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mixed can we use this plugin in network blogs?

can we use this plugin in network blogs?: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Archivarix Broken Links Recovery · a lot blogs have broken links so your plugins seems perfect.
complaint Very Bad Plugin

Activating the Wayback Machine Link Fixer made the user's site completely inaccessible until they manually uninstalled the plugin.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Immediately after activation, my website became completely inaccessible.
complaint Collides with the Elementor Page Builder

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer prevents saving Elementor posts on multisite because a plugin database table is missing.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Failed to insert link: Table ‘Tenant_sdiwp.wp_2_iawmlf_link_archive’ doesn’t exist
praise Very good start

Very good start: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Archivarix Broken Links Recovery · Very good start Promising plugin and off to an excellent start.
neutral Fatal error, memory exhausted

Fatal error, memory exhausted: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Fatal error, memory exhausted I received this fatal error when trying to login to the dashboard of a site running this.
complaint Great for continuous link checking but false positives and other issues

The reviewer says false positives, unwanted Wayback replacements, poor status handling, and weak bulk tools make link fixing risky and time-consuming.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · A high false positive rate means you need to manually verify every flagged link.
mixed Won’t process links on a subdomain / multisite

The plugin initially did not scan links on a multisite subdomain, though a later activation workaround made it work.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Right now the plugin does not have multisite support, but we are working on it.
mixed Redirect handling, http/https and others

The user reports inconsistent redirect handling in Wayback Machine Link Fixer, including false live statuses and HTTP links marked dead despite HTTPS redirects.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · I see inconsistent behaviour regarding redirects.
mixed Runaway Action Scheduler logs

A pre-release Wayback Link Fixer version created runaway Action Scheduler logs, but updating to the current version resolved it.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Actions were being logged at a high rate (1,000 per second at the peak)
question Can it track and redirect incoming links?

The user wants the plugin to track and redirect external backlinks that hit 404 pages, but support says it only handles outgoing links.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · This plugin only handles outgoing links.
complaint __iawmlf-post-loop-links div inserted into posts

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer inserted link JSON into public post HTML even when set to Do Nothing, and the vendor fixed the oversight.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · I expected that enabling the plug-in would not change any of the public HTML on my site.
complaint Plugin doesn’t respect excludes

The plugin ignored its exclude setting and misreported working links as down, though the vendor later shipped a fix.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · it sadly does not seem to respect its own “Exclude this link” settings
praise It is a great start

It is a great start: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Archiveo – Importer for the Wayback Machine · It is a great start Hi guys, Thank you very much for the great plugin.
praise URL is not readable when it’s in non Latin

URL is not readable when it’s in non Latin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Archiveo – Importer for the Wayback Machine · URL is not readable when it’s in non Latin Hi guys, Thank you very much for the great plugin.
question JetEngline Custom Fields via Elementor

The link fixer did not detect links stored in JetEngine custom fields and rendered through Elementor, and support confirmed page-builder support was still needed.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · we have some more work to do to support page builder plugins and custom fields
mixed Removed or changed URLs still being checked – how long?

Users want an admin or WP-CLI cleanup option for orphaned URLs retained by the Wayback Link Fixer database.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Adding a cleanup option for those links, whether via the admin interface or WP‑CLI, sounds like a really useful enhancement.
neutral Add a way to clear the API warning

The user asks for a way to dismiss an API limitation banner and manage the setting at multisite network level.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Please add a way to acknowledge the limitation and remove the banner.
complaint How to stop the action scheduler?

The user wants to stop the action scheduler running on every page load because it adds overhead despite external cron being configured.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · action scheduler runs on every page load, adding useless overhead
mixed Making it Update

The user loves the Wayback link fixer but needs clearer status visibility and archiving behavior for old posts and sites.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · I am not clear on the Update capability. Where/how can I see what of my posts/pages have been archived?
mixed Fantastic idea, but technical flaw

The reviewer likes the plugin idea but says loading frontend resources from wp-admin causes errors when wp-admin is protected by htaccess.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · my frontend threw some errors for ordinary users
mixed Good start

The reviewer likes the link checker as a strong start but says it is a little slow.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · It is a little slow, but no noticeable impact on performance like other tools.
question What happens when a direct link becomes available again

The user asks whether links redirected to Wayback Machine are restored when the original URL becomes available again.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Will the plugin check from time to time and then restore the original link
praise Working Great, check in on broken links occasionally

The reviewer says the Wayback Machine link fixer works well, with only occasional manual review needed for blocked archived sites.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · This has been working perfectly for me, and the only slight annoyance isn’t the plugin’s fault
praise I can’t believe how easy this was to install and set up.

The reviewer praises the Wayback Machine Link Fixer as free, easy to set up, and important for preserving visitor experience and content.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · This plugin was a breeze to install and set up, is definitely free, and performs a critical role.
praise Super Idee, super Umsetzung

The German review praises the Wayback Machine link fixer as a strong idea that should have existed sooner.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer · Eigentlich nur verwunderlich, dass da nicht schon früher jemand draufgekommen ist.