Title: AnchorWise – Automatic Keyword Links Author: Jennifer Caroline Published: September 28, 2026 Last modified: September 28, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/anchorwise/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3717576) # AnchorWise – Automatic Keyword Links By [Jennifer Caroline](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xemxie/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/anchorwise.1.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anchorwise/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anchorwise/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anchorwise/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anchorwise/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anchorwise/) ## Description AnchorWise turns the words you’ve already written into working links. Give it a keyword and a URL, tell it whether to sweep your whole blog or just certain categories, and it finds the first mention of that keyword in each post and links it for you. No opening hundreds of posts by hand. No hunting for every mention. Set a keyword once, and every matching post starts sending readers where you want them, whether that’s another article, an offer, or a product you’re promoting. Your posts are never changed unless you ask. Links are added as each post is displayed, so removing a keyword removes its links instantly. **Features** * Keyword-to-URL pairs managed from one screen * Apply to all posts, selected categories, or only posts published after activation * Link the first mention only, or every mention * Optional open-in-new-tab * Links added on display: nothing is written to your posts * Optional Permanent Linking, for links in your RSS feed, exports, or that survive the plugin being removed * Preview Changes shows exactly which posts Permanent Linking would change, before anything is written * One-click undo of the most recent Permanent Linking run * Batch processing, so large blogs don’t time out ## Installation 1. Upload the `anchorwise` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install it from the Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin. 3. Go to **AnchorWise** in the admin menu, add your keywords and URLs, and choose where to apply them. 4. That’s it. Your links appear on matching posts straight away. ## FAQ ### Does AnchorWise change my posts? Not unless you ask it to. By default, links are added when a post is displayed and nothing is written to your posts. If you use Permanent Linking, the links are written into your stored post content. Run Preview Changes first to see what would change. A completed run can be undone with one click. ### When would I need Permanent Linking? Only if you need the links to exist outside the page itself, for example in your RSS feed, in exports, or after the plugin is removed. ### Will it link a keyword that is already linked? No. Existing links are left alone. ### What happens when I delete the plugin? Its settings and undo backups are removed. Links shown on display disappear with it. Links written by Permanent Linking stay, because they are ordinary content by then. Use “Undo Last Run” first if you want them gone. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “AnchorWise – Automatic Keyword Links” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jennifer Caroline ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xemxie/) [Translate “AnchorWise – Automatic Keyword Links” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/anchorwise) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/anchorwise/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/anchorwise/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/anchorwise/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/anchorwise/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.0 * Preview Changes: see exactly which posts would be altered before anything is written. * Undo Last Run: restores the original content of every post a permanent run touched. * Permanent Linking now lists the posts it changed, and which keyword matched each one. * “First occurrence only” is now honoured across both linking methods, so a post cannot receive two links where the setting promised one. * Keywords such as C++, C# and .NET now match correctly. * Links no longer appear in sidebar widgets on a single post view. * Keyword matching rewritten as a single pass, so a long keyword list no longer slows page rendering in proportion to its length. * Accurate link counts, per-run statistics, and a duplicate-keyword guard. * Permanent runs no longer create a post revision for every post touched. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.2** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [affiliate links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/affiliate-links/)[auto-link](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/auto-link/) [internal links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/internal-links/)[keywords](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/keywords/) [seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anchorwise/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anchorwise/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anchorwise/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jennifer Caroline ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xemxie/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anchorwise/)