External Links Plugin For WordPress

The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.

Before:

External Link

After:

External Link

You can customize the behavior of the plugin under Settings / External Links.

External Links Screenshot

Specifically, you can set the plugin to:

  • Process all outgoing links, rather than only those within your entries' content.
  • Add an external link icon to outgoing links. You can use a class="noicon" attribute on links to override this.
  • Open outgoing links in new windows. Note that this can damage your visitor's trust towards your site in that they can think your site used a pop-under.
  • Add rel=nofollow to the links. This is not very nice for those you're linking to, but useful to avoid PR leak.

Download

sem-external-links (zip)

Minimum Requirements

Frequently Asked Questions

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