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External & Affiliate Links Processor vs Nofollow for external link

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Nofollow for external link is the safest pick: health D · 48 against 44 for External & Affiliate Links Processor, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Nofollow for external link moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	External & Affiliate Links Processor	Nofollow for external link
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	9K–10K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-10%
Overall health	D · 44	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	16/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	4	36 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	62/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	9.3y ago	2.5y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	100	1.5K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+11%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7%	3.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

External & Affiliate Links ProcessorNofollow for external link

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.