No External Links
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Convert external links into internal links, site wide or post/page specific. Add NoFollow, Click logging, and more...
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What It Does
No External Links rewrites outbound hyperlinks across your WordPress site so they point to internal redirect paths instead of directly to external URLs, while also adding nofollow, noopener, and other SEO attributes. It can be scoped globally or to specific posts and pages, and it includes click logging so you can track outbound traffic. The net effect is that visitors stay on your domain even when clicking third-party links, preserving session data and on-site metrics.
Who It's For
This plugin fits content-heavy sites that want to retain visitors who would otherwise leave through outbound links, such as news publishers, educational sites, affiliate blogs, and multi-author platforms where link control matters. It is also useful for anyone running monetization experiments that depend on keeping users inside an internal link funnel. Anyone comfortable tuning per-post link behaviour and reviewing click logs will get the most out of it.
Who Should Skip It
If you run a small personal blog, a documentation site, or a portfolio where outbound links should pass clean link equity to sources, this plugin is overkill and may actively harm SEO by intercepting clicks and stripping dofollow context. Sites that already use a full SEO suite like Yoast, Rank Math, or AIOSEO for nofollow control do not need a dedicated tool for this single job.
The Bottom Line
No External Links scores 78.82 out of 100 and does a focused job well, with up-to-date maintenance and strong ratings from a small user base. The unresolved support situation is the main caution flag, so treat it as a low-risk install on non-critical sites until that track record improves. For most publishers using a modern SEO plugin, native nofollow controls will be enough.
Related Plugins
Pick Yoast if you want nofollow and link control bundled into a full SEO toolkit rather than a dedicated outbound-link rewritter.
Pick Rank Math if you want strong link management, schema, and on-page SEO in one plugin with a friendlier free tier.
Pick AIOSEO if you need SEO fundamentals plus link controls and would rather use a broadly adopted plugin than a single-purpose tool.
Pick Akismet for comment spam filtering rather than outbound link management, as the two plugins solve unrelated problems.
Pick LiteSpeed Cache if your priority is performance rather than redirecting outbound traffic through your own domain.