Best links plugins for WordPress
The most popular links plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Broken Link Checker leads with 500K+ active installs, ahead of LuckyWP Table of Contents (90K+) and Export All URLs (50K+). All 495 plugins tagged “links” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 links plugins
- 1.
Broken Link CheckerThe most installed links plugin, with 500K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 605 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
LuckyWP Table of Contents90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 884 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.Export All URLs
50K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 94 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 26 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Gallery Custom Links30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 208 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
Link Whisper Free30K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 151 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
External Links in New Window / New Tab30K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 77 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Link Manager
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 33 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 9.Disable Author Archives
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
All 495 plugins tagged “links”

Broken Link Checker
#126by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform26 days ago
Broken Link Checker helps you catch broken links & images fast, before they hurt your SEO or UX. Scan and bulk-fix issues from one easy dashboard.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 3.8(605)
- Downloads
- 4.4K/day

LuckyWP Table of Contents
#469by LuckyWP1 year ago
Creates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts/pages. Works automatically or manually (via shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget).
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.9(884)
- Downloads
- 153/day
Export All URLs
Up in the last 7 days:1#711by Atlas Gondal25 days ago
Export post, page and custom post type data to CSV or JSON, and snapshot your site to detect added, removed or changed content.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.6(94)
- Downloads
- 517/day

AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks
Up in the last 7 days:4#906by Dimitris Mavroudis9 months ago
Convert Greek characters to Latin on all your site's permalinks instantly.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(26)
- Downloads
- 60/day

Gallery Custom Links
Up in the last 7 days:2#958by Jordy Meow9 days ago
Gallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.7(208)
- Downloads
- 479/day

Link Whisper Free
#986by Spencer Haws26 days ago
The AI-powered internal linking plugin for WordPress. Build internal links faster, find linking opportunities, and improve SEO automatically.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.2(151)
- Downloads
- 371/day

External Links in New Window / New Tab
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,049by WebFactory2 months ago
Open external links in a new window or new tab. SEO optimized and XHTML Strict compliant.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.5(77)
- Downloads
- 75/day
Link Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,119by Andrew Nacin9 years ago
Enables the Link Manager that existed in WordPress until version 3.5.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(33)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Disable Author Archives
Up in the last 7 days:17#1,474by freemp2 months ago
Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,574by WPKube3 months ago
The plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(23)
- Downloads
- 83/day

Automatic Domain Changer
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,945by nuagelab6 months ago
Automatically detects a domain name change, and updates all the WordPress tables in the database to reflect this change.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(29)
- Downloads
- 57/day
Events Tracker for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:13#2,218by mihdan1 year ago
Track Click or Submit events and conversions for any Elementor widget with Google Analytics, Facebook, Yandex Metrika, Vkontakte.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.5(48)
- Downloads
- 27/day
Autologin Links
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,393by 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
- 46/day
Interlinks Manager
Down in the last 7 days:22#2,619by DAEXT3 months ago
Interlinks Manager is an SEO WordPress plugin that gives you the ability to monitor and optimize your internal links.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Easy Affiliate Links
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,739by Brecht2 months ago
Easily manage and cloak all your affiliate links.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.2(34)
- Downloads
- 52/day
Root Relative URLs
Down in the last 7 days:15#2,957by MarcusPope9 years ago
Converts all URLs to root-relative URLs for hosting the same site on multiple IPs, easier production migration and better mobile device testing.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 2.9(20)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Admin Collapse Subpages
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,499by bravokeyl7 years ago
Using this plugin one can easily collapse/expand pages with children and grand children.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 23/day
No External Links
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,608by mihdan1 month ago
Convert external links into internal links, site wide or post/page specific. Add NoFollow, Click logging, and more...
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Simple Keyword to Link
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,834by 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

