Click analytics
Google Analytics tells you where people went. Not which link took them.
You can see that a page got traffic. You cannot see which of the eleven links pointing at it did the work, so you keep all eleven and learn nothing. Linkilo tracks every internal link click on your site: source, destination, anchor and position.
Per-link data, not just page views
No third-party script
Your data stays in your database
Included in every plan. 30-day money-back guarantee.
“cigar humidor for beginners” 412 clicks
14.2% CTR · paragraph 4 of 22
“read our full guide” 38 clicks
1.1% CTR · end of post
“click here” 4 clicks
0.2% CTR · same destination as the first one
The job, as it stands
Internal link click tracking in WordPress, without the tagging
Guess which internal links people use. Or set up event tracking in an analytics tool, tag every link, and then try to read the result.
By hand, that means
- Add a tracking attribute to every internal link, or install a tag manager.
- Set up an event for each click, and a report to read them in.
- Match every event back to the post and the link it came from.
- Compare that with the links you meant to be important.
- Tag every new link you add from then on.
Linkilo does every step of that.
What it costs to leave it
Every link you add is a guess about what a reader wants next. Some guesses are right. Without click data you cannot tell which, so the links nobody uses stay, and the ones that would have kept people reading never get added.
Somebody has to do that: you, or somebody you pay.
What you get back
The tagging, and the arguing about which links are worth having.
What it looks like instead
You can see which links get clicked, where on the page they sat, and which ones nobody has ever touched.
How soon
Collecting from the moment it is on; readable within a day of traffic.
Who does the work
Deterministic
Counting. A click is recorded with the link, the source page and the position it occupied. No sampling and no modeling.
Time figures describe the shape of the job (an afternoon, a day, a week), not a promise about your site. Your archive is your archive.
The problem
Internal linking is the only SEO work nobody measures.
You will happily A/B test a headline and agonise over a CTA button, then place forty internal links a year on pure instinct and never once check whether any of them were clicked.
Why it stays unmeasured
- Tracking a link in GA4 means configuring an event, manually, for each one
- By the time it is aggregated, the detail you needed has been averaged away
- You never learn whether “click here” performs worse than a real anchor
- You have no idea whether links at the end of a post get clicked at all
- So internal linking gets deprioritized, because it cannot be defended with numbers
What changes when you can see it
- Every internal link click tracked automatically, with no setup
- Click-through rate per link, not per page
- See which anchor phrasings actually pull, and which are decoration
- See how position within the article changes performance
- Decide what to keep and what to cut from evidence rather than taste
What it answers
The questions GA4 is bad at
“Which internal links get clicked?”
Every one, ranked, with source post, destination, anchor text and position in the article recorded for each.
“Does my anchor wording matter?”
Compare click-through rates across different anchors pointing at the same destination. The gap is usually an order of magnitude, and it changes how you write.
“Does link position matter?”
CTR by position within the article, so you can stop putting your most important link in the final paragraph where almost nobody reaches it.
“Which links earn nothing?”
Links with zero clicks are listed, so you can rewrite them or remove them instead of leaving dead weight in your best posts.
“Which content feeds my money pages?”
See the actual path from article to product or service page, so you know which guides are doing commercial work and which are just traffic.
“Do I need to set anything up?”
No tag manager, no event configuration, no third-party script. Turn it on and clicks start being recorded.
“Where does the data live?”
In your own database. Nothing is sent to a third party, which is both a privacy answer and a performance one.
“Can I prove the work to a client?”
“This link sent 412 people to the page that converts” is a reportable line item, which is exactly what internal linking has always lacked.
“Does the related-posts block earn its space?”
Those are real links, so they are tracked too. You can finally see whether the block at the bottom of every article does anything at all.
How it works
The data internal linking has always been missing
Tracking
It starts working the moment you enable it
Turn it on and internal link clicks are recorded with their source post, destination, anchor text and position within the article. There is no tag manager to configure and no third-party script slowing the page down.
Because the data is stored locally rather than shipped to an analytics vendor, it can be joined against everything else Linkilo knows: which cluster the destination belongs to, how much link equity it holds, whether it is an orphan.
- No setup, no tag manager, no external script
- Source, destination, anchor and position captured per click
- Stored in your own database
- Joins against cluster, equity and orphan data
From
Best Humidors Under $200
To
/guides/cigar-humidors/
Anchor
“cigar humidor for beginners”
Position paragraph 4 of 22
412 clicks 14.2% CTR
The insight
Which anchors pull, and which are decoration
Compare click-through rates across different anchors pointing at the same destination and the pattern is usually immediate. A descriptive anchor mid-article outperforms a generic one at the end, frequently by ten or twenty times.
Once you have seen that on your own content you write differently. Not because someone told you “click here” is bad, but because you watched it earn four clicks while the descriptive version earned four hundred.
