About the HTTP Status Code Checker
Every URL request returns an HTTP status code indicating what happened — 200 for success, 301/302 for redirects, 404 for not found, 500 for server errors, and many more. This checker lets you instantly verify the live status code of any URL without opening browser developer tools or a command-line utility.
This tool is useful for site owners monitoring whether important pages are live and healthy, SEO specialists auditing a list of URLs for broken links after a migration, and developers quickly debugging whether an API endpoint or webhook URL is responding as expected.
To use it, enter any URL and click "Check Status." Because direct cross-origin status checks are blocked by browser security policies for many sites, this check runs through a lightweight server-side endpoint that performs the actual request and returns the resulting status code, status text, and response time, along with a plain-English explanation of what that code means.
For example, checking a working page returns "200 OK — the page loaded successfully," while checking a deleted page returns "404 Not Found — no page exists at this URL," and checking a moved page returns its redirect status along with the destination it points to (pairing well with the dedicated Redirect Checker tool for tracing full chains).
A common use case after a site migration is systematically checking your most important legacy URLs to confirm none of them accidentally return 404 — broken internal or external links quietly hurt both user experience and SEO, and are easy to miss without a systematic check. Another common issue this tool surfaces is a page unexpectedly returning a 500 server error or 503 (service unavailable), often signaling a server-side bug or maintenance mode that needs immediate attention.
Tip: keep a running list of your site's most important URLs (homepage, top landing pages, key blog posts) and periodically re-check them with this tool, especially right after deployments or server configuration changes, to catch accidental outages or broken pages before your users or search engines do.