=== WPA SEO Auto Linker ===
Contributors: arjanolsder
Plugin Name: WPA SEO Auto Linker
Plugin URI: https://www.wpassist.tech/wordpress-plugins/wpa-seo-auto-linker/
Tags:  post, posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, links, seo, google, automatic, link, cornerstone, RSS
Author URI: https://www.wpassist.tech
Author: WP Assist
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5LRFCEJLZQW7A (digishock)
Requires at least: 2.3
Tested up to: 5.2
Stable tag: 1.2
Version: 1.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

WPA SEO Auto Linker assists in creating cornerstone SEO content. This is not a replacement for tools like Yoast SEO but an extra tool.

== Description == 

Want to automatically create cornerstone content? WPA SEO Auto Linker helps get this done. Simply create a new keyword or a new phrase. The system will link that keyword or phrase to your chosen dofollow URL. Through the settings, it is easy to finetune the workings of this plugin. For performance, it is best to make use of a caching engine.

"Using this plugin didn't just help define cornerstone content in our SEO strategy, it also increased pageviews by 18%. The average visitor spends 13 seconds more on our website." - Roelof van Doorn, technical editor at GadgetGear.nl

== Installation ==

1. Upload the complete wpa-seo-auto-linker folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
2. Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.
3. Use the WPA SEO Auto Linker settings page under settings to change the settings for WPA SEO Auto Linker.
4. Enjoy the automatically inserted links.

Migrating from SEO Auto Links?
Just deactivate the original plugin. The current version uses the exact same settings table in the database. This means you don't loose your list of URL's you have built. We will maintain this functionality till july 2018. Do create a back-up before installation. Better safe than sorry.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Is this plugin compatible with Gutenburg? =

We are curretly working on supporting Gutenburg. Please mind that Gutenburg is work in progress and there's still lots of changes being made to the editor. Gutenburg isn't stable yet, but our plan is to have solid Gutenburg support once Gutenburg is stable.

= Is this plugin compatible with Yoast? =

Yes is is, just like with other SEO plugins. We are working on menu integration so you have our tool sitting next to Yoast's options.

= Is this plugin compatible with Woocommerce? =

Support has not been tested. After the Gutenburg update, we will put our resources on offering Woocommerce support. Meanwhile, leave your experience in the support forum. (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-382/)

== Screenshots ==

1. Plugin settings page

== Changelog == 

= Wishlist =
* Code performance improvements
* Nofollow option per link instead of everything
* Custom ALT tag
* updating translation support
* Support for non-latin characters

= 1.2 07-06-2019 =
* This update is a version bump. We are now restarting active development of this plugin.

= 1.1 05-04-2018 =
* Tested for compatibility Wordpress 4.9.5
* Removed branding on top of the settings page
* Simplified styling to better fit Wordpress defaults
* Bugfix: deprecated user level management has been replaced

= 1.0 14-01-2018 =
* Bugfix for adding rel=nofollow
* Bugfix for adding target=_blank

= 0.2 06-01-2018 =
* Security improvements to prevent XSS attacks through the codebase and avoid users corrupting the database
* Visual style update
* Changed order of the admin form to reflect most used areas
* Cleaning up deprecated code

= 0.1 05-01-2018 =
* First release

== Credits ==

WPA SEO Auto Linker plugin is based on the SEO Auto Links 0.5 plugin by Maarten Brakkee.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-auto-links/

The SEO Auto links plugin is based on the SEO Smart Links 2.7.6 plugin by Vladimir Prelovac:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-automatic-links/

Inspiration for SEO Smart Links originated from the Autolink plugin by Chris Lynch
http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/

== License ==

This file is part of WPA SEO Auto Linker.

WPA SEO Auto Linker is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

WPA SEO Auto Linker is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with WPA SEO Auto Linker. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.