Best noreferrer plugins for WordPress
The most popular noreferrer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Remove noreferrer leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of No noopener noreferrer (200+) and External Links Modifier (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “noreferrer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 noreferrer plugins
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Remove noreferrerThe most installed noreferrer plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.
No noopener noreferrer200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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External Links ModifierFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “noreferrer”
Remove noreferrer
Down in the last 7 days:112#3,118by gruz05 years ago
"Remove noreferrer" automatically removes rel="noreferrer" attribute from links on your website on-the-fly.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 15/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
External Links Modifier
Down in the last 7 days:22,465#71,652by Prabesh Shrestha1 year ago
External Links Modifier automatically updates external links in your posts to open in a new tab with rel="nofollow noreferrer".
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day