Title: Plugin says all HTTPS links are broken
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin says all HTTPS links are broken

 *  Resolved [nexusnode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexusnode/)
 * (@nexusnode)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-says-all-https-links-are-broken/)
 * I started this thread ages ago and never really came to any conclusion:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-broken-link-checker-https-links-showing-as-broken-when-they-are-fine](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-broken-link-checker-https-links-showing-as-broken-when-they-are-fine)
 * I can’t find anything that would cause this problem. I am hoping the developer
   might be able to say a few words on the topic…
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)

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 *  [eric.janz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericjanz/)
 * (@ericjanz)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-says-all-https-links-are-broken/#post-3952534)
 * Hi,
 * I had the same problem and maybe I’ve found a solution.
    I had a look on the 
   Status / Debug Info at the plugins general tab (Settings > Link Checker > General).
   There I saw that everything was “green” but Curl was marked as “not installed”.
 * I just installed the php5-curl package and restarted my web server:
 *     ```
       # apt-cache search php5-curl
       php5-curl - CURL module for php5
       # apt-get install php5-curl
       ```
   
 * After that I reloaded the Status / Debug Info and finally Curl showed up as installed.
   My server runs on Ubuntu but I’m sure there has to be a similar package on all
   other platforms.
 * Finally, to be sure, I forced all links to be rechecked (the option to force 
   a recheck is at the end of the Settings > Link Checker > Advanced Tab) and I 
   did not get any broken https links since yesterday.
 * Hope this may help. Please let me know if this finally worked for you.
 * Best regards,
    Eric Janz
 *  Thread Starter [nexusnode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexusnode/)
 * (@nexusnode)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-says-all-https-links-are-broken/#post-3952535)
 * That my friend is the answer!
 * All I needed to do was:
 * `apt-get install php5-curl`
 * The page you reference “Settings > Link Checker > General” I simply don’t remember
   existing back when I installed this module – hopefully now no one will struggle
   with it!
 * Thanks for posting!

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 * Last reply from: [nexusnode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexusnode/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-says-all-https-links-are-broken/#post-3952535)
 * Status: resolved