Best backlink plugins for WordPress
The most popular backlink plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Backlink Checker leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Pingchecker (10+) and Link Back Badge Widget (10+). All 13 plugins tagged “backlink” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 backlink plugins
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Backlink CheckerThe most installed backlink plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.
Pingchecker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 3.
Link Back Badge Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.
Parent Page Link10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.0.
- 5.
Aabcore Backlinks & Page BacklinksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
Backlink Day CounterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 7.
Add Backlink or Copy ProtectionFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
Internal Post LinkerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Aabcore SEO BacklinkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
FFA-Links BadgeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “backlink”
Backlink Checker
Down in the last 7 days:60#25,395by sunnyverma19847 years ago
Get the list of backlinks pointing to your blog
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pingchecker
#34,630by Tony Hayes15 years ago
Scans post for links, checks if they are pingeable and sends pingbacks with results returned, improves chances of successful pings!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Back Badge Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1,058#36,181by Yudhistira Mauris10 years ago
Displays a badge and an HTML code box as a widget to ease your site visitor linking back to your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Parent Page Link
Up in the last 7 days:4,942#43,355by PowieT9 years ago
This widget plugin will display a backlink to the parent page at the end of subpages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aabcore Backlinks & Page Backlinks
Up in the last 7 days:12,562#58,001by Aabcore web9 days ago
Build SEO backlinks with link research, opportunity discovery, backlink analysis, and tools designed to support natural link growth.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Backlink Day Counter
#66,546by iltekin4 years ago
Creates remaining days number of a sponsored backlink next to it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Add Backlink or Copy Protection
Down in the last 7 days:11,684#69,339by Kislitsin Dmitrii1 year ago
Automatically adds a backlink to your site when you copy text from it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Internal Post Linker
Down in the last 7 days:7,464#69,934by Seventh Sky3 months ago
Link selected editor text to existing internal posts, pages, and public custom post types without leaving the WordPress editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aabcore SEO Backlink
#71,060by Aabcore web2 months ago
Aabcore SEO Backlink & Page Backlink helps manage SEO backlinks, build backlinks, grow backlink, improve page backlink, boost backlink quality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FFA-Links Badge
Down in the last 7 days:18,812#73,013by pan213 months ago
Register your site with the FFA-Links directory and embed the badge automatically, right from your WordPress admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Snufel Free Guest Posting
Down in the last 7 days:11,308#73,614by Snufel Marketplace3 years ago
Accept guestpost from your frontend for free. It is very easy to setup, just 1 shortcode [free_guestpost_form] and you are done.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day