SEO is the most consistent source of traffic for any website. But over time, every WordPress site accumulates broken links, orphan pages, and underperforming content that silently drag down your rankings.
Rc2i Content Pruning is the all-in-one WordPress plugin to audit, clean up, and optimize your content for better SEO. Stop guessing which pages to keep, update, or remove — let the data decide.
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Why Content Pruning?
Every page on your site either helps or hurts your SEO. Content pruning lets you:
★ Improve crawl budget — Search engines focus on your best content
★ Boost rankings — Removing weak pages strengthens your entire domain
★ Fix broken links — Stop losing link juice and frustrating visitors
★ Strengthen internal linking — Make sure every important page is discoverable
Key Features
➜ Outbound Links Scanner
* Automatic scan of all outbound links across your entire site
* HTTP status verification — instantly spot 404, 301, 500 errors
* One-click bulk deletion of broken links
* Inline link editing — change URL, anchor text, target, nofollow
* Purge & full rescan — start fresh anytime
* Domain exclusion list — ignore YouTube, social networks, etc.
➜ Internal Links Analysis
* Complete internal linking map of your site structure
* Detect pages with zero outgoing internal links
* Internal link count per page for quick overview
➜ Incoming Links & Orphan Pages
* Identify orphan pages — pages with no internal links pointing to them
* Incoming link stats per page
* Visual distribution chart — see your linking health at a glance
➜ Page Traffic — Google Search Console
* One-click Google connection — no Google Cloud project needed
* Impressions, clicks, CTR, and position data per page
* Search Console keywords for each page
* Find zero-impression pages — content that Google ignores
* Delete & redirect — remove underperforming pages with automatic 301
➜ Additional Tools
* Article debug — detailed link analysis of any single article
* Bulk comment deletion — clean up spam in seconds
* 301 redirect manager — full control over your redirects
Google Search Console Integration
Connect to Google Search Console in one click via secure OAuth 2.0. No Google Cloud project or API key required — the plugin handles everything for you in Simple mode.
Advanced users can provide their own credentials if preferred. Learn more in the documentation
Who Is This Plugin For?
✔ Bloggers who want to clean up old, underperforming posts
✔ SEO professionals who need a quick content audit tool
✔ Agencies managing multiple WordPress sites
✔ E-commerce sites with hundreds of product pages to monitor
✔ Any WordPress site that wants better search rankings
External Services
This plugin connects to external services to retrieve traffic and search data for your website. All connections require explicit user consent through OAuth 2.0 authentication.
OAuth Relay Server
- What it is: A relay server operated by Rc2i (hosted at seopilote.fr) that handles Google OAuth authentication on behalf of the plugin
- What it’s used for: Securely managing the OAuth 2.0 flow so users don’t need to create a Google Cloud project. The relay exchanges authorization codes for access tokens using credentials stored server-side.
- Data sent: OAuth authorization code, exchange tokens
- Data NOT sent: The relay never receives your Google Search Console data. All API data calls are made directly from your WordPress site to Google.
- When: When you click “Connect to Google” in the plugin settings
- Service URL: https://seopilote.fr/
- Privacy Policy: https://seopilote.fr/politique-confidentialite
- Terms of Service: https://rc2i.net/
Google OAuth 2.0
- What it is: Google’s authentication service
- What it’s used for: Authenticating users to access Google Search Console API
- Data sent: Authorization code, client credentials (Client ID)
- When: When you click “Connect to Google” in the plugin settings
- Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
Google Search Console API
- What it is: Google’s API for accessing Search Console data
- What it’s used for: Retrieving search impressions, clicks, CTR, position data, and keywords for your pages
- Data sent: Your website URL, date ranges for data queries
- When: When you click “Synchronize traffic data” in the Traffic tab
- API Documentation: https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools
- Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms
Important: The plugin does not send any data to Google without your explicit consent and authentication. In Advanced mode, you can provide your own Google Cloud credentials instead of using the relay server.
