Is there a way to undo removed links?

  • Resolved thita

    (@thebrickblogger)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    When using the plugin’s dashboard and fixing broken links, for one of the links I accidentally hit the UNLINK button instead of the DISMISS button. This resulted in the link getting removed from over 300 articles. ??

    Is there an easy way to undo this action? In the Broken Link Checker dashboard I see a list of broken links, redirected links, and dismissed links, but I see no way to find and edit removed links. I can search the articles under the posts section of the WP dashboard by removed_link so I can at least see which articles were effected, but I don’t know how to undo the action and putting back the links easily. I would really like to avoid having to go over 300 articles, some of them with multiples of that removed link, and having to edit them manually.

    Oh, and I did remove the UNLINK quick button from below the reported links so I won’t make this mistake again.

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  • restore the site from a backup?

    Thread Starter thita

    (@thebrickblogger)

    Unfortunately, restoring the site would mean that all the other links that I successfully changed on that day will be restored to an earlier version as well (one of our affiliates changed their links, so there was lots to update). Plus, this is a busy site with new posts and comments, which would all be lost.

    There really should be a warning before the UNLINK button would execute as it seems that its a nuclear option that cannot be easily undone. Like a big “Are you sure?” window popping up, or something like that. The UNLINK button is right next to the other buttons and it’s easy to hit it by accident.

    Hi @thebrickblogger,

    I’m afraid that Undo option is not available with the plugin at the moment.
    WPMU DEV team have just taken over this plugin so there are improvements to come and I’ll pass this over to our devs, perhaps at least add a confirmation popup that will explain what the action will do ??

    Cheers,
    Predrag

    Thread Starter thita

    (@thebrickblogger)

    Thanks for clarifying @wpmudev-support1, I love to plugin I’m super happy that you guys took over and I don’t have to delete it. And yes, it would be great if there is an undo option, or a pop-up, or a tab under which any unlinked links would go, so they can be easily edited later. Thanks again.

    Thread Starter thita

    (@thebrickblogger)

    I will mark this issue resolved.

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