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internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

Logos of Internet Archive Wayback Machine and Automattic with a plus sign between them, indicating a partnership or collaboration on a blue background.
Logos of Internet Archive Wayback Machine and Automattic with a plus sign between them, indicating a partnership or collaboration on a blue background.
Logos of Internet Archive Wayback Machine and Automattic with a plus sign between them, indicating a partnership or collaboration on a blue background.
https://blog.archive.org

Preserving the Open Web: Inside the New Wayback Machine Plugin for WordPress 

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disaster2life
disaster2life
@disaster2life@pleroma.debian.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@internetarchive did it really have to be automattic? could nobody step in to help bring this about?
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@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/

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Ashley Blewer
Ashley Blewer
@ashley@digipres.club replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@internetarchive grosss

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