External Links Overview

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 610 days.

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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-31 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-07-29 800+ → 900+ up after 93 days in tier
3. 2026-04-27 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-04-26 800+ → 700+ down after 5 days in tier
5. 2026-04-21 700+ → 800+ up after 56 days in tier
6. 2026-02-24 600+ → 700+ up after 48 days in tier
7. 2026-01-07 500+ → 600+ up after 34 days in tier
8. 2025-12-04 400+ → 500+ up after 20 days in tier

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).

• Link Checker 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B
• Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 300K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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External Links Overview: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/external-links-overview