WPLIA is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you check and find all internal and external links in your pages, giving you a complete picture of how your website's content is connected.
Unlike most link analysis plugins, WPLIA does not use a web crawler or HTTP requests to scan your website. Instead, it reads the content of your posts, pages, and custom post types directly from the WordPress database.
This allows the plugin to analyze drafts, password-protected content, and noindexed pages that are normally unavailable to web crawlers.
Overview
A Lightweight Alternative to Crawler-Based Link Analysis Tools
The plugin is designed as a lightweight reporting and auditing tool. It does not modify your content by adding links, suggesting anchor text, or fixing broken URLs automatically.
WPLIA is developed by the same author as Permalink Manager, but it is a standalone plugin and and does not require Permalink Manager or any other SEO plugin to run.
How to Download the Plugin?
WPLIA is a standalone WordPress plugin available for purchase on wplia.com. Once your order is complete, check your email for a confirmation message. It will include temporary credentials to access user dashboard and download the plugin ZIP file.
Using the Plugin
Running the Scanner
After you install the plugin, you need to run an initial scan. Open it from the WordPress admin sidebar under "Tools -> WPLIA Link Analyzer", then go to the Scanner tab.
The scanner goes through the raw database content and extracts all detected links:
- Links in post and page content
- Links inside Elementor, Gutenberg (Block Editor) blocks and other visual builders
- Custom post type content
- Categories and custom taxonomies' description
Reading the Report
After the scan, open the Report tab for a full overview of your links. The data is grouped by content type, with posts, pages, and custom post types each shown in their own section.
For each item in the table, you can see:
- Incoming links
How many internal links from other posts/pages point to this item. - Outgoing links
How many internal links this item contains pointing to other content items. - External links
How many links this item contains pointing to other domains/websites.
If you have Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or SEOPress installed, the plugin will also show the meta title and meta description for each item in the table.
Click any row to open a detailed view showing all the links found on that page, including anchor text and target URLs.
Exporting Links Data
From the Export tab, you can save a full copy of your scanned link data at any time as a CSV or JSON file. You can then open it in Excel, Google Sheets, AI tools, or any other software that supports these formats.
