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Best href plugins for WordPress

The most popular href plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bright Link Previews leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of WPMU Automatic Links (10+) and CC-Link-Shortcode (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “href” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 href plugins

  1. 1.
    Bright Link Previews

    The most installed href plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

  2. 2.
    WPMU Automatic Links

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  3. 3.
    CC-Link-Shortcode

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.

  4. 4.
    aitch ref!

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  5. 5.
    Favicon Links

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.

All 5 plugins tagged “href”