ACS Internal Links lets you visually understand the internal link structure of your WordPress site, right from the admin dashboard.
Main Features
Visual Link Map
* Renders a network graph with D3.js, where posts are nodes and internal links are edges
* Node size is proportional to the number of inbound links; nodes are colored by category
* Supports drag-and-drop repositioning and zoom in/out
* Click a node to jump directly to the post edit screen
* Filter by category and post status
* Orphaned posts (no inbound links) are highlighted with a red dashed outline
Orphaned Post Detection
* Lists posts that are not linked from anywhere
* Lists posts that do not link to anything
* Sortable by category and publish date
Link Count Columns in the Post List
* Adds “Outbound” and “Inbound” link count columns to the post list
* Sortable via the column headers
Post Editor Sidebar
* Shows an “Internal Links” meta box in the sidebar of the post edit screen
* Lists links from this post and links to this post
Dashboard Widget
* Shows a summary including total posts, total internal links, and orphaned post count
* Shows the top 3 most linked posts
Zero Front-End Impact
All features run only in the admin area. The plugin has no impact on your site’s front-end page speed.
Interface Language
The admin interface is in English, with a bundled Japanese translation. The plugin follows the language of your WordPress installation: if your site (or your own user profile) is set to Japanese, every menu label, button, column header, and notice is shown in Japanese; otherwise the interface is in English. A translation template (languages/acs-internal-links.pot) is included, so the plugin can be translated into other languages as well.
Who Is This For?
- Bloggers who want to improve SEO through internal linking
- Media site operators managing a large number of posts
- WordPress users who want a visual overview of their site structure
Third Party Libraries
This plugin bundles the following third-party library.
- D3.js v7 — https://d3js.org/
- License: ISC License
- Purpose: rendering the visual link map
- Full license text: https://github.com/d3/d3/blob/main/LICENSE
Screenshots
Visual link map — an interactive network graph powered by D3.js
Orphaned posts list — posts with no inbound or no outbound links
Post edit screen — the internal links meta box in the sidebar
Dashboard widget — an overview of the internal link report