Link Whisper vs LinkTiller

Link Whisper is a WordPress plugin and Shopify app for managing internal links. It suggests links for posts, which users can review before adding, and can draw on Google Search Console data and keywords from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All In One SEO, and SEOPress. It supports editors and builders including Classic Editor, Gutenberg, Beaver Builder, Cornerstone, Elementor, and Divi. The plugin can process Advanced Custom Fields content and configured custom metafield-based content. Premium includes reports on link statistics, domain linking, clicks, and broken links. Licensed sites can suggest outbound links to one another, but inbound cross-site suggestions are not supported. Free access includes manual insertion of outbound suggestions; a limited-time Premium trial is available, and paid plans start at $97/yr. The maker says Premium does not send site content or personally identifiable information to its servers, though license checks transmit the license key, site URL, and subscription level. AI processing sends only selected post content to OpenAI; click tracking may store visitor IP addresses and site IDs on the customer's site.

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+.