Tools made by WPMU DEV

WPMU DEV makes 3 of the tools we list, and all 3 have a free plan.

Order: tools we’ve tested come first, by score, then the rest alphabetically. Payment never changes the order.

Prices checked between Oct 28, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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  Broken Link Checker

  • Researched

  Free WordPress plugin from WPMU DEV that scans posts, pages, comments and custom fields for broken links, missing images and redirects, on your own server or on WPMU DEV's cloud with a free account.

  • Free
  • Free plan
  • WordPress
  • 3.8 on WordPress.org, 604 ratings, checked Oct 26, 2026
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  SmartCrawl

  • Researched

  WPMU DEV's WordPress SEO plugin for meta tags, sitemaps, schema and redirects, free on WordPress.org; SmartCrawl Pro, with audits, site crawls and automatic linking, comes with every WPMU DEV plan, priced by number of sites.

  • From $4.17/mo billed yearly
  • Free plan
  • WordPress, WooCommerce
  • 4.8 on WordPress.org, 171 ratings, checked Oct 26, 2026
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  Smush

  • Researched

  WPMU DEV's WordPress image optimizer, a free plugin that compresses and lazy loads images, with yearly Pro plans that add higher compression, WebP and AVIF conversion and a 119-location image CDN.

  • From $4.17/mo billed yearly
  • Free plan
  • WordPress, WooCommerce
  • 4.8 on WordPress.org, 6,053 ratings, checked Oct 26, 2026