External Permalinks Redux
Allows you to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of your choosing.
5(4 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, External Permalinks Redux is a WordPress link plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 22K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 14% this week. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.
5/54 reviews
2.0K+active installs
22K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Allows users to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of their choosing, which is particularly useful for injecting non-WordPress content into loops. The object appears normally in any loop output, but visitors to the object will be redirected to the specified URL. The plugin also allows you to choose the type of redirect, either temporary (302), or permanent (301).
Through a filter, the External Permalinks Redux meta box can easily be added to custom post types. There is also a function available for use with WordPress’ add_meta_box function.
This plugin was originally written for use on WordPress.com VIP. It is inspired by and backwards-compatible with Mark Jaquith’s Page Links To plugin, meaning users can switch between plugins without risk of l…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good one
by emmust·2 weeks ago
Works as expected. Maybe you should consider adding the link target.
Almost exactly what I needed.
by Howard Harkness·8 years ago
This plugin does almost exactly what I need out of the box, but I wanted for the URL redirect to go to a new page/tab.
Turns out that was easier than I expected. I just had to add the target=”_blank” to my content.php file in my child theme.
Thank you for saving me a LOT of time!
Perfect
by bryantighe·9 years ago
Simple yet easy functionality – this is exactly what I was looking for. I was thinking about writing this type of plugin myself, because we have a bunch of content on other parts of our domain outside of wordpress. But this plugin came up in the search, and I couldn’t have written it better myself! Works like a charm!
Good plugin for redirecting your blogs
by Debraj Rakshit·10 years ago
Worked as expected.
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 4This week: 57Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
45.1%
v1.3
36.8%
v1.1
18.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.2
- Fix translations when plugin is used with older WordPress versions.
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