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Clarity SEO is a fast, lightweight WordPress SEO plugin that delivers professional-grade optimization tools without the bloat. Everything you need to rank better — nothing you don’t.
Built for speed and simplicity, Clarity SEO adds zero JavaScript or CSS to your frontend while providing features that rival plugins ten times its size. No upsells, no unnecessary complexity, just clean SEO tools that work.
<h4>🎯 Core Features</h4>
Per-Page Meta Tags & Open Graph 
Automatically generates meta title, description, keywords, and Open Graph tags from your content. Override any field manually in the Gutenberg sidebar metabox. Full Twitter Card support included.
Schema.org JSON-LD Markup 
Rich structured data for WebPage, Article, BlogPosting, FAQPage, VideoObject, LocalBusiness, Product, and custom types. Supports multiple schema types per page. Organization schema with logo, contact, and social profiles.
Dynamic XML Sitemap 
Automatically generated <code>/sitemap.xml</code> with proper priorities, change frequencies, image tags, video support, and Google News tags for blog posts. Includes all public post types and taxonomy terms. Noindexed pages are automatically excluded.
Document Title Integration 
Clarity SEO integrates with WordPress <code>document_title_parts</code> to set your custom meta title as the actual browser tab title — no separate title tag plugin needed.
Readability Analysis 
Real-time Flesch-Kincaid readability score in the editor. Aim for 60+ for optimal readability. Get actionable tips to improve your content.
Focus Keywords & Density 
Set focus keywords per post and get real-time keyword density analysis. Optimal range indicator helps you avoid over- or under-optimization. Internal linking suggestions based on your focus keywords.
SEO Score 
Visual 0-100 SEO score per post based on meta title, description, keywords, density, and readability. See at a glance which posts need attention. Color-coded SEO score column visible directly in your Posts and Pages list.
Google SERP Preview 
See exactly how your page will appear in Google search results — right inside the editor. The preview updates live as you type your meta title and description.
<h4>🔧 Advanced Tools</h4>
301 Redirect Manager 
Create redirects with simple URL matching or regex patterns. Easily redirect old URLs to new ones. Built-in validation for regex patterns. Full management UI with add/delete in the Settings page.
404 Monitor 
Automatic logging of 404 errors with hit count, timestamps, referrer tracking, and user agent data. Uses a dedicated database table for zero performance impact on your options table. Expanded bot/scanner filtering to reduce noise. Export to CSV, paginated interface, and automatic cleanup of old logs.
Image SEO 
Auto-generate alt text and titles from filenames on upload. Bulk find-and-replace tool for existing image alt text (processes up to 500 images per batch).
Local Business SEO 
Add business address, geo coordinates, and contact information for LocalBusiness schema. Perfect for brick-and-mortar businesses.
Google Search Console Integration 
Connect via OAuth2 access token to fetch top-performing pages and URL inspection status. Cached API calls to respect quotas.
Keyword Position Tracking 
Track keyword rankings over time via GSC Search Analytics API. Weekly email reports with position, impressions, and click data. History automatically trimmed to 90 entries per keyword.
SEO Audit Checklist 
30-point automated health check covering HTTPS, permalinks, sitemap, robots.txt, meta tags, schema, alt tags, readability, content length, internal links, and more. Actionable fix links for every issue.
Breadcrumbs 
Schema-enhanced breadcrumbs via <code>[clarity_seo_breadcrumbs]</code> shortcode. Supports page hierarchy, post categories, archives, and search results.
Setup Wizard 
Quick onboarding wizard to configure your organization name, logo, social profiles, contact info, and global defaults in one step.
Noindex / Nofollow 
Per-post control to exclude specific pages from search engine indexing. Noindexed pages are automatically excluded from the XML sitemap.
Import from Yoast / Rank Math 
Import meta titles, descriptions, and focus keywords from Yoast SEO or Rank Math. Processes in batches of 100 for safe handling of large sites. Existing Clarity SEO data is never overwritten.
Bulk Meta Generation 
One-click tool on the Dashboard to auto-generate missing meta titles and descriptions for all published content. Titles use your post title + site name pattern; descriptions are extracted from excerpts or content.
Schema Toggles 
Enable or disable individual schema types (Organization, FAQ, Video, Multiple) directly from the Settings page.
<h4>🚀 Performance First</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom database table for 404 logs — no wp_options bloat</li>
<li>Transient caching for GSC API calls</li>
<li>Keyword history auto-trimmed to prevent unbounded option growth</li>
<li>Minimal footprint: zero frontend JS/CSS, no external API calls</li>
<li>No external API calls on frontend (everything is self-contained)</li>
<li>Admin scripts only load on relevant pages</li>
</ul>
<h4>Clarity + SiteBirds</h4>
Clarity SEO is your lightweight WordPress SEO foundation. SiteBirds is the next layer for website scanning, visitor questions, lead capture, bookings, quote requests, and broader website improvements.
Inside the plugin you can open a SiteBirds scan with your current website URL already filled in, so it is easy to see how both products complement each other.
<ul>
<li>Clarity SEO keeps your WordPress SEO essentials in shape</li>
<li>SiteBirds scans your current website and shows where visitors miss answers or actions</li>
<li>Start with the scan at sitebirds.com and keep using Clarity SEO in WordPress</li>
</ul>
<h4>🤝 Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.8+ through 6.9</li>
<li>WooCommerce: metabox on products, schema support, sitemap inclusion</li>
<li>Gutenberg: full block editor integration with sidebar metabox</li>
<li>Classic Editor: works with the standard meta box interface</li>
<li>Extend with filters: <code>clarity_seo_metabox_post_types</code> to add custom post types</li>
</ul>

