No External Links
by mihdan 4.8 (16 reviews)

No External Links

Convert external links into internal links, site wide or post/page specific. Add NoFollow, Click logging, and more...

No External Links ranks #3,600 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #188 of 4,265 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 4.8/5 rating from 16 reviews, and was last updated Sep 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v5.3.0 Current Version v5.3.0
Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 29 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#188 of 4,265 in SEO & Marketing Top 5% by installs Downloads -22% this week
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Active Installs
4K+
-8.9%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
78.9K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
96%
Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8 (16 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 27.6%
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Reviews & Ratings

4.8
16 reviews
Overall 96%
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Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads
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Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

  1. No External Links [mihdan-no-external-links] < 5.1.7

    CVE-2025-53451 · Fixed in v5.1.7

  2. No External Links [mihdan-no-external-links] < 5.0.2

    CVE-2022-1095 · Fixed in v5.0.2

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for site owners and advertisers who sell ads and want to limit the outgoing links search engines can find on their site. It automatically converts external links into masked internal redirect links without altering the underlying database content.

  • Convert external links to internal
  • Full page content filtering
  • Targeted content filtering
  • Custom redirect page/message
  • Encoded link masks
  • External link click logging
  • Individual link exclusion
  • Post/page specific exclusion

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about No External Links

No External Links has 4,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
No External Links holds a 4.8 out of 5 star rating based on 16 user reviews on WordPress.org.
No External Links is developed by mihdan and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
No External Links requires WordPress 5.7.4 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 7.1 and needs PHP 7.4 or newer.
No External Links has been downloaded 78,945+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of No External Links is 5.3.0. It was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Yes. No External Links is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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