Best link exchange plugins for WordPress
The most popular link exchange plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Link Exchange Lite leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of WP-LinkEX (10+) and Plugin name (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “link exchange” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 link exchange plugins
- 1.Link Exchange Lite
The most installed link exchange plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 2.WP-LinkEX
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
- 3.
Plugin name10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 4.
Linktrade10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “link exchange”
Link Exchange Lite
#39,451by stesvis13 years ago
Webmasters that want to exchange links with your site can submit a request form after adding a link to your site on their site first.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-LinkEX
Up in the last 7 days:5,809#41,963by Juanjo Fernández16 years ago
This plugin allows you to easily display the links included in your LinkEX installation directly in a WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plugin name
Up in the last 7 days:1,045#42,333by Jooky11 years ago
Your Ultimate Resource For SEO Link Exchange
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Linktrade
Down in the last 7 days:1,700#45,324by 3task13 days ago
Backlink monitor and tracker for link exchanges: emails you when a partner removes your link or adds nofollow. Your partner list stays on your server.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day