How It Works

Without interlinking, your Joomla articles are isolated islands—readers hit a dead end, bounce off your site, and miss related content. Content - InterLinked scans article text for keywords defined in the metakey field (e.g., “joomla, seo”)—which must appear in the text—and links them to other articles in preconfigured categories, like “Blog” to “Tutorials.” It uses Joomla’s SEF routing for clean URLs (e.g., /article-title) and skips existing tags. As new articles reuse keywords, older links are replaced with links to the latest or most relevant content, ensuring your site stays dynamic. Configure tooltips, choose _self or _blank (with rel="noopener noreferrer"), and style links with custom classes.

Boost Engagement, Keep Readers Hooked

Disconnected content kills user engagement and SEO—readers leave, and search engines demote sites with poor navigation. Content - InterLinked ensures every article links to related content, keeping visitors on your site longer and boosting SEO with better dwell time and internal link equity. Designed exclusively for Joomla’s core com_content component, it’s been fine-tuned for Joomla 5 to keep your site lean and mean. We’ve been running InterLinked on richeyweb.com for months, connecting blog posts with real-world success—our visitors explore more and stay longer. For example, a tech blog could link “Joomla tips” articles to “Plugin guides,” driving deeper engagement without manual effort.
Where category associations are defined, InterLinked creates keyword-based links with precision. Where no associations exist, it gracefully skips the article, leaving your content untouched. Generated tags include a data attribute for tracking: data-asset-name="Content - InterLinked".

Fancy a Demo?

This plugin is running on articles within the blog section of richeyweb.com. Each of the 3 blog categories is configured to pull keywords in from the others, and those created by Content - InterLinked will be displayed in green. I have turned on the tooltip feature, so you can see which articles are being linked with a simple hover. Check it out using the Demo link.

Why Choose Content - InterLinked?

This plugin exists to make your Joomla articles’ navigation bulletproof for users and search engines, with zero cost and maximum flexibility.

Features

• Automatic keyword-based interlinking using article metakey values
• Built-in support for Joomla’s core com_content component
• Custom category associations to link specific categories (e.g., Blog to Tutorials)
• Optional tooltips displaying linked article titles via Joomla’s Bootstrap
• Configurable link targets (_self or _blank with rel="noopener noreferrer")
• Custom CSS class support for styling (default: plgcontentinterlinked)
• Caching of keyword matches and associations for blazing-fast performance
• Respects existing tags to avoid duplicate linking
• Evolving links that update to newer articles reusing keywords, keeping content fresh
• Accessible links with ARIA labels for _blank targets (e.g., “opens in new window”)

Don’t let your articles be dead ends—Content - InterLinked makes internal linking effortless!