Better WordPress External Links
Gives you total control over external links on your website.
5(4 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Better WordPress External Links is a WordPress external plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Simple Iframe.
5/54 reviews
500active installs
23K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This plugin gives you total control over external links on your website. This plugin also comes with a comprehensive domain filtering feature. BWP External Links is based on the popular Prime Links phpBB mod by Ken F. Innes IV (Prime Halo).
Demo
If you want to see this plugin in action, you can either visit Better WordPress or a user’s website (NASA Glenn Research Center’s Website).
Tutorials
Check out this redirect external links tutorial for some tips on how to set up a redirection/disclaimer page using BWP External Links.
Some Features
- Process links for post contents, comment text, text widgets, or the whole page
- Domain filtering:
- You can specify which sub-domains of your website to consider local (all subdomains, no subdomain, or some)
- You can specify which external doma…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.3
- WordPress 3.9 compatible.
- Added ability to use wildcards in domain settings.
- Added a CSS class for external image link, default is
ext-image. - Added a Serbo-Croatian translation – Thanks to Borisa Djuraskovic!
- Improved handling of external links.
…and 4 more changes
Contributors
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