Monitor WordPress broken links weekly and send alerts via Telegram
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What this workflow does
This workflow has 11 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week). Along the way it connects Telegram.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every week).
- Configure Website Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: websiteUrl, telegramChatId
- Fetch Sitemap Index (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Fetch Post Sitemap (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Parse Sitemap Content (XML): converts between XML and JSON
- Split URLs from Sitemap (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- Verify URL Status (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Check for Broken Links (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Set Error Details (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: url, statusCode, statusMessage…
- Compile Broken Links (Aggregate): combines items into one
- Notify via Telegram (Telegram): uses Telegram
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (8)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - XML
n8n-nodes-base.xml - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs weekly to scan a WordPress site’s post sitemap for broken pages, checking each URL’s HTTP status and sending a consolidated alert to Telegram when errors are found. How it works 1. Runs weekly on a schedule trigger. 2.…