Install, configure, and use Link Pulse

System requirements, installation steps, activation, and how to run the first Link Pulse index before suggestions become available in the editor.

A step-by-step walkthrough from the first completed index to the first inserted internal link, using the sidebar in the WordPress block editor.

How to read the Link Pulse sidebar — index status, ranked suggestions, match scores, one-click insertion, and persistent dismissals.

How to read the orphan and underlinked page reports, what each term means, and how to close structural gaps using the editor sidebar.

What Link Pulse indexes by default, how post, page, category, and tag exclusions work, and the three-custom-field cap that applies to Free.

The eight weighted signals Link Pulse uses to score internal link candidates, and how the final match score is calculated.

Symptom-first fixes for the sidebar, suggestions, and indexing, organised by what you observe rather than by the underlying cause.

What Link Pulse stores in the WordPress database, and exactly what happens to that data on deactivation and on uninstall.