Best link target plugins for WordPress
The most popular link target plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. External Links leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of External links new tab (300+). All 2 plugins tagged “link target” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 link target plugins
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External LinksThe most installed link target plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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External links new tab300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 2 plugins tagged “link target”
External Links
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,349by Denis de Bernardy9 years ago
The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(36)
- Downloads
- 28/day
External links new tab
Up in the last 7 days:33#10,341by Vagelis4 years ago
External links in new tab
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day