External Links
The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
External Links ranks #2,346 among WordPress.org plugins with 8,000+ active installations, a 4.8/5 rating from 36 reviews, and was last updated Nov 28, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 6.8.1
- Last Updated
- Nov 28, 2017
- Requires WP
- 2.8+
- Tested Up To
- 4.7.35
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Denis de Bernardy
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- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
- Reviews
- 36
- Support Threads
- 1
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to treat outgoing links differently from internal links. It solves the problem of managing external link behavior by adding icons, nofollow attributes, new-window opening, and auto-linking of plain-text URLs.
- Adds external link icon
- Adds rel=nofollow attribute
- Opens links in new windows
- Autolinks plain text URLs
- Excludes specified domains/subdomains
- Overrides via class or rel attributes
- Processes all outgoing links
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