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Simon’s Auto Keyword Linker is a lightweight, fast, and intelligent WordPress plugin that automatically transforms your selected keywords into links across posts and pages.
Perfect for internal linking, topic clusters, dictionaries/glossaries, affiliate linking, and improving SEO at scale — all without bloat.
🚀 Key Features
- Unlimited keyword URL pairs
- Link each keyword up to 1–50 times per post/page
- Never links a keyword on its own target page (prevents self-linking)
- Case-insensitive, whole-word matching
- Skips headings (H1–H6), existing links, and all HTML tags
- Sorts keywords by length to prevent overlapping/partial matches
- Clean, efficient engine based on safe regex & placeholders
- Works with Gutenberg, Classic Editor, page builders, and most themes
- Fully compatible with caching plugins
🔍 Smart Keyword Scanner (New!)
Click one button and the plugin will:
- Scan all published posts and pages
- Detect highly-relevant multi-word phrases already appearing on your site
- Score and rank them based on frequency + title relevance
- Suggest the best internal page to link each phrase to
- Allow one-click add or delete (“Trash”) suggestions
No more guessing what to link — get data-driven internal linking recommendations instantly.
🔗 External Link Control
For external URLs, you can enable:
target="_blank"rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
Internal links remain dofollow for optimal SEO.
🤖 How the Linking Engine Works
- Matches whole words only — never inside other words or URLs
- Never links inside headings (
<h1>–<h6>) - Ensures links are not placed inside existing
<a>tags - Automatically decodes HTML entities like
&& - Prevents short-keyword conflicts by linking longest phrases first
Example keyword rules:
Web Hosting|https://yourwebsite.com/web-hosting/
Contact Form|https://yourwebsite.com/contact/
External URL|https://example.com
Upgrade to Pro (Optional)
Auto SEO Keyword Linker Pro adds advanced features such as:
- Conditional logic per keyword (e.g.,
category:5,post-type:page) - Click statistics per link
- Export & Import your keyword rules
- Link title attribute control
- Max links per page & advanced targeting
Learn more (optional upgrade):
https://simonward.net/auto-seo-keyword-linker/
Installation
- Upload the
simons-auto-keyword-linkerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
- Go to Settings Keyword Links
- Add your
keyword|URLpairs (one per line) - Optional:
- Set max links per keyword
- Enable new-tab + nofollow for external links
- Use the built-in Smart Keyword Scanner to auto-discover new keyword opportunities
FAQ
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Does this plugin modify my database content?
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No. Links are added dynamically when pages are displayed. Disable the plugin and everything returns to normal.
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Will this slow down my site?
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No. The plugin is extremely lightweight and runs only on the
the_contentfilter using efficient regex logic. -
Does it work with page builders?
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Yes — it works with Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Bricks, and most other builders (as long as the builder uses
the_contentoutput). -
Can it link multi-word phrases?
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Yes — and phrases are sorted by length so longer keywords are linked first.
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Does it prevent over-linking?
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Yes — you control the maximum number of links per keyword per page.
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Ændringslog
1.8.8
- Improved: Cleaner, more intuitive UI for the Smart Keyword Scanner
- Added: Bulk delete (“Trash Selected”) option in keyword suggestions
- Added: Option to select maximum words per keyword phrase when scanning
- Added: Option to set minimum occurrences (1–5) to reduce low-quality or accidental keyword phrases
- Improved: More accurate keyword and phrase scanning
- Improved: Better filtering of repeated or low-value phrases
- Improved: More reliable handling of punctuation and special characters in scanned phrases
- Improved: Reduced duplicate suggestions and overall scan quality
1.8.7
- Added: Smart Keyword Scanner — auto-discover valuable phrases from your content
- Added: One-click suggestion of best internal link targets
- Added: Select-all and bulk-add functionality in keyword generator
- Improved: Better UI/UX in settings
1.8.6
- Added: Option to open external links in new tab with rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”
- Added: Visual indicator (Internal / External) in settings table
- Improved: Better escaping and WordPress coding standards compliance
- Fixed: All known bugs and layout issues
1.7.0
- First public release.




