Interlinks Manager – Internal Links Optimizer vs OrphanPages – Internal Link Audit, Orphaned Pages, Broken Links & SEO Content Structure Analyzer

Interlinks Manager is an SEO WordPress plugin that gives you the ability to monitor and optimize your internal links. This plugin first generates the internal links data using PHP regular expressions applied to your content and then analyzes the resulting data to provide valuable information. Specifically, the plugin adds to WordPress the following features: Internal links analysis Link equity analysis An algorithm that evaluates the internal links optimization status HTTP status code analysis to detect internal links that lead to broken pages, redirects, and other problematic responses Pro Version A Pro Version is also available with additional features, including: An internal link suggestions feature to receive relevant suggestions and assist with your internal linking workflow. A system to automatically create internal links based on specified keywords. A report of all visits generated from clicks on internal links. The ability to import and export plugin data and settings to back up configurations or quickly set up the plugin on multiple websites. Monitor your internal links Keep track of all the internal links available in your articles with the Dashboard menu. Here you will find a list of your articles along with internal link data retrieved by the plugin, such as the current number of internal links, the recommended number of internal links, the inbound links received, and the optimization status. The Filter & Sort section included in this menu will allow you to search through this data, filter them, or sort the data based on specific criteria. For example, you can use this section to find all the non-optimized articles and work on their optimization. Calculate the link equity Visit the Link Equity menu to receive an estimate of the link equity for all the URLs linked in your articles. Use the information available in this menu to improve the distribution of link equity, empower your cornerstone articles, or improve the SEO performance of your product pages. Optimize the number of internal links Receive information about the optimization status of the internal links while you edit an article with the Internal Links Optimization panel. This panel provides information on how to optimize the article’s internal links. For example, you will receive messages like “The number of internal links in this post is within the recommended range.” or “The number of internal links should be between 4 and 6”, etc. Find Broken Links and Redirects Analyze the HTTP response of your internal links to detect issues affecting your site. Identify links that lead to unavailable pages, redirects, or other HTTP status issues. Customize the plugin behavior Configure the internal links optimization algorithm Change the values of the Characters per Interlink and the Optimization Delta options to modify the results generated by the algorithm used to measure the optimization status of the articles. Customize the algorithm used to calculate the link equity Use the options in the Link Equity section of the plugin options to customize the calculation of the link equity. For instance, you can set default Total Link Equity of all the pages, set a custom Position Penalty, aggregate the link equity of URLs with different anchors, aggregate the link equity of the URLs with parameters. Configure the PHP memory, the maximum execution time, and the analyzed post types If your website has many articles, you have options that control the technical aspects of the plugin’s analysis in the Analysis section. For example, you can set a custom PHP memory size and increase the maximum execution time with the script used by the plugin, limit the number of analyzed articles, restrict the analysis to specific post types, and more. These options help support larger websites, including those with 100k+ posts. Enable the plugin editor panels only on specific post types You can use the options in the Editor Panels to display or hide the Internal Links Settings and the Internal Links Optimization panels only with specific post types. Assign a custom total link equity to specific posts The plugin allows you to assign each article a parameter used to calculate the link equity named Total Link Equity. Configure this constant with a realistic value to improve the accuracy of the link equity.

Internal links are one of the most underrated components of WordPress SEO. They help search engines discover your content, pass authority between pages, improve crawlability, and define your site structure. Yet as websites grow, internal linking becomes harder to maintain, and important content often becomes isolated, underlinked, or even completely invisible to both users and search engines. OrphanPages provides a full internal link audit for your website. It scans all public post types, analyzes how your content links together, and identifies: Orphaned pages and posts (URLs with 0 incoming internal links) Weakly linked pages with poor link depth Moderately and strongly linked content hubs Broken outgoing links that return 404 or unreachable results External links leaving your site Full incoming and outgoing link paths Anchor text usage and linking context This plugin offers a complete overview of your site’s internal link structure, link health, broken links, and outgoing link patterns — all inside a clean, sortable, easy-to-read interface. Why internal linking matters Search engines rely heavily on internal linking to understand content relationships, assign importance to different URLs, and discover new pages. A strong internal linking strategy improves indexing speed, ranking potential, and user navigation. A weak structure leads to low crawlability, inconsistent link depth, buried content, and orphan pages. Even with an updated XML sitemap, pages without incoming internal links often fail to get indexed reliably. Fixing internal linking is one of the simplest and most impactful SEO improvements any site can make. OrphanPages helps you identify issues like: Important content with no links pointing to it New posts that were never linked from older articles Pages that exist only in menus but not in contextual links Broken internal or external links harming site quality Outdated references after site migrations or URL changes Content deep within the architecture with low crawl priority Outgoing links pointing to irrelevant, old, or redirected URLs What OrphanPages analyzes The plugin performs a comprehensive internal linking audit and reports: Orphaned posts (0 incoming links) Weak links (1–2 incoming links) Moderate links (3–4 incoming links) Strong internal linking (5+ internal references) Incoming links per page (link source, anchor text, link type) Outgoing internal links and outgoing external links Broken links such as 404s or unreachable URLs Canonical URL versions of links to avoid mismatches Internal linking patterns between posts and pages Anchor text variations and linking context Link distribution across your entire content library All results appear inside a sortable, paginated dashboard with per-post expandable details. The plugin never modifies any posts, URLs, or metadata. All analysis is read-only. Who is this plugin for? WordPress site owners improving SEO Publishers managing large content libraries Editors reviewing linking consistency across articles SEO professionals performing internal linking audits Content teams ensuring new content gets indexed E-commerce stores checking underlinked product pages Agencies providing link health and structure reports Features One-click internal link analysis Full internal link checker for all public post types Identify orphan pages and weakly linked content Comprehensive link audit including incoming and outgoing links Broken link detection for internal and external URLs External link overview for SEO audits and affiliate review Canonical URL normalization to prevent mismatched link detection Link distribution dashboard and crawl depth insights Expandable per-post detail panel for deep link inspection Sortable, filterable, paginated results table Read-only scanning ensures safety for all sites Works with custom post types and custom permalinks Fully localizable No tracking, no ads, no front-end impact License This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later. You may modify, redistribute, or build upon it under the terms of the GPL.