Title: Plugin Reports http://dev. Links When None Exsist Last modified: December 13, 2019 --- # Plugin Reports http://dev. Links When None Exsist * Resolved [reactivemicro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reactivemicro/) * (@reactivemicro) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-reports-http-dev-links-when-none-exsist/) * A few times this past year I will receive an email about broken links which do not exist on my site. Wish I could post a pic of the email, but… of course that’s not an option here. Sigh. * So the text of the email will read like this: Broken Link Checker has detected 59 new broken links on your site. Here’s a list of the first 5 broken links: * Link text : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Link URL : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Source : ReActiveMicro.com KFEST Preorder Sale! * Link text : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Link URL : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Source : ReActiveMicro.com KFEST Preorder Sale! * Link text : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Link URL : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Source : TransWarp GS and Apple II 3.5 Drive Controller Card Preorder Sale! * Link text : Store link Link URL : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/shop/) Source : Home * Link text : Sales Link URL : [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/contact-us/](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/contact-us/) Source : New Stock: Universal PSU Kit for the II, II+, IIe, IIgs, and /// * You can see all broken links here: [http://dev.reactivemicro.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=view-broken-links](http://dev.reactivemicro.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=view-broken-links)[ END] * “[http://dev.”](http://dev.”); is not any URL on my site. There’s no option I can find in the plugin to change it. And why it happens randomly I can’t say. Very odd. * Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks for the feedback! * Henry Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/) * (@wpmudev-support9) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-reports-http-dev-links-when-none-exsist/#post-12235720) * Hello [@reactivemicro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reactivemicro/) * I trust you’re doing well. * > Wish I could post a pic of the email, but… of course that’s not an option here. > Sigh. * You can always attach a link to the screenshot and use for example [https://prnt.sc/](https://prnt.sc/) or [https://monosnap.com/](https://monosnap.com/). * This is a strange issue. Would you please check the From section in this email, it should be saying from what site it was sent. * For sure an email was sent for a site that has these broken links. There can be a copy of your site somewhere that contains a link from dev.domian.come. Are you using any plugins that create a staging site? * Please review your database in general, look if there any other WP sites that have a site link set to dev.domain.com. This can be seen from the `wp-options` table. Where `wp_` prefix can be different on your end. * Please advise, * Kind regards, Nastia * Thread Starter [reactivemicro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reactivemicro/) * (@reactivemicro) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-reports-http-dev-links-when-none-exsist/#post-12236964) * Hello Nastia. Thanks for your help with this issue. * >Would you please check the From section in this email, it should be saying from what site it was sent. * It’s from my own address which I know and use. I also receive some emails from it as well with other notices. Checking the email headers it looks like all my info there and nothing spoofed. * >Are you using any plugins that create a staging site? * Not that I’m aware of. And it’s also odd that it happens randomly. I won’t get the error email for months at a time, then I’ll get one, and then months or weeks can go by without another one. I’d think if there was some like that was checked or in a database the issue would trigger an email alert every time the plugin is set to run (12 hours). * >Please review your database in general Doing a search for “dev” from phpMyAdmin doesn’t show anything, however I don’t really don’t know what I’m doing with this kind of search. I assume I can check that way. * >This can be seen from the wp-options table. * Checking phpMyAdmin I see I have several sites with “wp-options” listed under them. I can expand the mail list items and some had the “wp-options” listed. I click on that and check the “showing rows” window section. No items are listed with “dev” in them. * Please let me know if I am checking in the correct locations and if this is the correct way to do so. Thanks! * Henry * Thread Starter [reactivemicro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reactivemicro/) * (@reactivemicro) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-reports-http-dev-links-when-none-exsist/#post-12237342) * Hello Nastia. * Some good news. I found out the issue. Seems my programmer setup my site on his local server to work out some php code fixes, like going to 7.3, and the plugin was reporting the links from his setup of the site. Doh! Not a real issue after all. * Please close this ticket. And thanks for the help! * Henry Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Plugin Reports http://dev. 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