Clarity SEO

Lightweight, fast SEO plugin for WordPress — meta tags, Schema.org markup, XML sitemap, 301 redirects, 404 monitor, image SEO, breadcrumbs, and more.

Blair Williams

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PrettyLinks helps you shrink, beautify, track, manage and share any URL on or off of your WordPress website. Create links that look how you want using your own domain name!
<h3>PrettyLinks 🌠</h3>
PrettyLinks enables you to shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, PrettyLinks tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, OS, and host. PrettyLinks is a killer plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs.
<h3>PrettyPay™ Links 💵</h3>
PrettyLinks now comes with PrettyPay™. PrettyPay™ enables you to make one-click payments with Stripe to sell e-books, courses, downloads, subscriptions and really, anything — all from your domain name and brand. Share your PrettyPay™ links and start selling anywhere—instantly!
<h3>Examples 👇</h3>
This is a link setup using PrettyLinks that redirects to the PrettyLinks Homepage where you can find more info about this Plugin:
http://blairwilliams.com/pl
Here’s a named pretty link (I used the slug ‘aweber’) that does a 307 redirect to my affiliate link for aweber.com:
http://blairwilliams.com/aweber
Here’s a link that PrettyLinks generated a random slug for (similar to what bit.ly or tinyurl would do):
http://blairwilliams.com/w7a
<h3>Features ✔️</h3>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-link-setup?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">🔗 Create clean, simple URLs that redirect to any other URL</a> 
Easily turn your long URLs into short ones within a matter of seconds.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/docs/prettypay-links/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">💰 Seamless Stripe Sales</a>* 
Create a branded, one-click path to payment with NEW PrettyPay™ Links. Share your link and start selling anywhere – instantly.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-redirect-types?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">🔃 Supports 301, 302, and 307 redirects</a> 
Redirect users using one of our three redirect types: 301 (Permanent), 302 (Temporary), and 307 (Temporary).
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-dashboard?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">🖱️ One-Click Link Sharing</a> 
Copy and manage your PrettyLinks all in one centralized area.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-link-setup?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">⚙️ Fully configurable slugs</a> 
PrettyLinks will automatically generate 3-4 random characters to use as the slug, but you can also create your own slug to use for your URL.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-dashboard?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">🔎 Track the Number of Clicks and Unique Clicks per link</a> 
Track how well your PrettyLinks are performing by viewing the number of overall clicks and unique clicks on your links.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-dashboard?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">📊 Generate Highly Customizable Reports</a> 
Create reports where you can see a configurable chart of clicks per day. The report can be filtered by the specific link clicked, date range, and/or unique clicks.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-dashboard?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">💡 Extremely Intuitive Admin User Interface</a> 
No need to guess where everything is located. PrettyLinks makes the setup and link management process as simple as possible.
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/about#pl-dashboard?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=features" rel="nofollow ugc">⬇️ Download Click Details</a> 
Need to download click data for your links? PrettyLinks has you covered. The plugin will generate a CSV containing all the information you need to successfully manage your links.
… and so much more! <a href="https://prettylinks.com?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=home" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit our site</a> to learn more about what PrettyLinks can do for you.
* Pro users benefit from no added payment processing fees, while a small 3% fee is added per-transaction for free users.
<h3>PrettyLinks Pro 💪</h3>
PrettyLinks Pro is a significant upgrade that adds many tools and redirection types. Here’s a glimpse at some of the different features that PrettyLinks Pro offers:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/blog/introducing-product-display-add-on?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Product Displays</a> (NEW!) 
