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External Links WordPress plugin

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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.

Auto Links

The Autolink functionality automatically converts u

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Recent update chart External Links by active site count on Themetix (October, 2024)

The change in the number of websites in the last monthly update -21 websites

Recent changes in the number of sites for the External Links plugin

How was changed amount of active sites built with External Links plugin for the research period (May, 2023 - October, 2024):

From June to July website amount decreased by -11 sites: -2.20%
From July to August website amount decreased by -16 sites: -3.27 %
From August to September website amount decreased by -48 sites: -10.13 %
From September to October website amount decreased by -16 sites: -3.76 %
From October to November website amount increased by 0 sites: 0.00 %
From November to December website amount decreased by -2 sites: -0.49 %
From December to January 2024 website amount decreased by -20 sites: -4.90 %
From January to February 2024 website amount decreased by -24 sites: -6.19 %
From February to March 2024 website amount decreased by -4 sites: -1.10 %
From March to April 2024 website amount decreased by -1 sites: -0.27 %
From April to May 2024 website amount increased by 2 sites: 0.56 %

20 WordPress themes related to External Links plugin

If you're looking for WordPress themes that work well with External Links plugin, there are many theme examples available that External Links plugin is the most used. Here are the list of 20 WordPress themes that are suitable for use with External Links plugins

# Themes (folder name)
1 Genesis
2 Newspaper
3 Twentyten
4 Avani
5 Tora
6 Twentytwelve
7 Avada
8 Parabola
9 Hueman
10 Simplicity

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