External Link Icon for Gutenberg

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1. ★★★★★ Mohammad Tuhin

   5mo ago

   I was looking for a lightweight way to add icons to my links without bloat, and this plugin delivers perfectly. It integrates seamlessly with the Gutenberg editor.

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2. ★★★★★ Shahriar

   5mo ago

   I was looking for a simple way to add links with icons in Gutenberg, and this plugin does it perfectly. Setup is quick, and the live preview makes it easy to adjust things. Clean UI and no bloat at all.

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Competes with

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• WP Font Awesome 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
• JVM Rich Text Icons 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Block for Font Awesome 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Update Icon for Twitter X 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• NM Font Awesome 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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External Link Icon for Gutenberg: — active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/owadud-link-icon-block