Best sponsored plugins for WordPress
The most popular sponsored plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Affiliate Link Marker leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Sponsored Article Content (10+) and Nofollow Links in Posts (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “sponsored” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 sponsored plugins
- 1.Affiliate Link Marker
The most installed sponsored plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.Sponsored Article Content
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.Nofollow Links in Posts
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 4.NoLiP
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
- 5.
External Links Advertisement NoteFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.IGS Affiliate Link Compliance and Disclosure
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “sponsored”
Affiliate Link Marker
Down in the last 7 days:19#9,362by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Mark your Affiliate Links with a *, add rel="nofollow sponsored noopener" to affiliate links and attach a disclosure at the end of e …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Sponsored Article Content
Up in the last 7 days:872#33,780by Jeremy Green12 years ago
Adds native ad functionality to your site by marking posts as sponsored.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow Links in Posts
Up in the last 7 days:4,497#39,242by Asad Zulfahri18 years ago
Adds the rel="nofollow" to links in posts within a selected category. Useful for sponsored posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NoLiP
Down in the last 7 days:903#46,641by patrickcurl17 years ago
Adds the rel="nofollow" to links in posts within a selected category. Useful for sponsored posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

External Links Advertisement Note
Down in the last 7 days:809#63,261by David Schlegl3 months ago
Mark external, sponsored, or selected links with configurable disclosure notes while keeping destination URLs unchanged.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IGS Affiliate Link Compliance and Disclosure
#65,083by ailene9991 month ago
Adds affiliate link compliance, disclosure shortcodes, and outbound link handling.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day