# Changelog

All notable changes to Link Manager Pro are documented on this page.

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## 1.0.0 — April 2026

Initial release.

### New Features

- **Link masking** — Create clean redirect URLs with configurable prefixes for external and internal links. Use auto-generated slugs or set custom slugs per link.
- **Click tracking** — Record clicks with IP anonymization, country detection, device/OS parsing, cookie-based uniqueness tracking, bot filtering, and configurable data retention.
- **Affiliate management** — Manage affiliate partners with domain-based matching, auto-linking, and UTM parameter support.
- **Auto-linking** — Automatically replace keywords in post content with masked link URLs. Works for both affiliate links and individual links.
- **Link health monitoring** — Detect 404 errors and broken links through content scanning and scheduled health checks.
- **Link audit** — Score your site's internal linking coverage with A–F grading and weekly snapshots.
- **Campaign management** — Track marketing campaigns with stored and virtual campaigns, including UTM breakdown reporting.
- **Conditional routing rules** — Redirect visitors based on click count, country, or date conditions.
- **Categories and tags** — Organize links with WordPress taxonomy-based classification.
- **Site scanning** — Scan your entire site and bulk-mask external links in one operation.
- **Backup and restore** — Export data as JSON, restore from JSON backups, and download links as CSV.
- **Data migration** — Import links, clicks, and settings from Pretty Links and BetterLinks with auto-detection, selectable items, and conflict strategies.
- **Email digest** — Receive weekly or monthly health reports by email.
- **Affiliate disclosure** — Automatically inject disclosure notices on pages containing affiliate links.
- **Internal click tracking** — Track clicks on internal links within your post content via JavaScript.
- **UTM templates** — Create reusable UTM parameter templates for consistent campaign tagging.
- **Password-protected links** — Require a password before redirecting visitors.
- **Link scheduling** — Set start and expiration dates to control when links are accessible.
- **Redirect management** — Capture broken link traffic and redirect it to working destinations.

### Requirements

- PHP 8.0 or higher.
- WordPress 6.0 or higher.