Core+ Links
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Core+ Links, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Core+ Links's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Posts and pages · deterministic suggestions · auto-linking · Link Health · orphan/underlinked reports · background indexing · Free permanently; not a trial |
| Pro Agency | — | Unlimited sites · custom post types · custom fields · BYOK AI · external HTTP checking · scheduled scans/apply · Upcoming; no purchase option yet |
| Pro Multi | — | 5 sites · custom post types · custom fields · BYOK AI · external HTTP checking · scheduled scans/apply · Upcoming; no purchase option yet |
| Pro Single | — | 1 site · custom post types · custom fields · BYOK AI · external HTTP checking · scheduled scans/apply · Upcoming; no purchase option yet |
The facts
Each one read from Core+ Links's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI provider integrations
- Upcoming Pro AI matching is described as supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, OpenRouter, custom, and local providers using the user's own key.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API requirement
- The free plugin requires no API key, account or external service calls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-linking
- Keyword rules scan published posts and pages, show each proposed source and target, and require confirmation before applying links.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-link safeguards
- Applied links create WordPress revisions and can be undone per change, run or keyword rule through change history.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deterministic ranking
- The ranking engine uses fixed weighted signals, so identical content and settings produce the same results.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation covers installation, quick start, editor use, reports, auto-linking, Link Health, configuration, ranking and troubleshooting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editor integration
- Suggestions appear in a Gutenberg PluginSidebar with match strength, editable anchors, insert controls and dismissals.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The free plugin is licensed under GNU GPL version 2 or later.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- Classic editor support and WordPress multisite network activation are not supported yet; per-site activation is supported.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: classic editor
- The current release supports Gutenberg only; classic-editor support is planned but not available.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: external links
- Free Link Health does not crawl the public web or HTTP-check external URLs, including unresolved affiliate-style short links.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: low-traffic sites
- Background jobs depend on WP-Cron and indexing can stall on low-traffic sites unless the queue is run manually.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: multisite
- Individual-site activation works, but network-wide multisite activation is not supported.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Pro availability
- Pro has no announced launch date and cannot be purchased; users can only join its waitlist.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Link Health
- Link Health finds internal links pointing to unpublished, trashed or missing pages after a manual scan.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Link insertion
- Users can edit suggested anchor text, insert a link in one click, and keep suggestions dismissed.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Local indexing
- Published posts and pages are indexed into database tables on the customer’s own WordPress installation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- One-click insertion
- Users can edit the proposed anchor and insert a link directly from the editor sidebar.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Open-source distribution
- WordPress.org identifies the plugin as open-source software and links to its source, SVN repository and development log.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Orphan reports
- Reports identify indexed pages with no inbound internal links and pages considered underlinked.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Free indexing, ranking, auto-linking, and Link Health run on the site's own server and database without sending content to external services.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Core Local SEO describes itself as based in Boca Raton, Florida, serving South Florida businesses.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The operating entity named in the terms is Core Local SEO.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Maker location
- The site footer identifies Core Local SEO and lists Florida, United States.checked 7 Oct 2026
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