Indicate External Links

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ MeowOrNever

   7mo ago

   Although this simple, but important, effect may be produced with a little CSS coding, I appreciate the convenience of this plugin. It has been ‘set and forget’ on my original wiki. I’m converting to a new site and reviewing plugins. Currently at ‘not tested’ status, I hope the author reviews, just to make sure it doesn’t break going forward.

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2. ★★★★★ John

   4.4y ago

   As I’m of those who, despite what you’ll read everywhere, firmly believes that external links should always open in a new window, I found this plugin quite useful and easy to implement. Great idea!

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3. ★★★★★ nikdow

   4.7y ago

   Very reliable has survived many Wp updates and just keeps working.

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4. ★★★★★ meadows19

   9.6y ago

   Simple and quick. No settings needed. Works fine.

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5. ★★★★★ marcodimitri1

   10.1y ago

   Elegant, intuitive… really beautiful pl to show external links in professional mode. Marco

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6. ★★★★★ Noumaan Yaqoob

   11.8y ago

   I tested the plugin and it does exactly what it promises. It is useful plugin and thanks to authors for sharing it with the community. I had this little problem though, the plugin adds JavaScript and CSS into WordPress header wp_head which makes it difficult to override in the theme’s stylesheet. It would be nice to have them properly enqueued so that users can override them in their theme’s stylesheet if they want. Thanks

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7. ★★★★★ quantaweb

   11.9y ago

   This plugin is just what I was looking for. I wanted to indicate external links in an obvious (but not distracting) way, without slowing down the page. Indicate External Links does that beautifully. I’ll be using this on all the sites I build from here on out.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.3

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-02-09 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-02-08 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-02-05 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-02-04 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-02-03 800+ → 700+ down after 24 days in tier
6. 2026-01-10 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-01-09 800+ → 700+ down after 408 days in tier
8. 2024-11-27 900+ → 800+ down after 4 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).

• Nofollow External Links (SEO) 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• E External Link Redirection 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• P Page Links To 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Indicate External Links: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/indicate-external-links