- CTR by anchor text, across the whole site
- CTR by position within the article
- Best and worst performing links, ranked
- Zero-click links listed for rewriting or removal
“cigar humidor for beginners”
“read our full guide”
“click here”
Same page. Same audience. Fifteen times the clicks.
The argument
Evidence you can hand to someone else
Internal linking is easy to deprioritize precisely because it has always been hard to measure. It competes for budget against work that produces charts, and it loses.
Click data changes that conversation. “This link sent 412 people to the page that converts, and it did not exist last month” is an argument, and it goes straight into a client report next to the rest of the numbers.
- Per-post and sitewide click reporting
- Pairs with link equity data to show where authority actually flows
- Feeds the same reporting as the rest of Linkilo
- Exportable for client deliverables
8,412 internal link clicks
Top destination /guides/cigar-humidors/
Best anchor type descriptive, mid-article
38 links have never been clicked. Worth rewriting or removing.
Inside the dashboard
The click report, exactly as it ships.
Which internal links people actually click, where they sat on the page, and which ones never got a single click despite being on your best-read posts.
yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=linkilo_click_analytics
Link Analytics Dashboard Track how visitors interact with your internal and external links. See click trends, top performers, and optimize low-performing links.
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8,412
Total Clicks The total number of link clicks recorded across your site during the selected date range.
1,204
Unique Links The number of distinct links that received at least one click during the selected period.
7.0
Avg Clicks/Link Average clicks per link. Higher values mean your links are well-placed and engaging to visitors.
8:40 AM
Last Updated When the analytics data was last refreshed. Data is cached to improve page load speed.
Click Trends (Sep 5, 2026 - Oct 5, 2026) Daily click volume over time. Spot patterns, seasonal trends, or the impact of content changes.
Internal vs External Links Clicked Breakdown of clicks by link type. Shows how visitors navigate within your site versus clicking out to external sources.
8,412
Total Clicks
Internal Links: 6,118 (72.7%)
External Links: 2,294 (27.3%)
Link Click Distribution by Position Where in your content visitors click links most — introduction, body, conclusion, header, or footer.
- Introduction 1,262
- Main Content 5,299
- Conclusion 925
- Header 253
- Footer 589
- Other 84
8,412
Total Position Clicks
Introduction1,262 (15.0%)
Main Content5,299 (63.0%)
Conclusion925 (11.0%)
Header253 (3.0%)
Other84 (1.0%)
Click Performance by Time of Day Hourly click distribution showing when your visitors are most active. Use this to time content updates.
14:00
Peak Hour
702
Peak Clicks
Morning (6-12):2,104
Afternoon (12-18):3,318
Evening (18-24):2,241
Top Performing Links Your most-clicked links ranked by total clicks. These are your strongest performing links.
| Destination Link The URL visitors clicked through to. | Anchor Text Used The visible clickable text of the link. | Link Type Internal (within your site) or External (to other sites). | Link Position Where the link appears in the content — introduction, body, or conclusion. | Total Clicks Total number of clicks this link received in the selected period. | Relative Performance How this link performs compared to your top link. 100% = best performer. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://yoursite.com/best-cigar-humidors/ | best cigar humidors | Internal | Main Content | 1,204 | |
| https://yoursite.com/guides/cigar-humidity-chart/ | humidity chart | Internal | Main Content | 842 | |
| https://yoursite.com/shop/boveda-seasoning/ | Boveda packs | Internal | Introduction | 611 | |
| https://bovedainc.com/ | Boveda | External | Main Content | 388 | |
| https://yoursite.com/guides/season-a-humidor/ | seasoning guide | Internal | Conclusion | 318 |
All Content Performance - Detailed View Page-by-page breakdown of click data. Expand any row to see individual link performance.
This table provides a comprehensive overview of all content that has recorded clicks, detailing each clicked link, its anchor text, type, and position within the source page. Default order is by total page clicks (descending).
| Page Title (Source) | Post Type | Total Page Clicks | Unique Links Clicked | Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Cigar Humidors of 2026 | Post | 1,204 | 5 | Edit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Links from "Best Cigar Humidors of 2026"
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| Cigar Humidity Chart (69% vs 72%) | Post | 640 | 2 | Edit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Travel Humidor Buying Guide | Post | 412 | 1 | Edit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How to Season a New Humidor | Post | 212 | 1 | Edit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humidor Maintenance Checklist | Page | 146 | 1 | Edit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Link Optimization Opportunities
These links are present in your content but receive very few clicks (2 or fewer in the last 30 days). Consider optimizing their placement, anchor text, or relevance to improve user engagement.
| Source Page/Post | Link Destination | Current Anchor Text | Clicks (30 days) | Optimize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Season a New Humidor | https://yoursite.com/shop/boveda-seasoning/ | here | 2 | |
| Cigar Humidity Chart (69% vs 72%) | https://yoursite.com/guides/travel-humidors/ | click here | 2 | |
| Cigar Storage Temperature Guide | https://yoursite.com/guides/cigar-humidity-chart/ | this chart | 1 | |
| Boveda vs Beads: Which Actually Holds? | https://yoursite.com/best-cigar-humidors/ | read more | 1 | |
| Best Cigar Humidors of 2026 | https://yoursite.com/reviews/boveda-vs-beads/ | read our full review | 0 |
Content Performance Matrix - Detailed View Categorizes your pages into four quadrants based on link structure quality and actual click performance.
