Best new window plugins for WordPress
The most popular new window 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 in New Window Plugin (2K+). All 11 plugins tagged “new window” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 new window plugins
- 1.
External LinksThe most installed new window 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 in New Window Plugin2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 16 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.
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.
- 5.
Easy External Links300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
WP Open Comment Links in New Window100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
External Links Manager50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
rel=”external” in a New Window10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 9.
Comment Link Manager10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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New Tab Redirect Plus10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 11 plugins tagged “new window”
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 in New Window Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,611by 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
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
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
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
rel=”external” in a New Window
Down in the last 7 days:149#30,700by Alex Moss15 years ago
Opens a new window with rel="external" instead of having to use target="_blank" or target="_new"
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Link Manager
Up in the last 7 days:210#30,936by rrolfe15 years ago
CLM enables admins to disable author links, open links in new window, and remove the nofollow tag from links that are left in comments by visitors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Affiliatize Me
#69,571by Erin McIntyre2 years ago
Make all your links affiliate links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day