Source evidence

curl_close is deprecated

Broken Link Checker · support · 2026-04-01T13:13:00+00:00

Broken Link Checker plugin evidence original source source API

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lowseverity

0.35relevance

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Conversation

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Johannes Jülg resolved

php notice: Function curl_close() is deprecated since 8.5, as it has no effect since PHP 8.0 broken-link-checker/legacy/modules/checkers/http.php:347 Hi @timse201 , We have brought this to the attention of our Broken Link Checker team so it can be fixed in upcoming updates. At the moment, we don’t have an exact ETA for the release status. Thanks for pointing it out. Regards, Nithin Hi @timse201 I would like to update you regards the current issue, we confirmed it is requires some enhancement in the plugin, the PHP 8.5 is a recent version and it is expected to take some time until fixing all warnings as we also need to implement older PHP compatibility. We can’t give an estimated time yet for the fix but subscribing to our roadmap https://wpmudev.com/roadmap/ is a good way to be posted about upcoming versions, once they are released, it is going to be described at changelog found on https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers Since it is reported and tasked to be fixed, we are marking this as resolved, but feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions. Best Regards Patrick Freitas

Commercial Context

Opportunity

search visibility operations

Broken Links search visibility assurance for protecting search visibility and structured data quality

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies

Wedge: monitor broken links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes

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Analysis

codex:gpt-5.5

Summary: A PHP 8.5 deprecation notice was reported and the vendor said a fix was planned without an exact release date.

Evidence quote: php notice: Function curl_close() is deprecated since 8.5

Affected feature: PHP compatibility notices

compatibility PHP compatibility notices

Plugin

API

Broken Link Checker

500.0K active installs · 22.7M downloads · rating 76.0

broken images broken links external link internal link links

Comments

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Nithin – WPMU DEV Support 2026-04-02T09:00:00+00:00

Hi @timse201 , We have brought this to the attention of our Broken Link Checker team so it can be fixed in upcoming updates. At the moment, we don’t have an exact ETA for the release status. Thanks for pointing it out. Regards, Nithin

Patrick – WPMU DEV Support 2026-04-11T02:18:00+00:00

Hi @timse201 I would like to update you regards the current issue, we confirmed it is requires some enhancement in the plugin, the PHP 8.5 is a recent version and it is expected to take some time until fixing all warnings as we also need to implement older PHP compatibility. We can’t give an estimated time yet for the fix but subscribing to our roadmap https://wpmudev.com/roadmap/ is a good way to be posted about upcoming versions, once they are released, it is going to be described at changelog found on https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers Since it is reported and tasked to be fixed, we are marking this as resolved, but feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions. Best Regards Patrick Freitas