Plugin info

Total downloads: 199
Active installs: 20
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 2 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/28/2025 (33 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/26/2025 (0 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 33 days ago • 3 reviews

61/100

Is Linkable abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 33 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

Linkable is a lightweight WordPress plugin that automates internal linking by converting defined keywords into links to selected posts or pages.

Core functionality:
* Automatically links keywords to chosen posts or pages
* Works on singular posts and pages by filtering the_content at priority 20
* Searches for keyword matches inside

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  • , , , and tags
    * Skips self-links by excluding the current post from the keyword map
    * Uses the Yoast SEO title for link tooltips when Yoast is active, otherwise falls back to the WordPress title
    * Preserves existing tags and shortcodes by backing them up before processing and restoring them afterward

    Keyword management:
    * Keywords are stored per post and per page as JSON in the linkable_tags post meta field
    * linkable_tags is registered with REST support, sanitized via sanitize_text_field, and restricted to users with edit_posts

    Settings:
    * Accessible via Settings Linkable
    * max_links_per_target: limits how many times the same target can be linked from one post (default 1)
    * first_occurrence_only: when enabled, each keyword is linked only once per post

    Performance:
    * Builds a global keyword map from all published posts and pages with linkable_tags
    * Caches the keyword map with a transient (global_linkable_tag_map) for one hour
    * Query optimized to fetch only IDs and avoid unnecessary meta/term caching

    Editor compatibility:
    * Works with both the block editor and the classic editor
    * Enqueues an admin sidebar panel script (static/js/admin-sidebar-panel.js) with WordPress dependencies and versioning via filemtime

    Security:
    * URLs are properly escaped with esc_url
    * Link titles are sanitized and HTML-escaped
    * Meta registration includes capability and sanitization checks

    License

    This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.