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Link Whisper Free
by Spencer Haws 4.1 (145 reviews)

Link Whisper Free

The AI-powered internal linking plugin for WordPress. Build internal links faster, find linking opportunities, and improve SEO automatically.

Link Whisper Free ranks #995 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, a 4.1/5 rating from 145 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)
v0.9.7 Current Version v0.9.7
Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads -14.1% this week Actively maintained
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Rank
#995
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Active Installs
30K+
-16.3%
KW Avg Position
53.4
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Downloads
851.4K
+88 today
Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
82%
Review 4.1 out of 5
4.1 (145 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

Total Progress 55.2%
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Rank Changes

945 972 998 1,024 1,051 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

4.1
145 reviews
Overall 82%
5
104 (72%)
4
9 (6%)
3
1 (1%)
2
8 (6%)
1
23 (16%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved
Unresolved
2
Total Threads
0
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0%
Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

14 known vulnerabilities on record · 9 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

  1. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.9.7

    CVE-2026-14601 · Fixed in v0.9.7

  2. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.9.5

    CVE-2026-57333 · Fixed in v0.9.5

  3. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.9.1

    CVE-2025-11262 · Fixed in v0.9.1

  4. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.9.1

    CVE-2026-1900 · Fixed in v0.9.1

  5. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.9.3

    CVE-2026-22357 · Fixed in v0.9.3

  6. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.8.9

    CVE-2025-67927 · Fixed in v0.8.9

  7. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.8.9

    CVE-2025-11263 · Fixed in v0.8.9

  8. UNPATCHED

    Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] <= 0.9.2 (unfixed)

    CVE-2025-62970 · No fix released

  9. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.7.9

    CVE-2025-22306 · Fixed in v0.7.9

  10. Link Whisper Free [link-whisper] < 0.7.0

    CVE-2024-31934 · Fixed in v0.7.0

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Plugin Details

Version
0.9.7
Last Updated
Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP
4.6+
Tested Up To
7
PHP Version
5.6 or higher
Author
Spencer Haws

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.1
Reviews
145
Support Threads
2
Resolved
0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to build internal links without doing it all by hand. It uses AI to suggest which pages should link to each other, finds orphan pages with no internal links, and reports on link distribution across the site.

  • AI-powered link suggestions in editor
  • Orphan pages detection
  • Internal links reporting
  • Outbound and external link counts
  • Ignore words or phrases setting
  • Open links in new tab
  • Native AI, no API keys required
  • Semantic content analysis

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Link Whisper Free

Internal linking helps search engines understand how your content is connected and which pages are most important. A strong internal linking structure improves crawlability, distributes authority across your site, and helps users discover more of your content. Link Whisper makes internal link building faster and more strategic by showing you the best linking opportunities automatically.
Link Whisper helps with internal link building by analyzing your content and identifying relevant connections between your posts and pages. It suggests natural, in-context links that make sense to readers and strengthen your site structure for SEO. You will see suggestions based on topics, keywords, and meaning, not just exact word matches. This means the links are typically more relevant and useful than manual linking. You are always in full control. You can accept, edit, or ignore any suggestion with a click.
Yes. Any links you create with Link Whisper can be removed or changed at any time. The plugin simply helps you with internal link management, but the links themselves are normal WordPress links that you control. Just open your post or page, edit the link, and save. :)
All your links will remain active, even if you uninstall the plugin! Once you add internal links to your site, they are just like any other link. They are “permanent” links that will only be removed if you want them to (even if you stop using Link Whisper…which we hope you never do!).
Internal links are one of Google's strongest on-page ranking signals — and Link Whisper makes sure you're not leaving any of them on the table. Thousands of users report improved rankings and traffic after getting their internal link structure right.
Link Whisper is designed for bloggers, marketers, agencies, and website owners who want to improve their SEO with better internal linking. It is especially helpful for content-heavy WordPress sites where managing links manually becomes time-consuming, particularly as AI tools make it easier than ever to publish more content. The more content you publish, the more opportunities Link Whisper can find to strengthen your site structure and help your pages rank.
Link Whisper is a WordPress plugin, so you just need a self-hosted WordPress site where you can install plugins. After activation, it integrates into your dashboard and starts helping you find internal linking opportunities and improve SEO right away.
Remember, you can customize the settings to fine tune the types of links are suggested. You can set certain words and phrases to be ignored if certain suggestions are coming up too much. While the link suggestions are excellent right out of the box for most people, if you want help fine-tuning your settings, just let us know.
Yes you can! LinkWhisper supports: German French Italian Spanish Portuguese Dutch Danish Russian Polish Norwegian Swedish Slovak Arabic Serbian Finnish Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Ukrainian Indonesian Czech Bulgarian Turkish
Yes to both! WooCommerce was a special focus when developing LinkWhisper because we knew it would be important to store owners. Link Whisper should work with most custom post types since we adhere to WordPress post type standards for data retrieval.

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