Create beautifully styled and responsive displays for your affiliate links to drive more commissions with ease.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/features?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Keyword & URL Replacements</a> 
Using one of Pretty Link’s automation features, you can define a list of keywords and URLs, then PrettyLinks will automatically scan your site’s content and replace them with your pretty link.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/features?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Redirect Types</a> 
Take full control over how your users are redirected. With the Pro version, you can now offer Cloaked redirects, JavaScript redirects, Meta-Refresh redirects, Tracking Pixel redirects, and Geographic redirects.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/features?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Automatically Create PrettyLinks for Posts/Pages</a> 
Another one of Pretty Link’s powerful automation features. Whenever a new page or post is published, PrettyLinks will automatically create a pretty link for it.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/features?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Link Categories & Tags</a> 
Make link management easier by grouping your links together and assigning them a category or tag.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/features?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Expiring Links</a> 
Set an expiration date on your links and decide where the user is redirected to after clicking an expired link.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/blog/repair-broken-links?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro_features" rel="nofollow ugc">Link Health</a> 
Runs weekly scans on your site to look for and report any broken links you’ve created within the PrettyLinks plugin.
</li>
</ul>
You can learn more about PrettyLinks Pro here:
<a href="https://prettylinks.com/why-upgrade?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro" title="Learn More" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn More</a> | <a href="https://prettylinks.com/pricing/plans?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=pro" title="Pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Pricing</a>
<h3>Integrations ⚡</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://prettylinks.com/docs/integrating-google-analytics?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=kb" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics</a> – Easily start tracking your links within Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://prettylinks.com/docs/integrating-pretty-links-with-monsterinsights?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=lite_plugin_listing&utm_content=kb" rel="nofollow ugc">MonsterInsights</a> – See how well your links are performing with the MonsterInsights plugin</li>
</ul>
<h3>What’s Next 🤩</h3>
Enjoying your time with PrettyLinks? Consider checking out some of our other projects:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://memberpress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">MemberPress</a> – Full-featured Membership solution for WordPress. Control who has access to your site and sell content securely through payment gateways such as Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net</li>
<li><a href="https://easyaffiliate.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EasyAffiliate</a> – Complete Affiliate Program management plugin for WordPress. Start an Affiliate Program to dramatically increase traffic, attention, and sales.</li>
<li><a href="https://thirstyaffiliates.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ThirstyAffiliates</a> – Link cloaking plugin made specifically for affiliate bloggers to start making money.</li>
<li><a href="https://buynowplus.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy Now Plus</a> – Easily start accepting Credit Card payments through a simple buy now button on your website or social media accounts using the Stripe gateway.</li>
<li><a href="https://members-plugin.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Members</a> – Roles and capabilities management plugin for your WordPress site. This is an excellent plugin to use alongside a Membership solution such as MemberPress.</li>
</ul>

PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin

I think this is the best WordPress Link Management Solution

Excellent

Works good!


Nice and standards based, does all you need, and the link monitoring is handy for peace of mind, and helping your affiliate destinations feel "visited" :)


Very Pretty! This is the one you're looking for.

Good to use.

🌠 The best WordPress link management, branding, tracking, sharing and payments plugin. Easily make pretty & trackable shortlinks. 🔗

Clarity SEO vs PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin