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No External Links · Version history

No External Links changelog and version history

Latest version
5.3.0
Sep 29, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
43
since 2018
In the last year
3
about one every 152 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20186 releases
  • 20194 releases
  • 20202 releases
  • 20216 releases
  • 20228 releases
  • 20237 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20256 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. No External Links 5.3.0Latest

    • Added an extra security hardening layer for redirect handling and the Logs screen
    • Improved redirect referrer handling
    • Added unit tests and wired them into CI
  2. No External Links 5.2.0

    • Tested with WordPress 7.0

20256 releases

  1. No External Links 5.1.8

    • Resolved #42
  2. No External Links 5.1.7

    • Resolved #41
  3. No External Links 5.1.6.2

  4. No External Links 5.1.6.1

  5. No External Links 5.1.6

    • Resolved #39
    • Resolved #40
    • The error “Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly” has been fixed
  6. No External Links 5.1.5

    • Tested with WordPress 6.4+

20242 releases

  1. No External Links 5.1.4

    • Fixed error of saving include/exclude sections
  2. No External Links 5.1.3

    • Fixed error of decoding links hidden with SeoHide
    • Fixed a fatal error related to the Mihdan_NoExternalLinks_Database class

20237 releases

  1. No External Links 5.1.2.1

  2. No External Links 5.1.2

    • Added a code editor to modify the redirect page
    • Added progress bar to redirect page
    • Fixed display error when an custom page for redirect is specified
  3. No External Links 5.1.1

    • Fixed fatal errors on admin pages
    • Fixed bugs in SEO Hide module
  4. No External Links 5.1.0

    • Tested with WordPress 6.4+.
    • Added PHP 8.3 support
    • Added excluded list for SEO hide
  5. No External Links 5.0.7

    • Fixed ampersand conversion in links
    • Fixed PHP notices
  6. No External Links 5.0.6

    • Resolve #20
    • Resolve #25
    • Resolve #30
  7. No External Links 5.0.5

    • Tested with WordPress 6.2.
    • Added PHP 8.2 support
    • Removed settings for the dead “Link Shrink” service
    • Removed custom link parser functionality

20228 releases

  1. No External Links 5.0.4.2

  2. No External Links 5.0.4.1

  3. No External Links 5.0.4

    • Added possibility to specify any page of the site as a redirect page
  4. No External Links 5.0.3

    • Fixed fatal errors on logging pages
    • Fixed errors in translations in the WordPress admin
  5. No External Links 5.0.2.1

  6. No External Links 5.0.2

    • Added polyfill for the deprecated mcrypt PHP module
  7. No External Links 5.0.0.1

  8. No External Links 4.8.0

    • Added a link to plugin settings on all plugins page
    • Fixed security issues

20216 releases

  1. No External Links 4.7.4

    • Fixed a bug with SEO hide
  2. No External Links 4.7.3

    • Check if wp_referer() exists to work properly with rel="noreferrer" links
  3. No External Links 4.7.2

    • Added a new settings page with all the author’s plugins
  4. No External Links 4.7.1

    • Fixed a bug with SEO hide
    • Fixed a bug with the name of the main plugin file
  5. No External Links 4.7.0

    • Hiding links using SEO hide method
  6. No External Links 4.6.0

    • Added support for WordPress 5.7
    • Added support for HTTP status codes (301, 302, 307)
    • Added script for auto deploy to wp.org

20202 releases

  1. No External Links 4.5.2

    • Added support for WordPress 5.4
    • Fixed bug with headers
  2. No External Links 4.5.1

20194 releases

  1. No External Links 4.5

  2. No External Links 4.4

  3. No External Links 4.3.8

  4. No External Links 4.3.7

20186 releases

  1. No External Links 4.3.6

  2. No External Links 4.3.5

  3. No External Links 4.3.4

  4. No External Links 4.3.3

  5. No External Links 4.3.2

  6. No External Links 4.3.1

Questions about No External Links’s releases

What is the latest version of No External Links?

5.3.0, released on Sep 29, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is No External Links updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 152 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2018.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in No External Links’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.