Auto Affiliate Links
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,345by Lucian Apostol1 month ago
Automatically display affiliate links in your website content so you can make more money. It is also working well for internal linking.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(39)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Open in New Window Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,614by Keith P. Graham2 years ago
Opens external links in a new window, keeping your blog page in the browser so you don't lose surfers to another site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple Link List Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,983by jimmywb8 years ago
This plugin makes a widget available which allows you to add a simple link list (bulleted or numbered) to a sidebar.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Broken Link Notifier
Up in the last 7 days:21#5,495by PluginRx1 month ago
Get notifications when a visitor loads a page with broken links
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Better Internal Link Search
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,513by Blazer Six10 years ago
Improve the internal link popup manager with time-saving enhancements and features.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Eazy Enable Blogroll
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,550by Tamás2 years ago
Eazy Enable Blogroll brings back the one and only WordPress Blogroll Feature, with nearly one click!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SEO Auto Linker
Down in the last 7 days:5#6,146by chrisguitarguy9 years ago
SEO Auto Linker allows you to automagically add links into your content. Great for internal linking!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Extra User Details
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,152by Vadym2 years ago
Add extra fields to the user profile page, saved in WordPress' native way (in wp_usermeta).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Terms descriptions
Down in the last 7 days:6#6,538by Vladimir Statsenko9 months ago
This plugin allows you to create list of terms and assign links to them. Plugin replaces terms occurrences in your posts with appropriate links.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Subscribe Button by AddToAny
Up in the last 7 days:10#7,054by micropat9 years ago
Help visitors subscribe to your blog using email or any feed reader, such as Feedly, The Old Reader, Yahoo!, AOL, and many more feed services.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Links shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:1#7,361by 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
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,365by 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

Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,457by Skimlinks9 months ago
Skimlinks is a content-to-commerce platform that helps publishers monetize outbound links to merchants.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.2(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Link Shortner
Up in the last 7 days:19#7,716by Dipakkumar Parmar1 month ago
Link Shortner allows you to easily create clean, branded short permalink links for your posts custom URL.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rel Nofollow
Up in the last 7 days:18#7,972by Stefano2 months ago
Adds rel="nofollow" to posts external links unless specified otherwise.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Link View
Down in the last 7 days:59#8,031by mibuthu6 years ago
Display a link-list or link-slider in a post or page by using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dashboard quick links widget
Down in the last 7 days:19#8,098by Hem Thapa9 months ago
A lightweight plugin to allows admins to create a admin dashboard widget with frequently accessed links for quick access.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:56#8,200by 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
- 6/day
PostLinks
Down in the last 7 days:59#8,209by Khanh16 years ago
(Beta) An extension of Fields, a custom field management plugin. PostLinks provides additional field types such as Series, PhotoLink and PostLink.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Keywords to Links Converter
Down in the last 7 days:187#8,275by Waseem Senjer2 years ago
Convert your post content keywords to Links automatically, Using the same links over and over again in your posts? This is the solution.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Secure Downloads
#8,325by wpdevelop11 months ago
Easy generate and distribute secure links for file downloads, that can expire, and track every download.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Postname Permalink Auto Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:47#8,426by 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

Loop Post Navigation Links
Up in the last 7 days:22#8,511by Scott Reilly6 years ago
Template tags (for use in single.php) to create post navigation loop (previous to first post is last post; next/after last post is first post).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 9/day
NoFollow Link
Down in the last 7 days:41#8,833by Alex Jose8 years ago
NoFollow Link adds a button to the post editor to add nofollow attribute to any links in the post.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smoothscroller
Down in the last 7 days:7#9,192by neilgee1 month ago
This plugin adds a smooth scroll effect to anchor links on the same page. Options to add the effect globally or on certain posts/pages.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Affiliate Link Marker
Down in the last 7 days:19#9,362by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Mark your Affiliate Links with a *, add rel="nofollow sponsored noopener" to affiliate links and attach a disclosure at the end of e …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day

SB Children block
Down in the last 7 days:2#9,898by bobbingwide1 year ago
List children of the current content as links.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Table of Contents Creator
Down in the last 7 days:30#10,315table-of-contents-creator16 years ago
Table of Contents Creator automatically generates a highly customizable dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

MemberPress Menu
Up in the last 7 days:37#10,341by Nicolas Igot8 years ago
Manage links in the menu of MemberPress account page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bio Links
Down in the last 7 days:10#10,384by justnorris6 years ago
With Bio Links plugin you can turn a single link into many. (for example, in your Instagram Profile Bio). A helpful tool direct your visitors where t …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Easy External Links
Down in the last 7 days:2#10,386by Jorge A. Gonzalez10 years ago
Take control of external links in WordPress posts, pages & comments. Insert rel=external nofollow and target=_blank to all your external links.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 6/day