Best link plugins for WordPress
The most popular link plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Post Type Permalinks leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Page Links To (100K+) and Make Column Clickable for Elementor (100K+). All 304 plugins tagged “link” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 link plugins
- 1.
Custom Post Type PermalinksThe most installed link plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 71 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.Page Links To
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 157 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Make Column Clickable for Elementor100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 53 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.VK Link Target Controller
30K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 18 hours ago.
- 5.
Flexy Breadcrumb10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 20 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Link Juice Keeper10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Link Library10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 97 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Nofollow for external link9K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 36 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 9.Autologin Links
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 10.
Hyperlink Group Block7K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
All 304 plugins tagged “link”

Custom Post Type Permalinks
#270by Toro_Unit (Hiroshi Urabe)18 days ago
Edit the permalink of custom post type.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(71)
- Downloads
- 2.1K/day
Page Links To
Down in the last 7 days:2#309by Mark Jaquith7 months ago
Lets you make a WordPress page (or port or other content type) link to a URL of your choosing (on your site, or on another site), instead of its norma …
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(157)
- Downloads
- 606/day

Make Column Clickable for Elementor
#387by Fernando Acosta14 days ago
Make entire columns, sections and containers clickable in Elementor, with real SEO-friendly links, keyboard access and click tracking.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(53)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
VK Link Target Controller
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,050by Vektor,Inc.today
Redirect your visitors to another page than the post content when they click on the post title.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 147/day

Flexy Breadcrumb
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,430by PressTigers4 days ago
Flexy Breadcrumb is a lightweight, responsive, and SEO-optimized breadcrumb plugin that makes navigating page hierarchies effortless.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(20)
- Downloads
- 155/day

Link Juice Keeper
Down in the last 7 days:17#1,995by George Pattichis2 months ago
Improve your SEO and keep your link juice by automatically redirecting all 404 errors to any page/post/url. User friendly options and log feature.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Link Library
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,095by Yannick Lefebvre8 days ago
The purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(97)
- Downloads
- 289/day

Nofollow for external link
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,256by CyberNetikz2 years ago
Automatically insert rel=nofollow and target=_blank to all the external links into your website posts, pages or menus. Support exclude domain.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.8(36)
- Downloads
- 55/day
Autologin Links
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,396by WPAutoLogin5 years ago
WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 44/day

Hyperlink Group Block
Up in the last 7 days:11#2,557by Daniel Floeter5 days ago
Make a group of blocks clickable: wrap a card, teaser or post tile with one link (<a>).
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 110/day

