Best new tab plugins for WordPress
The most popular new tab plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. External Links leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of External Links in New Window / New Tab (30K+) and Open Links In New Tab (800+). All 16 plugins tagged “new tab” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 new tab plugins
- 1.
External LinksThe most installed new tab plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 247 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
External Links in New Window / New Tab30K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 77 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Open Links In New Tab800+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Easy External Links300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 5.
Target _blank200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
WP Open Comment Links in New Window100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Visit Site In New Tab60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
External Links Manager50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.
startpage30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 10.
Codious External Links Opener20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 16 plugins tagged “new tab”
External Links
Up in the last 7 days:1#497by WebFactory2 months ago
Internal links & external links manager: open in new window or tab, control nofollow, ugc, sponsored & noopener. SEO friendly.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(247)
- Downloads
- 313/day
External Links in New Window / New Tab
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,048by 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
Open Links In New Tab
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,449by Reza Khan2 years ago
Opens external links and internal links in a new window depending on user settings. Manage all external & internal links on your site.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy External Links
Down in the last 7 days:23#10,396by 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
- 0/day
Target _blank
Up in the last 7 days:208#12,236by Codexpert, Inc1 year ago
Force links in posts or pages to open in a new tab
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
WP Open Comment Links in New Window
Down in the last 7 days:30#13,171by Dipak Gajjar2 months ago
Opens all the links (URLs) added in the comments and author URL, in a new tab or window.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Visit Site In New Tab
Down in the last 7 days:142#19,423by Farzad Sotoode12 years ago
This plugin automatically Makes "Visit Site" Link in "wp-admin" open in new tab , so you don't need to right click on link an …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
External Links Manager
#20,457by NewCodeByte5 months ago
Manage external links: new tabs, add rel attribute nofollow, noopener, noreferrer, sponsored, show icon on/off. SEO, secure, XHTML Strict compliant.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
startpage
Down in the last 7 days:49#23,337by Alex Kirk7 years ago
Create your own browser startpage within your WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Codious External Links Opener
Up in the last 7 days:970#28,043by Codious Technologies10 months ago
Automatically adds target="_blank" and rel="noopener noreferrer" to external links in post content to improve user experience and security.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
External Links New Tab
#34,282by ATechSol1 year ago
Automatically opens external links in a new browser tab, improving user engagement and site security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Admin Bar
#34,606by preukson15 years ago
Clicking on a menu in the admin bar, Browser will open link in new tab.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
New Tab Redirect Plus
Down in the last 7 days:52#43,744by Ridham6 years ago
Stop any fake data sending visitors away - By default, Open WordPress Comment Links in New Tab/Window (add target=”_blank”) tab or window with: New Ta …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
All Nofollow
Up in the last 7 days:892#69,467by ssik1 year ago
Adds nofollow to external and specified internal links based on admin settings.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Affiliatize Me
#69,571by Erin McIntyre2 years ago
Make all your links affiliate links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day