Automatic Internal Links for SEO vs LinkTiller

Automatic Internal Links for SEO is a WordPress plugin that turns eligible occurrences of stored focus keywords into links to the pages associated with those keywords. A manual SYNC records the linking rules; matching phrases become links when a page is rendered, using the focus keyword as anchor text. Users can exclude keywords, URLs, or HTML tags, adjust case sensitivity and partial matching, and add manual links. The plugin supports focus keyword fields from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, and SEOPress, and works with Classic and Gutenberg editors. Its stated minimums are WordPress 5.0, PHP 7.4, and MySQL 5.6. It processes content through WordPress’s the_content filter without changing database content, but does not process Advanced Custom Fields content. Database queries are cached for a default of 14 days, and SYNC runs in batches. The free plan is free; Pro is $98.88 a year. Pro includes WooCommerce products, custom post types, continuous automatic links, background batch processing, and per-content exclusions.

LinkTiller is a free, self-hosted WordPress plugin that finds posts and pages without incoming internal links and proposes contextual links for review. Its scan is read-only, mapping incoming links and ranking eligible source pages locally before sending a shortlist to the OpenAI-compatible endpoint and model configured by the site administrator. Suggestions show the source sentence, an exact two-to-six-word anchor already in that source, the target page, rationale, and safeguards. Scanning and requesting suggestions never edit content; every insertion requires an administrator’s explicit approval. LinkTiller verifies both pages again and refuses insertion if either changed after review. Each approved link receives a receipt, while Undo restores unchanged prior content or removes only the tagged link while preserving later edits. Requests go directly from WordPress to the chosen endpoint, which may charge separately. No usage telemetry is sent by default. A free v0.2.1 download is listed for WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+.