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>
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<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>
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<h3>Features</h3>
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External Link Controls 
Automatically apply <code>target="_blank"</code> and <code>rel="nofollow"</code> to external links.
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Affiliate Compliance Option 
Optionally add <code>rel="sponsored"</code> to outbound affiliate links.
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Trusted Domain Whitelist 
Exclude specific domains (partners, tools, or sub-domains) from external link rules.
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Optional External Link Indicator 
Add a subtle arrow icon to external links so users know when they are leaving your site.
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Built-in Link Cloaking 
Create clean redirect URLs such as <code>/go/product</code> without creating pages or rewrite rules.
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Click Tracking 
View how many times each cloaked link is used, including last click time.
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Labels & Notes 
Add usage notes to cloaked links to track where and why they are used.
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<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.

ludwigmedia

A plugin that creates shortcodes for use with any affiliate cloaking service or plugin. Formats affiliate links so they aren’t indexed by the search engines, ensures referral data is passed, and easier to style via CSS.
My Affiliate Link is NOT a link management system. It works with your existing tool to better format your affiliate links.
<a href="https://larryludwig.com/plugins/my-affiliate-link/?utm_source=plugin&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=page" rel="nofollow ugc">Read Full Documentation</a>
<h3>Works With</h3>
Works with all of the major link cloaking services:
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<li>Thirsty Affiliates (Free and Pro versions)</li>
<li>Pretty Links (Free and Pro versions)</li>
<li>ClickMeter</li>
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My Affiliate Link

A plugin that creates shortcodes for use with any affiliate cloaking service or plugin. Formats affiliate links so they aren't indexed by the sea …

Ozi External Links vs My Affiliate Link