internetarchiveFeb 4

We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress. The free plugin preserves pages, redirects broken links to archived versions, and helps ensure the web keeps its memory.

“It’s very important that websites have a memory," said Alexander Rose of Automattic. "When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI,”

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/inside-the-new-wayback-machine-plugin-for-wordpress/

#linkrot

Show threaddisaster2lifeFeb 4
@internetarchive did it really have to be automattic? could nobody step in to help bring this about?
Show threadAral BalkanFeb 4

@disaster2life @internetarchive Well, there’s a tiny Small Web app that aims to do a similar thing for personal web sites, etc., that I made a little while ago:

https://look-over-there.small-web.org/

Look Over There!⁠

Show threaddisaster2life
@aral @internetarchive ah that looks nice, thanks
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