Title: MD Embed Checker
Author: Mustapha Samios
Published: <strong>Gener 10, 2026</strong>
Last modified: Gener 10, 2026

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# MD Embed Checker

 By [Mustapha Samios](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motiondigital/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mdemch-embed-checker.1.0.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/mdemch-embed-checker/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/mdemch-embed-checker/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdemch-embed-checker/)

## Description

MD Embed Checker is a powerful tool that helps you maintain the quality of your 
WordPress content by scanning all your published content (Posts, Pages, and Custom
Post Types) for broken YouTube links. It uses robust background processing to handle
large sites efficiently without timing out.

**Key Features:**

 * **Comprehensive Scanning**: Scans all public posts, pages, and custom post types(
   Portfolios, WooCommerce Products, etc.) for YouTube links.
 * **Smart Detection**: Supports YouTube links in iframes, shortcodes, and direct
   URLs.
 * **Robust Performance**: Uses atomic batch processing to scan thousands of items
   without server timeouts.
 * **Real-time Progress**: Monitor scan status live with detailed feedback.
 * **Secure & Compliant**: Built strictly following WordPress Coding Standards and
   security best practices (fully prepared SQL, escaped output).
 * **Detailed Reports**: View comprehensive reports of broken links with post details.
 * **Export Functionality**: Export scan results as HTML reports for team workflows.
 * **Statistics Tracking**: Track scan history and statistics over time.

**Supported YouTube Link Formats:**
 * Standard YouTube URLs (youtube.com/watch?
v=) * Shortened URLs (youtu.be/) * Embedded iframes * Builder shortcodes * Custom
shortcodes (visual composer, elementor, etc.) * Base64 encoded content

**How It Works:**
 1. Navigate to Tools  MD Embed Checker in your WordPress admin.
2. Click “Start Scan” to initiate the background process. 3. Monitor the real-time
progress bar. 4. Once complete, view broken links in the “Reports” tab or export
them.

**Perfect For:**
 * Content managers who need to maintain link quality * Blog owners
with many YouTube embeds * SEO-conscious website owners * Large publishing sites
requiring scalable maintenance tools

## Screenshots

[⌊Main scan interface with real-time progress tracking⌉⌊Main scan interface with
real-time progress tracking⌉[

Main scan interface with real-time progress tracking

[⌊Completed scan interface showing broken links found⌉⌊Completed scan interface 
showing broken links found⌉[

Completed scan interface showing broken links found

[⌊Detailed reports showing broken links with actionable buttons⌉⌊Detailed reports
showing broken links with actionable buttons⌉[

Detailed reports showing broken links with actionable buttons

[⌊Statistics dashboard with scan history⌉⌊Statistics dashboard with scan history⌉[

Statistics dashboard with scan history

## Installation

 1. Upload the `mdemch-embed-checker` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Navigate to Tools  MD Embed Checker to start using the plugin.

## FAQ

### How often should I run scans?

We recommend running scans weekly or after publishing new content with YouTube links.
The plugin tracks your scan history so you can monitor trends over time.

### Does this affect my website’s performance?

No, the scanning process runs in background batches via AJAX. It is designed to 
be lightweight and pauses between batches to prevent server overload.

### What happens if broken links are found?

The plugin generates a detailed report of all broken YouTube links. You can export
this report to fix links manually.

### Is this compatible with page builders?

Yes, MD Embed Checker scans raw post content, so it detects YouTube links regardless
of the page builder (Elementor, Divi, Fusion Builder, etc.) as long as the content
is stored in the standard post_content field.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“MD Embed Checker” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mustapha Samios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motiondigital/)

[Translate “MD Embed Checker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mdemch-embed-checker)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mdemch-embed-checker/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mdemch-embed-checker/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mdemch-embed-checker/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mdemch-embed-checker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Core scanning functionality with background batch processing
 * Real-time progress tracking via AJAX
 * Detailed reporting and HTML export system
 * Dashboard widget
 * Full security hardening and compliance with WordPress Coding Standards
 * Robust database transaction handling for concurrent reliability

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **5 mesos ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mdemch-embed-checker/)
 * Tags
 * [broken links](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/broken-links/)[embed](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)
   [video](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video/)[youtube](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/mdemch-embed-checker/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mustapha Samios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motiondigital/)

## Support

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