Getting Started

Get Bulk Issue Link Manager for Jira installed and start bulk linking Jira issues in under a minute. No admin setup or configuration needed.

Installation

  • 1
    Go to the Atlassian Marketplace listing for Bulk Issue Link Manager for Jira and click Get it now.
  • 2
    Select your Jira Cloud site from the dropdown and click Install.
  • 3
    A 30-day free trial starts automatically. No credit card required.
  • 4
    Open any Jira issue. You'll see Link Issues in Bulk and Unlink Issues in Bulk in the ··· (More actions) menu, plus a Link Summary panel in the right sidebar.
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Don't see the menu items? Hard-refresh the page (Cmd+Shift+R on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows) after installation. If they still don't appear, confirm the app is installed under Jira Settings → Apps → Manage apps.

Permissions

Bulk Issue Link Manager for Jira requests the minimum permissions needed to do its job. All operations run as the currently logged-in user. The app cannot do anything the user couldn’t do manually.

Permission Why it’s needed
read:jira-work Read issue links, link types, and issue details
write:jira-work Create and delete issue links
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Jira permissions are fully respected If a user doesn't have the Link Issues project permission for a given issue, they'll see a 403 error for that issue, just as they would trying to link it manually. The app cannot bypass Jira's security model.

Quick Start

  1. Open any Jira issue
  2. Click ··· → Link Issues in Bulk
  3. Select a link type (e.g. “blocks”, “relates to”, “clones”)
  4. Paste issue keys, or switch to JQL mode and enter a query
  5. Click Link Issues and watch the live progress counter

Already-linked issues are detected upfront and skipped instantly. Failed issues are shown in amber with the exact reason, and you can retry them in one click.

  1. Open any Jira issue
  2. Click ··· → Unlink Issues in Bulk
  3. Optionally select a link type to limit which links are removed
  4. Paste the issue keys to unlink
  5. Click Remove Links

The Link Summary panel in the right sidebar shows all linked issues grouped by link type. Click any group to expand it and see the keys. Use ↺ Refresh after bulk operations to reload without a full page refresh.

Next steps