About this plugin
Backlinks Patrol is a professional WordPress plugin for monitoring and managing your backlinks efficiently. Never lose a valuable backlink without knowing it again!
All your backlink data is stored locally in your own WordPress database — no third-party service receives your sensitive SEO data.
Main Features
- Automatic monitoring — Daily verification of all your backlinks
- Simple management — Intuitive interface to add and manage your links
- Detailed statistics — Visualize the evolution of your backlinks
- Personal notes — Add notes to each backlink
- Financial tracking — Track sellers and purchase prices
- Contact management — Store contact info per backlink with autocomplete
- CSV Import — Import backlinks from Ahrefs, SEMrush, Majestic, Bing Webmaster Tools, and Google Search Console exports
- Indexation checking — Optional integration with the isIndexed API to check whether your backlink pages are indexed by Google
How It Works
- Install the plugin
- Add your backlinks with their URL and anchor text (manually or via CSV import)
- Let it run — The plugin automatically checks every day
- Review the status of your links in the dashboard
Use Cases
- SEO Agencies — Monitor backlinks for all your clients
- Bloggers — Make sure your guest posts remain active
- E-commerce — Track your partnerships and affiliations
- Consultants — Manage purchased backlinks for your clients
Privacy & Data Control
Unlike SaaS backlink monitoring tools, Backlinks Patrol stores all data locally in your WordPress database. Your backlink portfolio stays private and under your full control.
Security
- Secure code with WordPress nonces
- Prepared SQL queries
- Proper escaping of all outputs
- User capability verification
External Services
This plugin can optionally connect to the following external service:
isIndexed API (optional — only if you enable it in Settings)
- What it does: Checks whether the pages hosting your backlinks are indexed in Google.
- What data is sent: The URLs of your backlinks are sent to the isIndexed API when you trigger an indexation check.
- When data is sent: Only when you enable isIndexed in the plugin settings AND manually trigger a check, or when the scheduled CRON check is enabled.
- Service provider: isIndexed
- Website: https://tool.isindexed.com
- Terms of Service: https://tool.isindexed.com/terms
- Privacy Policy: https://tool.isindexed.com/privacy
If you do not configure the isIndexed API key in the plugin settings, no data is ever sent to this service.
Support
- Free support: WordPress.org forum
- Plugin website: https://backlinkspatrol.com