Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress

2.24.7 – 27/Jan/2025

• COMPATIBILITY: Update Freemius SDK to version 2.11.0.
• FIX: Implemented additional checks for posts/terms before scheduling incoming/outgoing index rebuild to optimize performance.
• FIX: Fixed a PHP deprecation warning caused by implicit float-to-integer conversion in the get_time_required_for_content_linking method of Text_To_Link_Converter_Factory.
• REFACTOR: Make the plugin compatible with the Plugin Checks (PCP) plugin, which is specific to the “Plugin Repo” and “Security” categories.
• REFACTOR: Remove the unneeded ILJBackendMenuPage::processIndexRebuilding() method because it doesn’t called from anywhere.

2.24.6 – 17/Dec/2024

• COMPATIBILITY: Update Freemius SDK to version 2.9.0.
• FIX: Added checks in get_cpt_singular_name() and get_taxonomy_singular_name() to prevent PHP warnings when post type or taxonomy is null.
• FIX: Fixed UI issue on dashboard not rendering the resources box properly.
• FIX: Fixed a PHP deprecation warning caused by implicit float-to-integer conversion in the create method of Text_To_Link_Converter_Factory.
• FIX: Resolved a UI issue where long keywords overflowed in the “Select” dropdown on the Keyword Editor screen. Added ellipsis truncation and hover tooltips.
• TWEAK: Improve accessibility of Link statistics action links.

2.24.5 – 23/Oct/2024

• COMPATIBILITY: Replace deprecated jQuery 3 code with new code.
• COMPATIBILITY: Update Freemius SDK to version 2.8.1.
• COMPATIBILITY: Updated jQuery initialization to use the shorthand $(function() { ... }); instead of the deprecated jQuery(document).ready(function() { ... });.
• FEATURE: Added option to enable and disable content caching for Internal link juicer.
• FEATURE: Implement pagination for link statistics.
• FIX: Fixed an issue when rating notification can’t be hidden when “Hide the linkindex indicator from WordPress admin bar” is turned on.
• FIX: Fixed issue where the function required a string type argument. The fix now allows mixed data types to be passed to link_content to accommodate different types of content.
• FIX: Implement database collation fix tool, to fix mixed collation.
• FIX: Prevent negative numbers from being set as values in Internal link juicer setting options.
• FIX: Prevent removing of line breaks when limit links per paragraph option is turned on.
• FIX: View category or term link was broken in Internal Links > Dashboard > Statistics > Link statistics.
• FIX: Resolve timeout issue with the_content hook when handling large content.
• FIX: Resolved an error with the edit screen on Oxygen Builder for missing ilj_ajax_object.
• FIX: The rebuild index button was not working when the hide the linkindex indicator from WordPress admin bar was enabled.
• FIX: The upgrade page was not working in a specific situation.
• FIX: Prevented PHP notices related to improper use of the wpdb::prepare() function by ensuring placeholders are used correctly in SQL queries.
• PERFORMANCE: Modify the anchor text statistics pagination behaviour to decrease load time. Now it works with search input after pressing enter.

2.24.4 – 10/July/2024

• SECURITY: Fixed Cross Site Request Forgery for “ilj_rebuild_index” and “ilj_render_batch_info”.
• FEATURE: Implement pagination for link statistics.
• FEATURE: Link Preview for generated links.
• FIX: Resolve timeout issue with the_content hook when handling large content.
• TWEAK: Show premium options in ILJ editor for the free version.
• TWEAK: UI/UX changes in settings page.

2.24.3 – 15/May/2024

• FEATURE: Custom fields now have support for wildcard field names.
• FEATURE: Keywords editor for posts and terms.
• FIX: Fix Muffin Builder Compatibility issue.
• FIX: Fix issues with creating linkindex table in multisite setup.
• FIX: Prevent fatal error when whitelist of post types is empty in premium version.
• FIX: Resolved a bug related to the global blacklist functionality, ensuring that links are no longer generated to blacklisted posts/terms.
• FIX: Fixed issue with contents not properly rendering.
• FIX: Page title links on dashboard statistics not loading the page when clicked.
• TRANSLATIONS: Split sentences to make one sentence in any translation functions
• TWEAK: Added non minified js and css files to distributed version.
• TWEAK: Added sourcemaps and polyfills to plugin scripts.
• TWEAK: Avoid PHP errors on rebuild process when post/terms are empty.
• TWEAK: Implemented output escaping to address WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped warnings.
• TWEAK: Added checks if content needs applying link building filter or not to lessen processing time.
• TWEAK: Update Premium code blocks.
• TWEAK: Update action scheduler to version 3.7.4.
• TWEAK: Freemius SDK update to 2.7.2

2.23.6 – 13/Feb/2024

• FIX: Fixed issue with contents not properly rendering.

