External links new tab – nofollow
by Vagelis · Uncategorized
External links in new tab
45 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1519 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
123
now · peak 170
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hnasr4.5y ago
Working Great
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shishai6.7y ago
Tried about 20 plugins, but only yours works correctly and does not conflict with plugins. Very necessary plugin, thank you! WordPress 5.2.4 _____ Попробовал около 20 плагинов, но только ваш работает правильно и не конфликтует с плагинами. Очень нужный плагин, спасибо! WordPress 5.2.4 This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by shishai.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-28 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-27 300+ → 400+ up after 276 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 400+ → 300+ down after 651 days in tier
- 2023-05-15 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-05-14 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-05-12 300+ → 400+ up after 203 days in tier
- 2022-10-21 200+ → 300+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- E External Links 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- J JAB External Link New Tab 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
External Links in New Window / New Tab 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
External Links Overview 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Open Links In New Tab 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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