My Site Hand – Broken Link Checker, Alt Text & Site Health Audit

Scan your WordPress site for broken links, missing image alt text, missing SEO meta descriptions and accessibility problems — and fix them without leaving the report. Activate the plugin and it starts scanning straight away. No token, no API key, no Node.js, no terminal. About thirty seconds later you get a health score out of 100 and a list of real problems on your own site. What it finds Twelve checks, run one at a time so nothing times out. Broken link checker — checks the links in your recent posts and pages and reports only the ones that are genuinely gone. Only a 404 or 410 counts. Anything ambiguous is retried a different way and left alone rather than reported as a false alarm. Missing alt text — images your visitors using screen readers cannot see, and search engines cannot read. Missing meta descriptions — published posts and pages with no SEO description, for Yoast SEO and RankMath. Accessibility basics — links that announce nothing to a screen reader, "click here" links, more than one main heading, and headings that skip a level. Structural checks only; it does not claim to be a full WCAG audit. Images missing dimensions — the cause of pages that jump around while they load, which Google measures as a Core Web Vital. Images missing lazy loading — pictures further down a post that something has opted out, so visitors download them before they are ever seen. Oversized media — files big enough to slow your pages down, with the space you would get back. Orphaned files — uploads that nothing on your site appears to use. Thin content — published pages with very few words. Read with judgement: a contact page is supposed to be short, and pages built from a shortcode, gallery or embed are left out. Plugin and core health — pending updates, an unsupported PHP version, missing HTTPS, errors visible to visitors, a stalled cron. Exposed WordPress files — readme.html, license.txt and a debug log left publicly readable. The first hands an attacker your exact version; the last can contain server paths and credentials. XML-RPC — reported as a notice, with the tradeoff stated plainly. It is a brute-force vector, but the WordPress mobile app and Jetpack need it, so this is only worth turning off if you use neither. Sites running Jetpack are skipped entirely. Fix it from the report A list of complaints is not much use on its own. Write alt text straight into the report, replace a dead link, or trash a file you no longer need — one row at a time, with the score climbing as you go. No AI and no API key required for any of it. Your score is kept over time, so you can watch the site improve, and you can have a short report emailed to you when something changes. Send the report to a client A report is more useful when the person who needs to act on it can read it.

• PDF — opens a clean, printable page and your browser's own print dialog. Choose "Save as PDF". No bloated PDF library bundled into the plugin to do a job your browser already does well.
• CSV — every issue as a row: check, severity, issue, context, link and object ID. Opens correctly in Excel and Google Sheets, in any language.
• A shareable link — a public web page your client can open without a login, with an expiry you choose: 7, 30 or 90 days. There is no never-expires option.

Shared reports are redacted on purpose. They show the score, each check by name, and how many issues it found. They never show file names, page addresses, server paths, post or media IDs, edit links, or your plugin, theme, PHP and WordPress versions — and the two security checks are left out entirely, because publishing those would be publishing a vulnerability report about your own server. The page tells you exactly what a recipient will and will not see before you create the link, every link can be revoked instantly, and the report is a snapshot: re-scanning your site never changes what you already sent. Optional: let an AI assistant do the work Everything above works on its own. Connecting an AI assistant is an upgrade, not a requirement. Built on the open standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) developed by Anthropic, this plugin exposes safely-gated capabilities to clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf, so they can work on your site in plain language.

• Write and edit content — draft, edit, format or publish posts and pages.
• SEO audits — scan Yoast or RankMath metadata, optimise it for a keyword, update titles and descriptions.
• WooCommerce — list low-stock items, draft products, check recent orders, summarise sales.
• Diagnostics — inspect PHP error logs, check loopback status, look up site details.
• Zero-config setup — no hand-editing hidden JSON files. Copy one command from your dashboard, paste it into your terminal, and it connects.

Included modules: Content (9 abilities), SEO (6), Diagnostics (7), Media (6), Users (5), WooCommerce (12, registers only when WooCommerce is active). That is 33 abilities on a standard install, or 45 with WooCommerce. Every one is an individual switch, and a token can only call what you allow. Security

• API tokens are SHA-256 hashed — the raw token is shown once and never stored.
• Every token is scoped to specific abilities. A token can only do what you explicitly allow.
• Optional IP allowlist restricts a token to specific addresses or CIDR ranges.
• Tokens are sent via the Authorization header, never in the URL.
• Every action is written to a searchable audit log with configurable retention.

