Backlinkspatrol

Backlinks Patrol is a free, self-hosted WordPress plugin for SEO professionals. It is built to monitor backlinks while keeping backlink data inside WordPress rather than sending it to third-party services.

Its feature set centers on backlink tracking and related workflow management. The plugin can import backlinks from Ahrefs, Bing, Majestic, or SEMrush through CSV files, and it uses smart field mapping to detect and import CSV formats automatically. It also checks whether each backlink is live, redirected, or lost, and sends alerts when links disappear. In addition, it includes contact management for storing webmaster contacts, tracking outreach history, and managing link-building relationships. A dashboard and reports view provides an overview of link status, anchor text distribution, and domain authority.

The product is delivered as a WordPress plugin and is described as 100% self-hosted inside WordPress. Installation is presented as a download from WordPress.org followed by activation, with zero configuration required. Supported CSV sources named on the site include Ahrefs, Bing Webmaster Tools, SEMrush, Majestic, and Google Search Console. The tool is also described as having no SaaS subscriptions, no API keys shared, and no third-party calls.

Backlinks Patrol is marked as 100% free and GPL-2.0 licensed, with “forever free” language used alongside the download call to action. The page identifies it as a self-hosted WordPress plugin for SEO professionals and notes that the data stays on the user’s server.