Best outbound links plugins for WordPress
The most popular outbound links plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. External Links Overview leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of OutBoundLinks (70+) and Nofollow External/Outbound Link (SEO) (10+). All 12 plugins tagged “outbound links” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 outbound links plugins
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External Links OverviewThe most installed outbound links plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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OutBoundLinks70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Nofollow External/Outbound Link (SEO)10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Outbound-Link-Tracking10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Outbound Links Monetization10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
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External outbonding links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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EzerWeb External Link AlertFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Local PR Outbound UTM TaggerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Corvet StatsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
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Cristian Outbound ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 12 plugins tagged “outbound links”
External Links Overview
Down in the last 7 days:6#6,432by Christian Ott1 year ago
Analyze, manage, and monitor all external links on your WordPress site. ---
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
OutBoundLinks
Down in the last 7 days:145#18,806by Yogesh Pawar5 years ago
Open External links in new tab with this plugin.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow External/Outbound Link (SEO)
Down in the last 7 days:64#29,482by Sumit Malviya5 months ago
Automatically add rel="nofollow" to external and outbound links to improve SEO, protect link equity, and control outbound link behavior.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Outbound-Link-Tracking
Up in the last 7 days:12,165#35,861by mmcachran11 years ago
Open outbound links in a new window and track using GA
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Outbound Links Monetization
#46,489by Urlshortener.co10 years ago
This plugin will short automatically all the outbound links to monetize your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
External outbonding links
Down in the last 7 days:5,665#46,605by Ganesh Paygude8 years ago
Allow to add the rel="nofollow" and target="_blank" for external links which helps for SEO.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EzerWeb External Link Alert
Down in the last 7 days:3,757#65,103by Eric Kouassi1 month ago
Displays an accessible warning dialog before visitors leave your website through external links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Local PR Outbound UTM Tagger
Down in the last 7 days:1,855#65,660by Dani Owens27 days ago
Adds UTM parameters to links that point to other websites, so the receiving site's analytics can attribute the visit to you.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Corvet Stats
#67,396by corvet3 days ago
Cookieless analytics with automatic affiliate and outbound link click tracking. Click rate and estimated revenue per page, no setup.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 76/day
Cristian Outbound Manager
Up in the last 7 days:1,041#69,606by Cristi Tamas8 months ago
Manage outbound links automatically: open in new tab, add nofollow, noopener, and exclude domains.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hopcount Click Tracking
Down in the last 7 days:2,731#73,375by aph526 days ago
Counts clicks on outbound and affiliate links without redirects, cookies, per-click rows or personal data. Works behind full-page caches.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day