FAQ
What does Linkwise do?
It helps you manage internal and external links across a Statamic site: suggests internal links in both directions, auto-links keywords by rule, finds broken external links, rewrites URLs site-wide, and governs rel attributes per domain — across Bard, Replicator, and Markdown fields.
Does it require Statamic Pro?
No, for a single-site install. Linkwise runs on standard Statamic 6. The multilingual features rely on Statamic's multisite, which is a Pro feature — so you only need Pro if you run multiple sites/locales.
Is the license per site or per installation?
Per production installation — one composer.json-bound codebase — regardless of how many Statamic Sites, locales, or domains it serves. Development and staging are free. See Editions.
Will Linkwise overwrite or break my existing links?
No. Linkwise never modifies a link that already exists — every insert and auto-link path skips text that's already inside a link. Bulk operations also record a snapshot for reference. You stay in control of what changes.
Does it insert links automatically?
Only if you ask it to. Suggestions are proposals you review and insert by hand. Auto-Linking applies rules you define — and even then, applying on save is off by default and opt-in on two levels.
Why doesn't Linkwise suggest "related" content or match by topic similarity?
By design. Linkwise only suggests a link when there's a concrete reason for it — the target's title appears in your text, or a keyword you set matches. It deliberately does not guess links from fuzzy topical or keyword overlap.
We tried broader keyword-similarity matching earlier and it produced too much low-quality noise — suggestions that looked plausible but weren't the link an editor actually wanted. High precision beats high volume for internal linking, so that approach was dropped. If you want a link Linkwise doesn't propose, add a custom keyword to the target entry — that's the intended, reliable way to widen its matches.
Is there AI / semantic matching?
Not in the 1.x line. AI-assisted semantic matching — understanding that two entries are about the same thing even without shared words — is planned for a future major release. The intent is bring-your-own-key: it would call your own AI provider directly from your server, with no Linkwise-hosted service in between. Until then, suggestions stay title- and keyword-based.
Does Linkwise send my content or data anywhere?
No. Everything stays in storage/linkwise/ on your server. There's no telemetry and no external service in the loop — broken-link checking is the only outbound traffic, and that only requests the external URLs already in your content.
How often should I re-scan?
Re-run Scan Content after adding or substantially editing content. The Overview tab flags when the index is getting stale. Day-to-day edits don't require a manual scan.
How is the content language detected?
From your Statamic site locale automatically (de_DE → German). On a multilingual site, language is detected per entry from each site's lang, so stemming and stop-words apply correctly per language. You can override the global default in configuration.
Where do I get support?
Open an issue on GitHub, ask in the Statamic Discord (#addons), or email linkwise.support@gmail.com. A diagnostic ZIP (Overview → Help) speeds up bug reports considerably.