Title: Easy External Links Author: Jorge A. Gonzalez Published: August 4, 2012 Last modified: February 25, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-links/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=581654) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-links/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1071353) # Easy External Links By [Jorge A. Gonzalez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasium/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-links.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/) ## Description Easy External Links is a SEO friendly, external link handler for WordPress. The current aim of Easy External Links is to standardize the format of external links and create consistent on-page SEO. [Demo](http://watchworthy.io/underwater-base-jumping/) | [Options](https://s.w.org/plugins/wp-links/screenshot-1.png) ### Features * Open external links in a new tab or current tab * Domain Filtering * Show icon next to external link (100 icons to chose from) * External image hosting support * Add rel=”external nofollow” to external links * Add title attribute to external links (uses to the text of the link) * Add target=”_blank” to comment links (rel=”external nofollow” coming soon) * Add target=”_blank” to external links in excerpts ## Screenshots * [[ * Options Page ## Installation 1. Upload the folder `wp-links` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Visit the `Easy External Links Options` page under settings and adjust advanced settings. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/812577f0c30cae53ad2acabe91a9b23e5a3499f36776e9c65f972bbeb9b0f28c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Show !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-45/)󠁿 [Blogueiros do Brasil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blogueiros-do-brasil/) November 17, 2017 Plugin muito bom. É exatamente o que eu precisava. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0128e826bd2acd495936bf252a4f0f80a3263c656cb8d69d9e306e2ea741a251? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[As simple and as good as it gets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/as-simple-and-as-good-as-it-gets/)󠁿 [WebFactory](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfactory/) October 17, 2016 Install, activate, configure, forget. Works really well! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/132e59aec5f73e4e8fcf1767022b788809ce31216cb2201d5b45ff81314ade4d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-setup-12/)󠁿 [StudioWebB](https://profiles.wordpress.org/studiowebb/) September 11, 2016 Very easy to setup and works like a charm. I’d like to be able to set icon for internal links too. This plugin let you to setup only external links. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b68802d0c849b77dd60a939d7e51e79c6a44f9496cc811a5e56b47007660c0fe? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Open External Links in New Tab](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open-external-links-in-new-tab/)󠁿 [Dave Henniker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aveenniker/) September 3, 2016 Easy to use. Surprised this feature had to be added – but it was easy to implement. Grateful thanks. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0572f9cecd29b88c132f5f128928c31fdf46b0e8105a5eb7b8362c905e29baea? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works fine, and has bonusses](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-fine-and-has-bonusses/)󠁿 [argosmedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/argosmedia/) September 3, 2016 Veryhandy little plugin. It works as expected, and has some nice extra bonusses and options. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cb9358ffd8587c3498800d9c404ab24e3f8cf81596d7038125e10a65c76226de? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Increases usability and opens external urls in new tab](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increases-usability-and-opens-external-urls-in-new-tab/)󠁿 [Bjarne Oldrup](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oldrup/) September 3, 2016 Easy External Links does exactly what I need, shows a small icon next to external links, making it clear to the visitor that the link opens up an external website in a new tab. This could be done manually, but Easy External Links just makes it a lot easier 😉 Hoping for a WordPress 4.5 tested update in the near feature. [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Easy External Links” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jorge A. Gonzalez ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasium/) [Translate “Easy External Links” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-links) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-links/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-links/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-links/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-links/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog = 2.2 Preserve class attribute on internal and whitelist URLs Fixes strpos issue = 2.0 Removed PHP short tags from all PHP scripts Added nonce to POST calls to prevent unauthorized access sanitize_text_field() added to the title shortcode on output sanitize_text_field() callback added to all register_setting() calls Added URL whitelist functionality #### 1.9.6.2 Fixed issue with internal tags #### 1.9.3 Added custom structure to link title, found in options under ‘Link Options’ when‘ Add title attribute to external links’ is selected. Bug fixes #### 1.9.2 Bug fixes #### 1.9.1 Added support for external image hosting. Assists in domain mapping and multi support #### 1.9 img fix and performance improvements #### 1.8 Bug fixes – moved add_filter priority to 9 #### 1.7 Control how external links open and minor code tweaks. #### 1.6 Added the ability to display an icon next to external links. #### 1.5 WordPress core updates. #### 1.4 Fix blank space error. #### 1.0 First release of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **2.2.3** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/) * Tags * [external](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external/)[links](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/) [new tab](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/new-tab/)[new window](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/new-window/) [seo](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 16 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jorge A. Gonzalez ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasium/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-links/)