Analyze your content based on link structure quality and user engagement. Click on category tabs to see detailed page lists.
High Structure + High Clicks (Optimal Performance)
These pages have excellent link structure and strong user engagement. Use them as examples for other content.
Performance Insights & Recommendations
67 pages earn clicks despite few incoming links. Add internal links to them from related guides to spread that traffic.
Links in the main content take 63% of all clicks while footer links take 7%. Move important links up into the body.
5 links received 2 or fewer clicks in 30 days. Rewrite generic anchors like "here" and "click here" with descriptive text.
Analytics Tools
Export Data
Export your click analytics data for further analysis.
Clear Cache
Clear analytics cache to refresh data immediately.
Run Scan
Refresh link data and update analytics.
Recreated from templates/click_analytics_dashboard.php. Same counts, same positions, same breakdowns.
Who this is for
Who needs to see this data
Content marketers
You write CTAs and never learn whether they worked.
With Linkilo: the click-through rate is sitting next to the anchor you wrote.
Ecommerce
Which blog links actually feed the product pages?
With Linkilo: you can see the path from article to product, click by click.
Agencies
Internal linking work is hard to prove the value of.
With Linkilo: click numbers make it a reportable line item like everything else.
Privacy-conscious sites
You do not want to add another third-party tracker.
With Linkilo: no external script, and the data never leaves your server.
Publishers
Pages per session is flat and nobody knows which links to change.
With Linkilo: the links doing nothing are listed, so you can replace them.
Anyone running related posts
That block has been at the bottom of every article for years, unexamined.
With Linkilo: you finally find out whether it earns its space.
What gets recorded
Four things per click, and none of it leaves your server
4
Fields per click: source, destination, anchor, position
0
Third-party scripts added to your pages
0
Events to configure by hand
Your DB
Where the data is stored
How it compares
GA4 can do some of this. Ask anyone who has tried.
Technically you can track internal links in GA4. Practically it means configuring an event per link and losing the detail to aggregation.
| What you want to know | Linkilo | GA4 |
|---|---|---|
| Which internal links get clicked | Yes | Manual events |
| Click-through rate per link | Yes | No |
| Anchor text recorded with the click | Yes | No |
| Position within the article recorded | Yes | No |
| Compare anchors for the same destination | Yes | No |
| Zero-click links listed | Yes | No |
| Works with no setup | Yes | No |
| No third-party script | Yes | No |
| Sessions, sources and conversions | No | Yes |
| Full funnel and attribution reporting | No | Yes |
The last two rows are why you keep GA4. These two tools answer different questions and belong side by side.
Getting started
Three steps to knowing which links work
Turn it on
One setting. No tag manager, no event configuration, no third-party script to add to your pages.
Wait a fortnight
Let real traffic accumulate. Click-through rates on individual links need volume before they mean anything.
Rewrite the losers
Work down the zero-click list, replace generic anchors with descriptive ones, and move the important links out of the final paragraph.
Questions about the tracking
No, and it is not trying to. GA measures sessions, sources and conversions and does that well. This measures which internal links get clicked, which is a question GA is bad at answering without significant manual event configuration per link.
A click costs one lightweight request. There is no third-party script, no tag manager and nothing blocking render. Aggregation happens in the background rather than on the page.
The data is stored on your own server rather than sent to a third party, and the tracking is about links rather than identifying individuals. As always, confirm your own compliance position with whoever advises you on it.
The focus is internal links, because those are the ones you control and can change today. Outbound and broken links are covered by the link inventory and the broken link checker.
Retention is configurable, with older raw rows pruned automatically while the aggregated figures remain, so the table stays bounded on a high-traffic site.
Logged-in administrator activity can be excluded, so testing your own site does not quietly inflate the numbers you are about to show a client.
AI Internal Link Suggestions
Get link suggestions a human editor would approve, and add them in one click without leaving the editor.
Related Posts
Show related posts under every article, chosen by meaning rather than tag soup.
Anchor Text Reporting Tool
See every anchor pointing at every page, and catch the over-optimized ones before Google does.
SEO ROI Calculator (free)
Turn a ranking improvement into estimated clicks, conversions and revenue.
Stop guessing which links work.
Turn it on, wait a fortnight, and find out which of your internal links were earning their place all along, and which forty were decoration.
30-day money-back guarantee. Every feature is included in every plan.