diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
index 02100ee4..0af1c868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
       - name: Build docs
         run: ./.github/jobs/build_documentation.sh   
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: always()
         with:
           name: documentation
           path: artifact/documentation
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: documentation_warnings.log
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..305c6dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Linkcheck
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+jobs:
+  linkcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: dtcenter/metplus-action-linkcheck@v1
+        with:
+          fail-on-broken-links: 'true'
+          upload-artifact: 'true'
+          install-package: 'true'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3da31ba3..fde51216 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -97,7 +97,29 @@
 numfig_format = {
         'figure': 'Figure %s',
         }
-    
+
+# -- linkcheck builder configuration ----------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-the-linkcheck-builder
+
+linkcheck_timeout = 10
+linkcheck_retries = 2
+linkcheck_workers = 8
+
+linkcheck_ignore = [
+    # add regex patterns for URLs that should be skipped, e.g.:
+    # r'https://dtcenter\.org/.*',   # if this site blocks automated requests
+    # r'https://matplotlib\.org/.*',        # occasionally rate-limits automated clients
+    # r'https://scitools\.org\.uk/cartopy/.*',  # occasionally slow
+    # r'https://doi\.org/.*',               # DOI redirectors often 403 non-browser requests
+]
+
+linkcheck_allowed_redirects = {
+    # map of regex -> regex for redirects that are fine to follow
+}
+
+linkcheck_anchors = True
+linkcheck_anchors_ignore = ['^!']
+
 # -- Export variables --------------------------------------------------------
 
 rst_epilog = """                                                                                                                                    
@@ -110,3 +132,4 @@
            release_datestr = release_date,
            release_yearstr = release_year)
 
+
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/base_plot.py b/metplotpy/plots/base_plot.py
index 3551ba08..f7ad4541 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/base_plot.py
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/base_plot.py
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ def _add_legend(self, ax: plt.Axes, handles_and_labels=None, loc='upper center')
 
         if not handles:
             print("Warning: No labels found. Use ax.plot(..., label='name')")
+            return
 
         # handle plots that only have a single boolean for show legend
         show_legend = self.config_obj.show_legend
@@ -379,6 +380,10 @@ def _add_legend(self, ax: plt.Axes, handles_and_labels=None, loc='upper center')
         filtered_handles = [h for h, show in zip(handles, show_legend) if show == 1]
         filtered_labels = [l for l, show in zip(labels, show_legend) if show == 1]
 
+        # Check if there are any handles left to plot
+        if not filtered_handles:
+           return
+        
         legend = ax.legend(
             handles=filtered_handles,
             labels=filtered_labels,
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/taylor_diagram/taylor_diagram.py b/metplotpy/plots/taylor_diagram/taylor_diagram.py
index 146c6e9e..66be05c7 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/taylor_diagram/taylor_diagram.py
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/taylor_diagram/taylor_diagram.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def _create_figure(self) -> None:
 
         # in Matplotlib 3.10, the default for apply_theta_transforms=True has been deprecated, explicitly set this
         # to True
-        tr = PolarAxes.PolarTransform(apply_theta_transforms=False)
+        tr = PolarAxes.PolarTransform()
 
         # Correlation labels
         rlocs = np.array([0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.95, 0.99, 1])
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/tcmpr_plots/tcmpr.py b/metplotpy/plots/tcmpr_plots/tcmpr.py
index 26bf45e5..21e3a836 100755
--- a/metplotpy/plots/tcmpr_plots/tcmpr.py
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/tcmpr_plots/tcmpr.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def _add_legend(self, ax=None, handles_and_labels=None) -> None:
         """
         if ax is None:
             ax = self.ax
-        super()._add_legend(ax)
+        super()._add_legend(ax, handles_and_labels=handles_and_labels)
 
     def _get_nstats(self) -> list:
         """