The purpose of this plugin is to help internal link building, for SEO and for a better user experience. The internal link structure of a site is impo …
As of April 2026, Backlinks Taxonomy is a WordPress taxonomy plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Custom Post Type UI.
This plugin is a minimalist backlink tracker. It keeps track of all internal links between posts using taxonomies.
The plugin maintains a taxonomy of which posts links to which. The taxonomy is mostly invisible, but available through REST.
The backlink taxonomy is updated automatically whenever a post is published, scheduled or later updated. By registering the outgoing links of all posts it is easy to find the incoming links for any one post.
The plugin most works behind the scenes, scanning posts for internal links whenever the posts are updated.
The backlink taxonomy is available for the Query Loop block, which can be used to create a dynamic “What links here” block.
The backlink_count taxonomy can be used to filter the displayed posts on the posts lists of t…
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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