Best noopener plugins for WordPress
The most popular noopener 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 No noopener noreferrer (200+) and Leaving Notice Popup For External Links (200+). All 6 plugins tagged “noopener” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 noopener plugins
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External LinksThe most installed noopener plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 247 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
No noopener noreferrer200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Leaving Notice Popup For External Links200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
External Links Manager50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
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External Links New Tab10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Vipezer No External LinkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “noopener”
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
No noopener noreferrer
Up in the last 7 days:29#11,390by matthewtatumwordpress9 years ago
Prevent Wordpress from adding noreferrer and noopener to external links.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Leaving Notice Popup For External Links
Down in the last 7 days:193#11,506by Jose Varghese2 months ago
Show an exit popup or leaving notice when visitors click external links. Add nofollow, noopener, noreferrer & more rel attributes. Add icons.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/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
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
Vipezer No External Link
Down in the last 7 days:11,618#67,075by wpvipezer1 month ago
Remove external links automatically on publish, or add SEO attributes such as nofollow and noopener. Made by WP Vipezer.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day