Auto Link Tags
by Patricio T · SEO
Create automatic links to your tags in your posts.
45 health vs 62 average across 846 SEO plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.0, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4334 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 160
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 50+ → 60+ up after 86 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-02 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Link Juice Keeper 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Nofollow for external link 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Bulk Term Generator – Import multiple tags, categories, and taxonomies easily 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/auto-link-tags" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Auto Link Tags — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Auto Link Tags: 50+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/auto-link-tags