What you need The site scan and inline fixing need none of the following. These apply only if you choose to connect an AI assistant:

• Node.js — the desktop bridge (mcp-remote) runs on your own computer.
• HTTPS — so your API tokens stay encrypted in transit.
• Administrator access — to generate tokens and toggle module permissions.

Help translate this plugin My Site Hand is available in English and Bengali. If you speak another language, you can help — no coding needed: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/my-site-hand/ New to translating? Start here: https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating/first-steps/

Search for My Site Hand in your WordPress dashboard, install, and activate it. You land on Site Health and the first scan starts by itself. That is the whole setup. Connecting an AI assistant is optional, and fully guided:

1. Generate a token — go to My Site Hand > API Tokens and click Create Token. Give it a label, e.g. "Claude Desktop".
2. Open the How to Use page in your dashboard.
3. Run two commands — one installs the mcp-remote bridge on your computer, the second (auto-generated, with your token) connects it.
4. Restart your AI client and start talking to your site.

1.2.0 - 6 September 2026

• New: six more checks — image dimensions, lazy loading, exposed WordPress files, XML-RPC, thin content, and accessibility basics. Twelve checks in total.
• New: PDF and CSV export. Send a client the report without giving them a login.
• New: shareable report links with an expiry you choose. Public reports show scores and counts only — never paths, IDs, versions or plugin names.
• New: Bengali translation, and the plugin is now fully ready for community translation.
• Improved: Score weighting was retuned for twelve checks, so an ordinary site still lands in a usable range rather than being marked critical for having twice as much measured.

1.1.0 - 26 August 2026

• New: Site Health Scan — one click, no setup. Find broken links, missing alt text, missing meta descriptions, oversized media, orphaned files, and plugin or core health problems.
• New: Quick Fix — repair issues inline from the report. No AI or API key required.
• New: Score history and trend so you can watch your site improve.
• New: Optional weekly email report. It stays quiet when there is nothing new to say.
• New: Plugin checks now appear in WordPress's own Tools → Site Health.
• Improved: Activation now takes you straight to a scan of your site instead of setup instructions. The MCP connection steps are still there, collapsed on the Dashboard as an optional upgrade.
• New: Redesigned admin interface. The left sidebar is replaced by a brand row and a tab bar, and every page now has a numbered index so you can jump straight to the section you came for.
• Improved: A single accent colour, flat surfaces, and a monospaced type scale make status, counts, and destructive actions easier to read at a glance.
• Improved: The dashboard now surfaces what needs your attention — missing HTTPS, tokens expiring within 30 days, or a stopped endpoint.
• Fixed: The "Trust proxy headers" and "Allow token in URL query string" settings did not save. Both now work.
• Fixed: The settings page could submit itself and blank stored options if you pressed Enter in a text field. Settings save individually as you change them, so the form has been removed.

1.0.2 - 24 August 2026

• Security: Tokens created without an explicit ability selection no longer default to full access. Existing tokens are migrated automatically and continue to work unchanged.
• Security: API tokens are no longer accepted via URL query string by default. Use the Authorization header instead. An opt-in setting remains available for clients that cannot send headers.
• New: Optional per-token IP allowlist with CIDR range support.
• New: Trusted proxy setting for sites behind Cloudflare or a reverse proxy.
• Improved: Token creation now clearly distinguishes full access from limited access.
• Fixed: Database schema version was not being stored after an upgrade, causing unnecessary schema checks on every page load.

1.0.1 - 9 June 2026

• Added a "Suggest a Feature" page so users can submit feature requests directly to the developer's email.
• Improved email deliverability with dynamic "From" headers and real-time failure log captures.
• Styled and aligned the admin menu icon in the sidebar with a white background and centered flex alignment.
• Added automatic redirection to the dashboard immediately upon plugin activation for faster onboarding.
• Added a "How to Use" shortcut link directly on the Plugins page.

1.0.0

• Official initial release.
• Automated zero-config setup for Claude Desktop.
• Support for Content, SEO (Yoast, RankMath), WooCommerce, and Diagnostics.
• Secure token management and real-time audit logs.