General Settings Explained

Before you start

General Settings control site-wide behavior for internal linking, content scanning, broken-link timeouts, JSON-LD output, and scheduled scans. Per-post overrides (like Auto Link toggles) still respect these global limits.

Open General Settings

Go to:

SEO Rank Genius → Settings → General

The Settings page has two tabs: General (this guide) and Import & Export for migration tools. Use Re-run Setup Wizard in the header if you want to reset module toggles from scratch.

Linking behavior

The first card controls how aggressively SEO Rank Genius inserts internal links during scans, bulk insert, and Auto Link.

Max Links Per Post/Page

Caps auto-inserted links on any single post or page (0–10). Default is 3. Setting 0 removes the cap (still subject to per-rule limits). Works together with Auto-Link Rules' Max per post — whichever is stricter wins.

Enterprise contextual linking

When enabled (recommended), inserts stay in body copy only — no nav, footer, aside, or header. The engine uses snippet-aware scoring and at most one anchor per keyword pass, producing navigational links instead of repetitive mentions.

Anchor rotation (bulk insert)

When several valid phrases point to the same URL in a host post, prefer the least-used anchor variant to spread inbound anchor text naturally.

Content processing

This card defines which content participates in linking scans and bulk insert.

Scannable Post Types

Check every public post type you want included — typically Posts and Pages. Custom types (products, portfolio items, etc.) appear here too if they're public.

Excluded Post/Page IDs

Comma-separated IDs that skip all scanning and linking — useful for landing pages, legal disclaimers, or thin archive pages.

Broken Link Checker

Controls timeout values when Link Guardian and broken-link scans validate URLs:

• External Link Timeout — seconds to wait for external URLs (1–60).
• Internal Resource Timeout — seconds for internal URLs (1–30).

Increase external timeout on slow hosts; decrease if scans hang on unreachable third-party sites.

LLM Mode — JSON-LD

Global structured-data behavior for AI-assisted schema output in the page head:

• Skip duplicate FAQPage — when Yoast, Rank Math, or AIOSEO FAQ blocks exist, don't output a second FAQPage from SEO Rank Genius.
• Site-wide supplementary Article mode — omit the plugin's main Article JSON-LD unless a post is set to "Full" in the LLM tab. Use when another SEO plugin already outputs Article schema.

Automation

The Automation card schedules background linking-opportunity scans:

Opportunities Scan Frequency — choose Daily, Twice Daily, or Weekly. This controls how often SEO Rank Genius looks for new internal-link opportunities without manual bulk scans.

Troubleshooting

Changes don't stick after Save

Confirm you clicked Save Settings at the bottom of the General tab, not just switched tabs. Object-cache plugins may serve stale admin HTML — purge cache and reload.

Custom post type missing from Scannable list

Only public post types appear. Register your CPT with public => true or use a filter — attachments are always excluded.

Too many links inserted site-wide

Lower Max Links Per Post/Page, enable Enterprise contextual linking, and review Auto-Link Rules for overly broad keywords.

Duplicate FAQ schema in Rich Results

Enable Skip duplicate FAQPage if you use another plugin's FAQ blocks. Validate with Google's Rich Results Test after saving.