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Introduction to Auto Links

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The Auto Links feature in TaxoPress will automatically add links to keywords your post content.

There are two choices for Auto Links:

  • Default: For example, if you have a tag called “WordPress”, the Auto Links feature will find any instances of “WordPress” in your content and add links to the archive page for that term. This means that occurrences of “WordPress” will link to /tag/wordpress.
  • Custom Link: You can override the default link and choose a custom URL.

Why Use Auto Links? #

The Auto Links feature is beneficial for at least two reasons:

  1. It helps your site visitors find other posts about topics that interest them.
  2. It can help increase the search engine ranking of your archive pages. Your archive pages are incredibly valuable for SEO and more links to those pages may help them rank higher. Click this link for more on the SEO value of archive pages.

You can also choose a Custom URL to replace the link to an archive page.

Enabling Auto Links #

The Auto Links feature can be enabled by going to TaxoPress > Auto Links in your WordPress admin menu. On this screen, you will find one default example of “Auto Links”. You can edit this example to match the needs of your site.

The Auto Links area of the TaxoPress plugin

This feature requires the Pro version of the TaxoPress plugin

On the “Auto Links” screen in the Pro version of TaxoPress Pro, you can click “Add New” and add your own display.

Using Auto Links #

If Auto Links are enabled, they will work automatically. In the image below, my site has Tags called “WordPress” and “CMS”. Those phrases are automatically linked to the appropriate URLs: /tag/wordpress and also /tag/cms. This can be enabled for any taxonomy and any post type.

Two examples of the "Auto Links" feature at work

Set a Custom URL for Auto Links #

You can also choose any URL to use with the Auto Links feature.

By default, Auto Links can automatically add links to your terms when they’re inside posts. These links will go to the archive page for that term. Those archive pages are located at URLs like this: /tag/term/ or /category/wordpress/

You can also choose any destination URL you want. Here’s a comparison:

  • Term: WordPress
  • Default link: https://taxopress.com/tag/wordpress
  • Custom URL link: https://wordpress.org

This screenshot shows the “Custom URL” field where you can add your choice of URL.

Custom URL links in TaxoPress
auto link url