Add Anchor Links

Reviewers say it does exactly what it promises, adding anchor icons to headings with no setup fuss, and the one lukewarm review is a feature request for click-to-copy links rather than a complaint about it breaking.

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ David Klhufek

   1.9y ago

   5 stars for your work

   Read on wp.org ↗
2. ★★★★★ gregfuller

   4.4y ago

   This plugin works well and apparently works as intended. I’m probably missing something, but I don’t understand why it scrolls the header to the top when the icon is clicked, instead of copying the corresponding anchored link (i.e.”pageurl/#header-title)” to the clipboard. After all, the header already has to be in view in order to click the icon beside the header. If the plugin author would make the above modification and add an automatically fading “copied to clipboard,” message, the plugin would be ideal, IMHO. , This topic was modified 4 years ago by gregfuller.

   Read on wp.org ↗
3. ★★★★★ Jan Reilink

   4.4y ago

   Installed and enabled the plugin, saved settings and done! Thanks!

   Read on wp.org ↗
4. ★★★★★ balwuw

   6.4y ago

   Add Anchor Links adds a beautifully designed embedded SVG link icon to the upper left of the headings, hidden by default and showing up when the mouse pointer hovers the heading’s box (extending over the full width). Thanks to Add Anchor Links, authors of posts and pages in any writing system don’t need to manually add IDs and hyperlinks to headings, nor extra CSS rules to remove the standard link style from the headings. Being an SVG coded in-line, the link icon is stable and very lightweight. It is easily copy-pasted along with the heading when the preceding paragraph break and (at least) one character before are included (the latter may be deleted afterwards). Instead of copy-pasting merely the URL, we can send the link in the icon with the heading, e.g. in an HTML email. The link icon’s positioning is also compatible with heading numbers added from CSS counters. Add Anchor Links is compatible with the Easy Table of Contents plugin. The reader doesn’t need to scroll to the TOC any more to pick a heading’s link. TOCs are often missing, at least when the number of headings in a given page doesn’t meet the setting for the TOC to be generated. Add Anchor Links is absolute top quality and a must-have plugin for use on all websites having h2 or lower-level headings. Visitors thankfully appreciate being able to easily cite particular sections in pages, articles and posts. A really easy way to significantly enhance user experience. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by balwuw. Reason: corrected and completed This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by balwuw. Reason: raised 1 paragraph This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by balwuw. Reason: tried to get this review right

   Read on wp.org ↗
5. ★★★★★ OllieJones

   6.6y ago

   Thanks for this! It works exactly as described, adding id values to headings and showing an anchor item. Right-clicking allows users to capture a link to an exact section.

   Read on wp.org ↗
6. ★★★★★ tlinkowski

   7.9y ago

   Works like a charm. Thanks, Karolína!

   Read on wp.org ↗

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2021-11-03 800+ → 1K+ up after 247 days in tier
2. 2021-03-01 700+ → 800+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for Add Anchor Links into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

Add Anchor Links: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/add-anchor-links