Best hyperlinks plugins for WordPress
The most popular hyperlinks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Clickable Links, Convert Plain text Post URLs to Hyperlinks leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Automatic Links (50+) and Affiliate Link Cloaker (20+). All 3 plugins tagged “hyperlinks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 hyperlinks plugins
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Clickable Links, Convert Plain text Post URLs to HyperlinksThe most installed hyperlinks plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Automatic Links50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
- 3.
Affiliate Link Cloaker20+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 3 plugins tagged “hyperlinks”
Clickable Links, Convert Plain text Post URLs to Hyperlinks
Up in the last 7 days:7#10,564by uri2 years ago
Easily Convert Plain text WordPress Post URLs to Hyperlinks
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Automatic Links
#21,379by superann17 years ago
Automatically adds HTML anchor tags to plain text links and email addresses embedded in the content of posts and pages.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Affiliate Link Cloaker
Down in the last 7 days:119#26,292by joebrewer13 years ago
A plugin that generates geo targeted cloaked affiliate links.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day