Scheduled Scans and Alerts

Summary: Put your link maintenance on autopilot. Configure automated background scans on a Daily, Weekly, or Monthly basis, and receive email alert digests whenever new issues are detected.

Manually triggering scans is useful for real-time verification, but maintaining a healthy site requires constant vigilance. Antimanual allows you to put your link auditing on complete autopilot using automated background schedules and instant email alerts.

Configuring Automated Background Monitoring

You can leave the monitoring entirely to Antimanual.

To configure your background schedules:

1. Navigate to the Schedule tab on the Broken Link Checker dashboard.
2. Toggle the Enable scheduled scans switch to active.
3. In the Frequency dropdown, choose how often you want the background scheduler to audit your links:
   • Daily (runs every 24 hours)
   • Weekly (runs every 7 days)
   • Monthly (runs every 30 days)
4. Specify which Post types you want to monitor under this automated schedule (e.g. Posts and Pages).
5. Click the Save schedule button to register the task.

Configuring Email Alert Digests

When a background scan is executed by the scheduler, you do not need to check the dashboard manually to see if new broken links have surfaced.

• Toggle the Email me when new broken links are detected checkbox.
• Enter a recipient email address. If left blank, Antimanual defaults to the primary WordPress administrator email address.
• Click Save schedule.

If the background engine discovers new dead links, redirect chains, or mixed content, it compiles an actionable, clean summary of the issues and delivers it directly to your inbox with quick-action links to resolve them immediately.

System Optimization for Low-Traffic Sites

Automated schedules rely on WordPress’s built-in cron engine (WP-Cron). WP-Cron does not run continuously like a server-side cron job; instead, it is triggered only when a visitor loads a page on your site.

• Low-Traffic Workaround: If your site has very low traffic, background tasks may execute behind schedule.
• Best Practice: For critical production sites, we recommend disabling default WP-Cron in your wp-config.php file (define( 'DISABLE_WP_CRON', true );) and setting up a real System Cron Job through your hosting panel (such as cPanel) to call wp-cron.php every minute. This guarantees your background scheduled link scans trigger precisely at the scheduled time.