2.23.5 – 25/Jan/2024

• FEATURE: Add a cancel all scheduled actions button.
• FEATURE: Add delete cache button to delete transient cache.
• FEATURE: Add global option for limit incoming links.
• FEATURE: Allow keywords to be imported from tags.
• FEATURE: Case Sensitive Mode for keywords.
• FEATURE: Show the ILJ keyword setting box to add category screen.
• FEATURE: added a setting to select the action scheduler batch size
• FEATURE: added new columns to export: element sub-type (page/post/product/etc), incoming and outgoing link counts
• FIX: Implemented fix for term keywords to adhere to the “Order for configured keywords while linking” preference. This change ensures that keywords will be linked in the specified order.
• FIX: Fix bug on limit linking within their terms option that allows linking to other page that does not have the same term.
• FIX: Fix admin bar link vanishes when index mode is reset to automatic.
• FIX: Fix links not generating when WPML plugin is activated.
• FIX: Fix namespace for cloudflare to avoid PHP errors.
• FIX: Fixed an issue with Limit outgoing links option value not saving in category or terms
• FIX: avoid cancelled requests caused by Cloudflare’s hard execution time limit of 100 seconds
• FIX: Resolve issue with index build not continuing when a whitelist option is empty
• FIX: When debug mode was on and the ILJ keywords were exported, a warning and a notice appeared in the exported CSV file.
• FIX: Fix browser console error in settings page for undefined variable when index generation mode is none
• FIX: refactor table creation for MySQL 8 compatibility
• FIX: add dynamic properties to remove E_DEPRECATED messages
• TWEAK: show always the build index button so user can just click it instead of having to edit/add pages/terms/etc
• TWEAK: Avoid PHP deprecated warning on null strtolower function.
• TWEAK: Implemented a dismissable notice when site is running on a LiteSpeed Webserver.
• TWEAK: Remove duplicated time measuring code by creating a Stopwatch helper method
• TWEAK: The blacklist field now displays the title beside id.
• PERFORMANCE: Fetch dashboard link statistics table by batch to avoid timeouts and memory exhaust.
• PERFORMANCE: Reduced mysql calls in rendering the ILJ dashboard.
• PERFORMANCE: Refactor regex for increased performance and reliability
• PERFORMANCE: refactor configured keywords count to be resource savvy and cache it in database for faster access
• PERFORMANCE: Implemented WP Transient for faster frontend load time.
• PERFORMANCE: Reduced data being fetched by IndexAsset::getTerms__premium_only() to term_id and description only to improve performance.
• COMPATIBILITY: Fixed an issue related to get_class() method not compatible with 8.3
• COMPATIBILITY: add new filters for the WooCommerce and Elementor plugins
• COMPATIBILITY: add missing dynamic properties for PHP 8.2 compatibility
• SECURITY: Fixed Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in the admin dashboard setting page.
• SECURITY: Fixed Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in the keywords metabox and customlinks page.

2.23.4 – 16/Aug/2023

• OWNERSHIP: Internal Link Juicer is now owned and maintained by Team Updraft – https://teamupdraft.com
• FEATURE: Added function to reset all keywords
• PERFORMANCE: Reduced data being fetched by IndexAsset::getPosts() to ID and post_content only to improve performance.
• FIX: Addressed a problem where the limiting outgoing links feature was not working correctly in the frontend, providing a reliable solution.
• FIX: Addressed a problem where generating outgoing links does not follow the ‘Maximum amount of links per post’ option was not working correctly in Free version.
• FIX: Rectified an issue on the free version where the individual index build for incoming links was not functioning correctly.
• TWEAK: Improve IndexAsset::getPosts() query providing a reliable solution.

2.23.3 – 11/Jul/2023

• PERFORMANCE: Fetch only post ids on getPostsBatched, and eliminate the need for array_column in batch building to improve plugin performance.
• PERFORMANCE: Pro: Fetch only term ids on getTermsBatched__premium_only, and eliminate the need for array_column in batch building to improve plugin performance.
• TWEAK: Remove duplicated freemius library files.
• TWEAK: Add translation to a non-translated text.

2.23.2 – 26/Jul/2023

• TWEAK: Freemius SDK update to 2.5.10.

2.23.1 – 26/Jun/2023

• FIX: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function setTimezone() on string in internal-links/helper/batchinfo.php:158, when the “ilj_environment” option is empty.
• TWEAK: Fix Capitalization style of options, buttons and title headings.

2.1.2

Release Date: February 14th, 2023

• Feature, Pro: Limit incoming/outgoing links on a per-post basis in the keyword editor
• Improvement: Optimized batch processing for significantly better link index performance on large websites.
• Improvement: Added option to hide the Internal Link Juicer admin bar entry (link index status)
• Improvement, Pro: Expanded user role setting for keyword editor to include all available roles in the system
• Improvement, Pro: New template tag “{{title}}” allows for post/term title usage in link templates

2.1.1

Release Date: December 23rd, 2022

• Improvement: replaced dependency on SweetAlert2 with own modal implementation
• Fix: Corrected view and hover area of admin bar link-index status
• Fix, Pro: Fixed bug that in some cases caused custom fields to link to themselves

2.1.0

Release Date: December 2nd, 2022

• Feature, Pro: Linking in custom field content (posts and meta) is now possible
• Improvement, Pro: Added compatibility mode for Oxygen Builder and Muffin Builder page builders
• Improvement: Updated dependencies

Earlier versions

For the complete changelog, please refer to https://www.internallinkjuicer.com/changelog/.