Title: Internal Linking Count
Last modified: February 22, 2018

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# Internal Linking Count

 *  Resolved [wpkava](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkava/)
 * (@wpkava)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/)
 * Hi Yoast Team,
 * i have a problem to understand which links the internal linking counts.
    Does
   he only counts links in the editor? Or does he also counts links in the main 
   menu? Does he counts links inside shortcodes? For example if i have a shortcode
   which renders a sidebar menu does he also counts those links?
 * I have a very high counter for internal links in my post and i did not find any
   posts in your knowlegde base.
 * Kind regards

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 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10010978)
 * The internal linking feature in Yoast SEO only counts the link that appears in
   the content editor. Yoast SEO won’t count any links that you’d add to your sidebar
   using shortcodes.
 *  Thread Starter [wpkava](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkava/)
 * (@wpkava)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10014406)
 * Thank you for your reply.
    So shortcodes which renders hyperlinks won’t be count?
 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10016476)
 * If you’re adding the links using the shortcode on a sidebar, it won’t count by
   Yoast SEO plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [wpkava](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkava/)
 * (@wpkava)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10018590)
 * I’m sorry but i have to ask again. I’m using a shortcode in the content editor
   NOT in a sidebar. These shortcode renders hyperlinks. So on the frontend I see
   links. In the content editor I see only a shortcode. Will the plugin count the
   links in the frontend?
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10022277)
 * There is no easy answer as this all depends on the shortcode and what we can 
   see from the shortcode. If we can parse the shortcode and see the link, it will
   be counted. Does removing the shortcode and updating the post/page change the
   link count?
 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-linking-count/#post-10049772)
 * Closed due to inactivity

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