
 *  Thread Starter [mark8181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark8181/)
 * (@mark8181)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-marks-valid-links-as-broken/#post-14129005)
 * Hello and sorry for the late.
 * I had the SSL already tested by my hosting and all the results were good.
 * I used your plugin to test it and it game me mark A.
 * I do not see then any problem in the SSL.
 * What else could I have to check?
 * thank you again,
    Marco

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