{
  "manualOnly": true,
  "providerRequests": 0,
  "locale": "en",
  "group": "wordpress-backlinks",
  "title": "WordPress backlinks: add a useful link and verify its published HTML",
  "notice": "This is a manual planning aid, not a live audit, supplier catalog or ranking prediction. Examples are fictional. Nothing is fetched or submitted; downloaded files stay on your device.",
  "exampleKind": "link",
  "exampleLabels": {
    "title": "A link you can inspect",
    "notice": "Authored local example, not captured WordPress output. This fragment stays on the page; it is not a published external backlink.",
    "anchor": "Sponsor’s preparation checklist",
    "target": "Local evidence target: check href, anchor and sponsored in the example above. No sponsor or placement exists here.",
    "code": "Exact HTML used in the demonstration",
    "metadata": "Illustrative metadata only; it does not change this page."
  },
  "exampleHtml": "<a href=\"#platform-evidence-target\" rel=\"sponsored\">Sponsor’s preparation checklist</a>",
  "columns": [
    "Inspection step",
    "Intended result",
    "Evidence to record",
    "Action if it differs"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "purpose",
      "title": "Reader purpose",
      "values": [
        "A specific preparation checklist answers a useful question.",
        "The surrounding sentence and the exact resource requested.",
        "Rewrite an irrelevant reference instead of adding more links."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "control",
      "title": "Editor control",
      "values": [
        "The intended URL is attached to meaningful text.",
        "Block type, destination entered and settings actually available.",
        "Check the installed editor and extension behavior."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "relationship",
      "title": "Commercial relationship",
      "values": [
        "A sponsor relationship is disclosed and qualified.",
        "Visible disclosure and the published rel value.",
        "Use a supported setting or reviewed HTML adjustment, then republish."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "published",
      "title": "Published output",
      "values": [
        "The public anchor points to the intended resource.",
        "href, anchor, rel, redirect destination and observation date.",
        "Correct the specific output mismatch and inspect again."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "maintenance",
      "title": "Maintenance",
      "values": [
        "A named editor owns follow-up when the resource changes.",
        "Last check, issue, owner and next review date.",
        "Repair, replace or remove the reference for a documented reason."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "example": "Consider a repair workshop publishing a guide to preparing a bicycle for a service appointment. The writer wants to reference a sponsor’s printable checklist because it describes what information to bring. The editorial decision is to explain that relationship and link to the specific checklist, not a vague home page. Our rendered demonstration uses a same-document target so you can inspect the anchor and sponsored attribute safely. It is authored HTML, not a screenshot or captured output from a WordPress installation, and it does not create an external backlink.",
  "decision": "After publication, open the public URL as a visitor and inspect the actual anchor element. Record href, visible anchor, rel values, surrounding paragraph and the destination reached after redirects. Compare that evidence with the intended setting. If a plugin or theme changes the output, investigate that layer before repeating edits. For Google, sponsored is the preferred label for paid placements; nofollow is also accepted. Opening a new tab is a separate browser behavior and does not turn a paid link into an editorial recommendation.",
  "checklist": [
    "Identify incoming versus outgoing direction.",
    "Check the specific block and editor controls.",
    "Inspect public HTML after saving.",
    "Keep observation, indexing and outcome evidence separate."
  ],
  "reviewRecord": "Keep a small review record with the post URL, destination, observation date, responsible editor and next action. A broken target can be replaced with the correct resource after editorial review; a missing sponsor disclosure requires a different fix. Recheck after relevant content, plugin or theme changes. Our existing saved-link monitor can inspect known source/target pairs, but it is not a search engine index and does not discover all websites linking to you. Treat unknown publication or index status as unknown rather than recording success by default."
}