Title: Various link count problems
Last modified: July 9, 2017

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# Various link count problems

 *  Resolved [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/)
 * I have updated all my sites to Yoast version 5.0.1 and have various issues with
   the link count feature.
 * 1) After updating, the post/pages list only shows a column of outgoing links.
   Only after clicking the ‘text link counter’ button on the general tab of the 
   plugin I get the internal linking column. That’s on all sites.
 * 2) One of the sites had a [count links] button on the Yoast dashboard. I clicked
   the button, it counted the links and now it says the feature is disabled because
   it couldn’t create the database. However, if I look in the database, the tables
   are there and the links have been counted.
 * 3) It doesn’t properly count links in website that have been created by page 
   builders like Avada and Divi. It looks like they are not counted if they are 
   inside a shortcode, even if formatted like the text.
 * [Raw Text Avada Example](https://drive.google.com/open?id=13Ib6iWEFu9Byw6Iy1-uPHU9XtzYA2lzUH3HlvnMLLzc)
   
   [Raw Text Divi Example](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MbnphIK07pZ6gTCXom3mjVvkF4wAC2yahx2RujKWWyI)
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/).

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 *  [pwizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pwizard/)
 * (@pwizard)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9303394)
 * Following. Similar issue. In mine, it says links were counted but the notification
   keeps coming back.
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9307056)
 * 1) To make sure all the links in your texts are counted, we need to analyze all
   your texts. Please follow the steps here: [I don’t see internal link counts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/dont-see-internal-link-counts/#utm_source=support&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=support-link)
 * 2) In some cases, the plugin successfully creates the table but the error appears
   due to incorrect transient cache. Transient cache typically clears automatically
   within a few hours and the message will disappear and the link count functionality
   will be enabled.
 * 3) Our plugin analyzes the default WordPress content areas. Some plugins and 
   themes, like page builders or visual composers, do not share their content with
   our plugin. Please reach out the Avada and Divi developer to request compatibility
   with our new feature.
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9307057)
 * [@pwizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pwizard/) If you have a similar
   issue, please [open a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post).
   That way it’s easier to track issues and provide assistance. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9307526)
 * Thank you Angi,
 * 1) thank you, that’s what I did. I think it should be made clear in the plugin
   you need to do that. Because when you install/update the plugin, you only see
   the outgoing link column with only a few counts. That makes you think it’s broken.
 * 2) Thanks, I checked back and now it’s indeed ok.
 * 3) That’s a bit odd because shortcodes are in the default WP content area. The
   two documents I attached are copied from the revision history which is the content.
   Doesn’t that automatically mean you have access to that?
 * Sure I can ask the theme developers to make their theme compatible with Yoast.
   Do you ave a link to a document that tells them how to do that?
 * thanks
    JP
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9311534)
 * Do you ave a link to a document that tells developers how to make their theme
   compatible with Yoast SEO? Specifically with
    – the link count feature – the 
   image sitemap (that’s another thing Yoast doesn’t do for images used in page 
   builders)
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/).
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9327677)
 * [@jpnl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/) Our developers document within
   the plugin code to help other developers create custom solutions.
 * If documentation is missing, please have your developer submit the issue in our
   [GitHub repository for Yoast SEO](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues)?
   Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/various-link-count-problems/#post-9328319)
 * Thanks [@amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/). Just providing
   a link to that document would have been a whole lot easier. Couldn’t find it 
   so now you have a new issue on github here
    [https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/7493](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/7493)
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/).

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