External Links WordPress Plugin
The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
Usage
Under Settings / External Links, you can configure the plugin to:
- Process all outgoing links, rather than only those within your entries' content and text widgets.
- Add an external link icon to outgoing links. You can use a class="no_icon" attribute on links to override this.
- Add rel=nofollow to the links. (Note: You can use a rel="follow" 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.
- Turn on "autolinks" functionality.
- Domains/subdomains you wish to Exclude from processing.
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Usage of External Links over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 501 to 328 — down 173 (-34.5%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 328 | -21 |
| June 2024 | 349 | -12 |
| May 2024 | 361 | +2 |
| April 2024 | 359 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 360 | -4 |
| February 2024 | 364 | -24 |
| January 2024 | 388 | -20 |
| December 2023 | 408 | -2 |
| November 2023 | 410 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 410 | -16 |
| September 2023 | 426 | -48 |
| August 2023 | 474 | -16 |
| July 2023 | 490 | -11 |
| June 2023 | 501 | — |
Themes used with External Links
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Newspaper |
| 3 | Twentyten |
| 4 | Avani |
| 5 | Tora |
| 6 | Twentytwelve |
| 7 | Avada |
| 8 | Parabola |
| 9 | Hueman |
| 10 | Simplicity |
| 11 | Divi |
| 12 | Twentyeleven |
| 13 | Twentyfourteen |
| 14 | Kallyas |
| 15 | Twentytwelve-child |
| 16 | Twentyfifteen |
| 17 | Jwh |
| 18 | Generatepress |
| 19 | Zeemagazine |
| 20 | Smart-mag |
Sites running External Links
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