Simon's Auto Keyword Linker

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/