Best custom links plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom links plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom links in Elementor Image Carousel leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Sidebar Links (70+) and kURL (40+). All 9 plugins tagged “custom links” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 custom links plugins
- 1.
Custom links in Elementor Image CarouselThe most installed custom links plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 25 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
Custom Sidebar Links70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
kURL40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Custom Link Shortener10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Custom Post Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 6.
Comment Link Suggest-O-Tron10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 7.
Menu Rocker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.
Post Bookmarks10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 9.
Mega BlocksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 9 plugins tagged “custom links”
Custom links in Elementor Image Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,163by Charlie Etienne4 years ago
Lets you add custom links in Elementor Image Carousel widget
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.7(25)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Custom Sidebar Links
Down in the last 7 days:66#18,635by Vinny Moreira10 years ago
Customize the sidebar of any page on your site by creating a list of links to other pages, posts, or custom post types.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
kURL
Up in the last 7 days:1,072#22,447by Gerald Drißner2 months ago
Connect WordPress to a self-hosted YOURLS instance to create, sync, manage, and track short URLs from the admin area.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Link Shortener
Up in the last 7 days:452#30,200by Victor Lukasso2 months ago
URL shortener with analytics, auto-linking, smart source tracking, link cloaking, QR codes, and REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Post Links
#36,180by grosbouff10 years ago
Adds a new metabox to the editor, allowing you to attach a set of related links to any post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Link Suggest-O-Tron
Up in the last 7 days:5,809#41,959by Simon Fairbairn14 years ago
What if you could get more comments on your blog?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Rocker
Down in the last 7 days:1,367#43,056by tsl14313 years ago
Provides Custom links at each page from available menus
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Bookmarks
Down in the last 7 days:1,768#46,477by grosbouff7 years ago
Manage links attached to a post through a metabox, and setup how they are displayed in your posts... With a link favicon.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mega Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:24,353#74,052by Juan Carlos Pereira Diaz1 year ago
This plugin allow to add custom block to Gutenberg, Astra and Spectra.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day