🧠 Clever Linked Terms v1.1.0 — Terms Engine, Semantic Relationships, Term Maps, Better Glossary Control, and More
Clever Linked Terms v1.1.0 is coming soon.
This is the biggest release yet for Clever Linked Terms, and it marks a major step forward from a glossary/linking plugin into a full semantic linking and relationship engine for WordPress, FluentCommunity, and content-heavy websites.
The heart of this release is the new Terms Engine.
Terms Engine gives you a dedicated control center for managing relationships, term health, link rules, maps, tags, conflicts, and semantic structure. It is optional, modular, and can be enabled only when your site needs those deeper tools.
Here is what is new in v1.1.0:
- Terms Engine. A new semantic control center for relationships, term health, link rules, categories, tags, Tag IQ, term maps, and bulk tools.
- Modular Feature Controls. Terms Engine can be enabled as an add-on, and individual tools can be turned on or off from the Terms Engine Overview. This keeps smaller glossary sites clean while giving larger sites room to grow.
- Semantic Relationships. Glossary terms now support synonyms, aliases, abbreviations, and variations so different words or phrases can point back to the correct canonical term.
- Relationship Phrase Linking. Relationship phrases can optionally link back to their parent term, with global settings, per-type controls, and per-term overrides.
- Term Health. A new review area helps identify possible issues, relationship conflicts, duplicate phrases, and terms that may need editorial cleanup.
- Admin Term Map. Explore how terms connect through shared tags, shared categories, and semantic relationships. Clicking a term can refocus the map without reloading the page.
- Public Term Connections. Single term pages can show visitor-facing relationship maps so readers can explore related concepts.
- Glossary Knowledge Map. Glossary index pages can now include a larger visitor-facing map behind a smooth “View glossary map” launcher, so it is available without taking over the page.
- Term Studio. A cleaner term editing experience for titles, slugs, statuses, scheduled terms, tooltip summaries, WYSIWYG definitions, sources, categories, tags, exclusions, and Terms Engine fields.
- Term Manager Improvements. The term manager now includes a card-based interface, better filters, status chips, pagination, and a terms-per-page selector for large glossaries.
- Glossary Index Improvements. You can now set both the glossary index slug and title, choose from multiple layouts, control whether index content is auto-linked, ignore leading words like “a,” “an,” and “the” for sorting, and adjust sticky header behavior.
- Single Term Page Improvements. New layout options, better source/tag/category display, public connection maps, and “Back to [Index Title]” buttons that use your actual glossary title.
- Term Discovery Improvements. Fetched definitions and summaries now preserve editor formatting better, sources are routed into the Sources field, and synonyms are normalized into separate values instead of one long line.
- Import/Export Updates. CSV/XML workflows now support v1.1.0 fields including sources, tags, relationships, exclusions, scheduled status, and relationship linking controls.
- Analytics Add-On. Optional analytics can track impressions, clicks, matched phrases, relationship types, context, and FluentCommunity-aware activity.
- FluentCommunity Support. SPA-aware processing helps glossary links and tooltips continue working after FluentCommunity portal navigation and feed updates.
- aOS/AdminOS Compatibility. Clever Linked Terms can now register as an app inside aOS/AdminOS when available, with routes for Dashboard, Terms, New Term, and Settings.
- Performance Improvements. Public maps and glossary knowledge maps use lazy-loading and cached rendering patterns so heavier visual tools do not slow down the initial page load.
- This release also includes WordPress 7.0 compatibility metadata, Plugin Check cleanup, stronger sanitization/escaping, improved readme content, and a lot of release hardening for the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Clever Linked Terms is free and available on WordPress.org.
Download/update here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/clever-linked-terms/
User Manual:
https://jeffbrigman.com/clever-linked-terms-user-manual/
Join the community:
https://jeffbrigman.com/community/space/linked-terms/home
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This is amazing! Is there a way to edit with the block editor for SEO plugin purposes?
Shani Cipro I have a minor update I’m working on and will include the SEO
Shani Cipro which SEO plugin are you using. Right now I'm working to ensure compatibility with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, SEOPress, and All in One SEO.
Next release, planning for Tuesday or Wednesday, will include ajax filtering and pagination... which I seemed to have missed. This will be on all setting pages that have a lot of data such as Terms manager, Relationships, Link Rules, and more.
When you sort the data by filter or page, it will load in that page instead of reloading the page which will provide a smoother experience.
Also will have compatibility for SEO plugins and if detected will add the appropriate custom data/fields to the bottom of the Terms Editor.
Also duplicate term detection, either by import or by creating a new term. If by import it throws a warning and tells you if it's intentional to enable the duplicate term override before importing. If by new term creation, it automatically places it as a draft and gives you a notice to review. <--- This one I discovered when I was adding new terms and realized I had two for wordpress and it was linking a test one instead of the actual one I wanted to use.
Jeff Brigman rankmath! Using the block editor to edit would be useful! Also, do you know if there can be compatibility with Advanced Ads Pro? Ad injections aren’t coming up yet!
Shani Cipro will have to look at it. CLT is just a custom post type, so it should work with most things work with CPT's. However, with the custom Terms Studio/Editor, it may be part of the issue. I will also look into expanding basic compatibility/detection for other plugins that work with CPT's.
Shani Cipro If SEO is enabled CLT Settings -> General.
You will have a fallback SEO if you are not using an SEO Plugin, or it detect your plugin and sync to their stuff. I use SEOPress, so it shows it's detected.
Also added SEO fields to Import/Export.