Routine: internal-link-opportunity (daily, autonomous)

Run time: 2026-05-22 morning (Cowork)

Working dir: ~/Documents/Claude/internal-link-2026-05-22/

Backups: ~/Documents/Claude/wp-content-backups/{slug}-2026-05-22-*-pre-edit.html (44 files)

Result

Metric Value
Pages scanned (WP REST, status:publish) 538 (330 pages + 208 posts)
Source pages modified 44
REST POSTs succeeded 44 / 44
New pillar links inserted 25
Broken-href instances repointed 26 (covering 23 distinct broken <a> tags across 11 dead URLs)
Cloudways cache purged op flex-87821792
Post-purge verification (pinned + random) 10 / 10 pass

New links inserted (25)

All from blog posts (high body-content density, low risk). Specific anchors only — generic personal injury / premises liability mentions were filtered out to avoid over-linking.

Broken-link repoints (11 distinct dead URLs, 23 link instances)

All dead URLs were verified 404 single-threaded; all replacement targets verified 200. None were content-removed — every dead link had a live equivalent.

Dead href Repointed to Source pages
/covington-car-accident/ /locations/covington/ independence, florence, newport, kentucky-personal-injury-attorneys, northern-kentucky
/lex-cases/lexington-car-accidents/ /lex-cases/lexington-auto-accident/ rideshare-accidents
/locations/elizabethtown/elizabethtown-wrongful-death-lawyer/ /locations/elizabethtown-wrongful-death-lawyers/ elizabethtown
/practice-areas/etown-pi/ /locations/elizabethtown/ kentucky-personal-injury-attorneys, elizabethtown
/practice-areas/lex-cases/lexington-motorcycle-accident/ /lex-cases/lexington-motorcycle-accident/ georgetown
/practice-areas/practice-areas/premises-liability/ (doubled prefix, 6 src) /practice-areas/premises-liability/ faqs-personal-injury, hazard, personal-injury-kentucky-guide, wildfire-accidents, london, louisville-personal-injury-attorneys
/practice-areas/practice-areas/premises-liability/wildfire-accidents/ /practice-areas/premises-liability/wildfire-accidents/ slip-and-fall
/practice-areas/rideshare-accident-lawyer/ /practice-areas/rideshare-accidents/ georgetown
/practice-areas/types/driver-fatigue/ /practice-areas/truck-accident-causes/driver-fatigue/ jackknifes, coal-truck-accident
/practice-areas/types/tire-blowout/ /practice-areas/truck-accident-causes/tire-blowout/ top-rated-truck-accident-attorneys
/practice-areas/underrides/ /underride-accidents/ practice-areas (id 48), truck-tire-blowout-accident

Quality guardrails enforced