Leaving Notice Popup For External Links – nofollow, noopener & New Tab
by Jose Varghese · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Show an exit popup or leaving notice when visitors click external links. Add nofollow, noopener, noreferrer & more rel attributes. Add icons.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+13%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “exit intent” for “new tab”. “exit intent” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “new tab” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,784 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 9 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| noopener your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| noreferrer | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| nofollow your tag | #6 | #16 | 0 |
| external links your tag | #6 | #16 | 0 |
| rel noopener | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| new tab | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| leaving site | #5 | #15 | — |
| nofollow external links | #5 | #15 | up 1 |
| rel nofollow | #5 | #14 | down 1 |
| external | #17 | #20 | 0 |
| new window external links | #7 | #20 | 0 |
| nofollow free | #7 | #20 | down 1 |
| nofollow external link | #7 | #16 | 0 |
| notice | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| rel | #20 | #22 | down 4 |
| exit popup your tag | #24 | #23 | down 3 |
| rel nofollow link | #8 | #17 | down 2 |
| nofollow links | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| external links seo | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| external website | #15 | #23 | 0 |
| exit intent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
108 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 80 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “exit intent” for “new tab”. “exit intent” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “new tab” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Jun 2025 · 520 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 779 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.4.3 · 30 Jun 2026
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 101 days.
Install history since 1 Jun 2025
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Show an exit popup or leaving notice when visitors click external links. Add nofollow, noopener, noreferrer..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 19 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 19 of 19 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,252 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-25 300+ → 200+ down after 79 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 200+ → 300+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 100+ → 200+ up after 142 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 90+ → 100+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 80+ → 90+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 70+ → 80+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 60+ → 70+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 50+ → 60+ up after 15 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).
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External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
External Links Manager – Open new window in a new tab + nofollow, noreferrer 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Vipezer No External Link — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - E External Links 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- B Better WordPress External Links 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Customize External Links and add Icon 200+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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