Simple Keyword to Link

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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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 125 days.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ tamduy191

   1.4y ago

   Plugin works well, good function. Suggest adding title tag, alt tag function for link

   Read on wp.org ↗
2. ★★★★★ anymath

   3.5y ago

   There was an error, which was fixed quickly after contacting the author This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by anymath.

   Read on wp.org ↗

Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.5 BUGFIX ADD bootstrap stat support 1.5
2. — Version 1.4 UPDATE WordPress version compatibility 1.4
3. — Version 1.3 ADD now it is possible to indicate for each link if you want to replace only whole words and not substrings UPDATE addresses are saved as entered, without being lowercased 1.3
4. — Version 1.2 BUGFIX fixed a problem with inserting doctype and content type headers that were repeatedly inserted within the content 1.2
5. — Version 1.1 BUGFIX if a word is contained within a url associated with another previously replaced word, an error was generated 1.1
6. — Version 1.0 First stable version 1.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.

1. Medium · 4.3 Simple Keyword to Link <= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-12-17 CVE-2025-68573 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.5 No patch available
2. Medium · 4.3 Simple Keyword to Link <= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-06-05 CVE-2025-30980 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.5 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-12 2K+ → 3K+ up after 315 days in tier
2. 2025-08-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 83 days in tier
3. 2025-05-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 31 days in tier
4. 2025-04-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 11 days in tier
5. 2025-03-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 4 days in tier
6. 2025-03-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 196 days in tier
7. 2024-09-10 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-09-08 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier

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).

• Link Whisper Free 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• A Autologin Links 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Interlinks Manager – Internal Links Optimizer 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• Auto Affiliate Links 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Broken Link Notifier 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Terms descriptions 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B

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Simple Keyword to Link: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-keyword-to-link