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Convert all external links into internal or nofollow links!
This plugin is a fork of the hijacked and vulnarable “WP No External Links” plugin.
The following critical issues have been fixed: 
– Removed Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. 
– Removed backdoor injected into original plugin. 
– Fixed creation of the new <code>links_stats</code> table: added charset collation and table existence check. 
– Fixed “Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes” error on creating <code>mask_links</code> table. 
– Added removing tables on uninstallation.
No External Links plugin is designed for specialists who care about the number of outgoing links that can be found by search engines. Now you can make all external links internal! Plugin does not change anything in website database – it just processes the output. Now you don’t need to worry about your page rank dropping because of spam bots. You write any kind of http link and it becomes internal, hidden or nofollow! Of course, all the links will still be usable.
To make the long story short, your links like “http://gmail.com” will be masked into 
“http://YourBlog.com/goto/http://gmail.com” – or 
“http://YourBlog.com?goto=http://gmail.com”
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Masking links in posts, pages, comments or on the whole website including widget, theme footer, etc.</li>
<li>Outgoing clicks stats.</li>
<li>Javascript redirect with custom text and timeout.</li>
<li>Masking links with digital code and base64.</li>
<li>Completely removing links from your posts.</li>
<li>Custom redirects.</li>
<li>Disabling masking for registered users.</li>
<li>Disabling masking on per-post basis.</li>
<li>Using nofollow and noindex instead of redirection.</li>
<li>Excluding URLs from masking.</li>
<li>Masking links in custom fields.</li>
<li>Extending plugin with your own functions.</li>
</ul>
If you need any extra features, just create a ticket via support forum.
<h4>Known Issues</h4>
This plugin may conflict with your caching plugins, including Hyper Cache. Usually adding redirect page to caching plugin exclusions works fine.
If you disabled this plugin and still have links masked – check your chaching plugins.

WP No External Links

Convert all external links into internal or nofollow links!

Simmi Ahuja

Ozi External Links is a lightweight external link and affiliate link management plugin designed to help site owners control outbound links without unnecessary complexity or performance overhead.
Unmanaged external links can silently leak SEO authority or create affiliate compliance risks. This plugin provides clear, guided controls to manage those links responsibly while keeping everything fully transparent and local to your WordPress site.
All functionality runs entirely on your own server. 
No external APIs, no tracking, and no third-party services.
<h3>How it helps your site</h3>
<ul>
<li>Protects SEO by managing outbound link attributes</li>
<li>Helps meet Google’s affiliate disclosure recommendations</li>
<li>Creates clean, branded redirect links you control</li>
<li>Provides lightweight click insights without analytics bloat</li>
<li>Keeps full ownership of your data</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
External Link Controls 
Automatically apply <code>target="_blank"</code> and <code>rel="nofollow"</code> to external links.
</li>
<li>
Affiliate Compliance Option 
Optionally add <code>rel="sponsored"</code> to outbound affiliate links.
</li>
<li>
Trusted Domain Whitelist 
Exclude specific domains (partners, tools, or sub-domains) from external link rules.
</li>
<li>
Optional External Link Indicator 
Add a subtle arrow icon to external links so users know when they are leaving your site.
</li>
<li>
Built-in Link Cloaking 
Create clean redirect URLs such as <code>/go/product</code> without creating pages or rewrite rules.
</li>
<li>
Click Tracking 
View how many times each cloaked link is used, including last click time.
</li>
<li>
Labels & Notes 
Add usage notes to cloaked links to track where and why they are used.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Design philosophy</h3>
Ozi External Links is a lightweight plugin that helps you manage external and affiliate links safely and responsibly.
It allows you to control outbound link behaviour, apply SEO-friendly attributes, and create clean redirect links without affecting site performance.
All processing happens locally on your WordPress site. 
No external APIs, no tracking, and no third-party services.

Ozi External Links

Lightweight, SEO-safe external link and affiliate link management for WordPress.

WP No External Links vs Ozi External Links