Backlinks Saver
Backlinks Saver helps you save the link juice from existing backlinks to non-existent pages on your site by redirecting them to the home page with 301 …
4.2(5 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Backlinks Saver is a WordPress backlinks plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 66K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 26% this week. Top alternative: SEO Consultant.
4.2/55 reviews
3.0K+active installs
66K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Based on the greatly useful (for SEO) but long outdated plugin “Link Juice Keeper”, Backlinks Saver is an updated and simplified version of that SEO plugin. It helps you save the link juice from existing backlinks to non-existent pages on your site by redirecting them to the home page with 301 status code.
If you are optimizing your site for the search engines, you must already know that backlinks are very important and you should make each and every one of them count. But sometimes we make changes to our sites that make some backlinks worthless, changes like:
- Changing the Permalinks Structure for the whole site
- Changing the Permalink of a certain page/post
- Deleting a page/post
The above changes will lead to backlinks being sent to 404 error pages, which tells the search eng…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
OUT OF DATE
by I Declare MultiMedia·9 years ago
Now this plugin is like “Link Juice Keeper” OUT OF DATE!!
Awesome Plugin
by Mason·9 years ago
So easy to use and works perfectly, please keep it updated so it will continue to work for a loooooonnnnnnggg time!
Works Great
by tmanx4wp·11 years ago
even works with none web addresses like/#453%#$lkjkkj
thanks!
Loving my own :D
by Nimrod Flores·11 years ago
Switched to this plugin in all of my PBN sites.
Of course, gotta use my own plugins, they’re the ones I trust the most for my own sites! 😀
Very handy. Nice and easy installation!
by JuanHost·11 years ago
It’s a breath of fresh air seeing an updated alternative to LJK. Been using it for a long time in my PBN sites.
This one’s very straightforward and I’m glad I don’t have any more settings to configure after installation. Ready to go, straight out of the box! Nice!
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release.
Contributors
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