As of April 2026, Customize External Links and add Icon is a WordPress nofollow plugin with 300 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: External Links – nofollow, noopener &….
3.7/56 reviews
300active installs
7.5K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
This plugin adds and removes link relations such as nofollow and noreferrer to your external links. Furthermore, indication of external links by adding a custom icon to the link text. This plugin also adds automatically that external links will be opened in a new tab.
- Add rel=nofollow for all the external links of your posts / pages / menus
- Add target=_blank for all the external links of your posts / pages / menus
- Exclude domains from addding rel=nofollow for the selected external links
- Remove rel=noreferrer for all the external links of your posts / pages
- Activate custom icon to indicate external links
- Choose from different icons to mark links
- Superscript Icon or regular size
- Add custom CSS class to icon
The plugin is written by Janine, and is based on CyberNetikz Nofollow for external…
Ratings & Reviews
3.76 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3.2
- minor bugfixes
Contributors
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