Best noreferer plugins for WordPress
The most popular noreferer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Customize External Links and add Icon leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of ADD noopener & noreferrer (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “noreferer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 noreferer plugins
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Customize External Links and add IconThe most installed noreferer plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.ADD noopener & noreferrer
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 2 plugins tagged “noreferer”

Customize External Links and add Icon
Down in the last 7 days:6#11,381by Janine1 year ago
Customize link attributes, such as nofollow links, remove noreferrer, add icons to indicate external links
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
ADD noopener & noreferrer
Down in the last 7 days:144#31,792by Boopathi Rajan4 years ago
Add noopener & noreferrer to the target blank urls present the contents(Post/Page/Product...).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day