Albion Link Assistant
AI-powered internal linking using OpenAI embeddings. Suggestions, orphaned posts, broken links, auto-linking, health score and more.
Use with caution
Albion Link Assistant works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Albion Link Assistant stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| AI | >100 |
| internal links | >100 |
| linking | >100 |
| openai | >100 |
| seo | >100 |
About Albion Link Assistant
From the official readme · v1.8.3Description
Albion Link Assistant is a free, self-hosted internal linking tool. It uses your own OpenAI API key to semantically index your content and suggest the most relevant internal links while you write.
Documentation and setup guide: albionsite.com/plugins/albion-link-assistant
Features
- 🔗 AI-powered link suggestions in Gutenberg and Classic Editor
- 🧱 Full Elementor and Beaver Builder support — indexing, reports and link insertion
- 🎯 Reuses focus keywords from Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO and SEOPress
- ⚡ Scales to large sites — vectors stored packed and scored in chunks, so memory stays flat
- ✍️ Anchor text taken from your own wording, and only ever a phrase that is really in the post
- 📊 Site health score (0–100%)
- ⚠️ Orphaned posts report
- 🔗 Broken links scanner (internal + external)
- ⚡ Auto-linking rules (keyword → URL)
- 🔄 URL Changer — update all internal links at once
- 💰 Money Pages — mark and prioritize key pages
- 📈 Click tracking + Link Report
- 🌐 Domain Report (external links)
- 📋 Auto-link activity log
- 🔗 Related Posts widget
- 🚫 Exclude posts, categories, tags
- Polylang support (multilingual)
- ⬇️ Export CSV
Privacy
Post content is sent to OpenAI to generate embeddings. No content is stored externally — embeddings are saved in your own WordPress database.
External services
This plugin connects to the OpenAI API to turn your posts into embeddings, which is how it works out which pages are related.
It is called when you index or re-index your content, and when suggestions are requested for the post you are editing. The post title and text content are sent for that purpose. No personal data about your visitors is sent, and nothing is sent anywhere else — the plugin talks only to OpenAI, using an API key you supply yourself.
Service: OpenAI API — api.openai.com
Terms of use: openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
Privacy policy: openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
Source code
This plugin ships as plain, human-readable source. There is no build step, no bundler and no minified first-party code — every JavaScript file under assets/js/ is the file that actually runs and can be edited directly.
The Gutenberg sidebar is written against the wp.* browser globals using wp.element.createElement, so it requires no compilation.
Third-party libraries:
- d3 v7.8.5 — github.com/d3/d3 — BSD-3-Clause. Bundled under
assets/vendor/d3/, which contains both the minified build (d3.min.js, used by the plugin) and the full unminified source (d3.js), along with the upstream LICENSE file. Both are shipped exactly as published on npm and are not modified.
Development happens at: github.com/albion-web-studio/albion-link-assistant
Who makes this
Built and maintained by Albion Web Studio, a web development studio working on WordPress, WooCommerce, OpenCart and custom CRM projects. This plugin came out of internal work on client sites and is released free under the GPL.
Installation
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin
- Go to Smart Links → Settings and enter your OpenAI API key
- Click 🔍 Run Diagnostic to verify everything works
- Click ⚡ Re-index All Content
- Open any post — the 🔗 icon appears in the Gutenberg toolbar
Frequently asked questions
Where do I get an OpenAI API key?
Visit platform.openai.com/api-keys.
How much does indexing cost?
Using text-embedding-3-small at $0.02/million tokens. Indexing 1,000 posts typically costs ~$0.01.
Why does “Create Table Now” fail?
Your MySQL user may lack CREATE TABLE privilege. Check 🔍 Run Diagnostic for the exact error.
Changelog
1.8.3
- Added a “Who makes this” section crediting Albion Web Studio
- Plugin URI now points to the plugin’s own documentation page
1.8.2
- Links in the plugin description are now clickable instead of appearing as plain text
- Fixed mid-sentence line breaks in the description and privacy sections
1.8.1
- Tested against WordPress 7.1
1.8.0
- Fixed: “Add Link” copied the URL to the clipboard instead of inserting it on pages built with Elementor or imported from the Classic Editor
- The editor sidebar now falls back to server-side insertion, which can write into page-builder layouts
- Added support for classic, HTML, verse and preformatted blocks
- Clearer result states: inserted, saved (reload to see), or anchor not found
1.7.9
- Fixed: the visual sitemap drew nodes but no connections — edge endpoints were returned as strings and dropped by the client
- Fixed: Money Pages were never boosted in suggestions, because the comparison against saved IDs could not match
- Post IDs are now returned as integers throughout the REST API
1.7.8
- Fixed: saving a post raised a fatal error — a save_post hook pointed at a method that was never implemented
- Cached link counts and the broken-link scan are now cleared when a post is saved, so reports no longer show stale data for up to ten minutes
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FAQ
Albion Link Assistant: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 15, 2026
Is Albion Link Assistant free?
Yes. Albion Link Assistant is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Albion Link Assistant safe to use in 2026?
Albion Link Assistant works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Albion Link Assistant?
Albion Link Assistant is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 205 times since it launched in August 2026. It was downloaded 79 times in the last 30 days.
Does Albion Link Assistant work with WordPress 7.1?
Albion Link Assistant is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.7, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Albion Link Assistant need?
Albion Link Assistant requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Albion Link Assistant last updated?
The latest version, 1.8.3, was released on August 20, 2026 (2 months ago).
Who makes Albion Link Assistant?
Albion Link Assistant is developed and maintained by Abilion.
What are the best alternatives to Albion Link Assistant?
The most popular alternatives to Albion Link Assistant are Elementor Website Builder (10M+ installs), All in One SEO (2M+ installs) and AI Agent by SiteGround (1M+ installs).
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