Nofollow External Link
by Dinesh S · Uncategorized
Insert 'rel=nofollow' and 'target=_blank' to all the external links automatically into your website posts or pages.
45 health vs 62 average across 4,986 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
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 4525 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
49
now · peak 1.8K
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-13 30+ → 20+ down after 59 days in band
- 2025-09-15 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-09-06 30+ → 20+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-08-12 20+ → 30+ up after 74 days in band
- 2025-05-30 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-05-18 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-05-09 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Nofollow for external link 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
DoFollow Case by Case 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
UGC Comments 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - E External Links 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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Hyperlink Group Block 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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