Custom Meta Widget
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,622by Luke Mlsna8 years ago
Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Track The Click
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,657by tracktheclick1 month ago
Track how many clicks your links get.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 46/day
rus to lat advanced
#2,728by Dmitry Fatakov9 years ago
Russian filename and link (from title) translitter for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,967by ambrosite9 years ago
Upgrades the next/previous post link functions to reorder or loop adjacent post navigation links, display post thumbnails, and customize link format.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple Keyword to Link
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,874by Alessandro Piconi2 years ago
Really Simple "Keyword to Link" Converter. Automatically create links for specific words in your content
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Restore Link Title Field
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,971by Samuel Wood (Otto)9 years ago
Adds back the missing "title" field in the Insert/Edit URL box in WordPress 4.2
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Read More Excerpt Link
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,007by Tim Eckel9 months ago
Create "Read More" link after post excerpt instead of ellipsis [...] Also modify excerpt length.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Addon Elementor Container Link
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,355by Faiz R13 days ago
Enhance your Elementor Website Builder with Addon Elementor Container Link by adding custom URL or link support to containers, sections, inner section …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Log Out Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:117#4,399by Tectalic2 years ago
Easily add a log out link or button to a post or page using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
External Permalinks Redux
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,768by Erick Hitter9 months ago
Allows you to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of your choosing.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Anchor Block
#4,976by Jb Audras2 months ago
Anchor Block let you generate internal link to any section of your Gutenberg pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Broken Link Notifier
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,499by PluginRx1 month ago
Get notifications when a visitor loads a page with broken links
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Enhanced Custom Permalinks
Down in the last 7 days:7#6,018by Tor N. Johnson1 year ago
Set custom permalinks on a per-post, per-tag or per-category basis.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Improved External Products for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:59#6,121by WP Overnight2 months ago
Opens links to external/affiliate products in a new tab.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(26)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Permalink Editor
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,369by Fubra9 years ago
Fully customise the permalink for an individual page or post and globally set the permalink structure for pages, categories, tags or authors.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
No Image Link
Up in the last 7 days:19#6,563by Scott Werner9 years ago
Defaults the Image Link option to 'none' when adding a picture to a page or post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,594by Thorsten Frommen3 years ago
This plugin brings back the Get Shortlink button, which is hidden by default since WordPress 4.4.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DoFollow Case by Case
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,628by apasionados1 month ago
DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Extend Link
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,641by Alobaidi2 months ago
Add classes, IDs, titles, rel attributes, and download options to links. Includes H1–H6 heading support and built-in link status checker for SEO.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Relative Image URLs
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,761by Scott Werner12 years ago
Creates relative URLs for images when inserting into posts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Content Mask
Down in the last 7 days:38#6,940by Alex2 months ago
Embed any external content on a Page, Post, or Custom Post Type without the need to use complicated domain forwarding or domain masks.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus
Up in the last 7 days:20#7,095by ambrosite14 years ago
Creates two new template tags for generating next/previous page navigation links.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Links shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:4#7,351by Maarten7 years ago
The plugin provides the shortcode 'links'. This shortcode shows all links having specified characteristics, following a specified template.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Image Links
#7,361by Luke Mlsna11 years ago
1) The link field for new images being inserted is blank by default. 2) The link code in existing posts and pages is not deleted but it is not outputt …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:79#7,906by Ruben Garcia11 months ago
Add activity events based on link clicks generated by [gamipress_link]
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SEO Backlink Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:14#7,958by activewebsight3 months ago
SEO Backlink Monitor plugin that lets you track your Link Building campaign. Add your link and check if it is do follow or no follow (desktop and mobi …
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Link View
Down in the last 7 days:29#8,050by mibuthu6 years ago
Display a link-list or link-slider in a post or page by using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Indicate External Links
#8,100by cubecolour1 year ago
Indicates external links in post, page and custom content.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP IE Buster
Down in the last 7 days:40#8,149by qrac4 years ago
Save WordPress creators with Chrome link popup for IE.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:64#8,214by Mehdi Kabab14 years ago
Quickly add a trailing slash in the URLs if it's missing in the permalink structure.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Postname Permalink Auto Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:73#8,456by fabioneves9 years ago
This plugin will automatically 301 redirect your old 'postname' format permalinks so you don't lose your precious SEO.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Standout CSS3 Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:7#9,095by jp211211 years ago
Display CSS3 style buttons with gradient color styles on your website using shortcodes or PHP function call.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Linked Variations for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:47#9,110by Dotstore6 days ago
The Linked Variations lets you create product variations from separate products.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day

LH Page Links To
Down in the last 7 days:26#9,338by shawfactor2 years ago
Lets you make a WordPress post or page link to a URL of your choosing (on your site, or on another site), instead of its normal WordPress URL.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Single Category Permalink
Up in the last 7 days:1#9,419by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest level category.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add link on copied text
Down in the last 7 days:15#9,686by Dmitry Litvinov3 years ago
This simple plugin adds a link to the text copied from your site. It starts working immediately after installation and activation, but it also has a f …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Anchor Header
Up in the last 7 days:7#10,031by Per Søderlind2 months ago
WP Anchor Header generates anchored headings.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

BibleLink Multilingual
Up in the last 7 days:2#10,084by GlobalRize4 months ago
This lightweight plugin makes Bible references on your website interactive and supports multiple languages.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Internal Link Widget
Down in the last 7 days:11#10,256by Martino Stenta10 years ago
Enable a new widget to easily manage internal link to pages.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Phone Number
Down in the last 7 days:95#10,500by Sergey Fritzler8 years ago
Makes sure telephone numbers are clickable on mobile devices
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day