Ajay

WebberZone

<p>WebberZone Link Warnings helps you warn users when links open in a new window or take them to external websites. It adds accessible indicators, confirmation dialogs, or redirect screens — helping you align with accessibility best practices without rewriting your content.</p>
<p>WebberZone Link Warnings uses WordPress’s native <code>WP_HTML_Tag_Processor</code> class to parse and modify external and <code>target="_blank"</code> links in your content efficiently. It adds appropriate ARIA attributes, visual indicators, and optional JavaScript-based warnings based on your configuration. The plugin processes content during the <code>the_content</code> and <code>the_excerpt</code> filters, making it compatible with most themes and page builders. Your stored content remains untouched — the plugin only alters rendered output and does not interfere with REST API responses or admin editing screens.</p>
<h3>Why warn users about external links?</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>target="_blank"</code> can disorient screen reader users</li>
<li>Sudden context changes impact usability</li>
<li>Accessibility audits often recommend user warnings</li>
<li>Agencies and site owners often need documented user warnings during accessibility reviews</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multiple Warning Methods</strong>: Choose from inline indicators, modal dialogs, or redirect screens — or combine them</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Scope</strong>: Target external links only, or external links plus all <code>target="_blank"</code> links</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Indicators</strong>: Configure visual icons, text, or screen reader-only warnings</li>
<li><strong>Modal Dialog</strong>: Show a confirmation dialog before users navigate to external sites with keyboard navigation and focus management</li>
<li><strong>Redirect Screen</strong>: Display an intermediate page with a configurable countdown before external navigation</li>
<li><strong>Force External</strong>: Add a class to any link or wrapper element to force it to be treated as external — useful for affiliate links or tracking URLs that use internal paths</li>
<li><strong>Domain Exclusions</strong>: Allow trusted domains to treat them as internal links</li>
<li><strong>Post Type Control</strong>: Enable warnings on specific post types only</li>
<li><strong>Built to support accessibility best practices for external link behaviour in WordPress</strong>: Adds screen reader text, ARIA attributes, and keyboard-friendly modal confirmations</li>
<li><strong>Setup Wizard</strong>: Get started quickly with a guided setup wizard on first activation</li>
<li><strong>Template Override</strong>: Override the redirect screen template in your theme for full design control</li>
<li><strong>RTL Support</strong>: Full right-to-left language support for all frontend and admin styles</li>
<li><strong>Multisite Compatible</strong>: Network activate and configure per-site settings</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Focused</strong>: Does not collect personal data or send link data to third-party services</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong>: Uses WordPress’s native <code>WP_HTML_Tag_Processor</code> class to process links at display time</li>
<li><strong>Developer-Friendly</strong>: Filters and actions allow developers to customize behavior, exclude domains, and output</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>This plugin assists with user awareness of external navigation. It does not automatically make your website fully accessible or legally compliant.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>How it works</h3>
<p>After activation, the setup wizard guides you through the initial configuration. You can also configure the plugin at <strong>Settings > WebberZone Link Warnings</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Warning Methods:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Inline indicators only (visual and/or screen reader text)</li>
<li>Modal dialog (JavaScript-based confirmation)</li>
<li>Redirect screen (intermediate page with countdown)</li>
<li>Combined approach (inline + modal)</li>
<li>Combined approach (inline + redirect)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Link Scope:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>External links only</li>
<li>External links and all <code>target="_blank"</code> links</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Visual Indicators:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Icon only (<span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">↗</span>)</li>
<li>Text only (customizable)</li>
<li>Icon + text</li>
<li>None (screen reader only)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Advanced Settings:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Custom modal messages and button text</li>
<li>Custom redirect page content and countdown duration</li>
<li>Domain exclusion list</li>
<li>Post type selection</li>
<li>Force-external class name (default: <code>wzlw-force-external</code>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>GDPR</h3>
<p>WebberZone Link Warnings doesn’t collect personal data or send information to external services — making it GDPR-friendly by default.</p>
<p>You remain responsible for your site’s overall GDPR compliance.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>WebberZone Link Warnings is also available on <a href="https://github.com/WebberZone/webberzone-link-warnings" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.<br />
So, if you’ve got a cool feature you’d like to implement in the plugin or a bug you’ve fixed, consider forking the project and sending me a pull request.</p>
<p>Bug reports are <a href="https://github.com/WebberZone/webberzone-link-warnings/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">welcomed on GitHub</a>. Please note that GitHub is <em>not</em> a support forum, and issues that aren’t suitably qualified as bugs will be closed.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>WebberZone Link Warnings is available for <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/webberzone-link-warnings" rel="nofollow ugc">translation directly on WordPress.org</a>. Check out the official <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/plugin-theme-authors-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">Translator Handbook</a> to contribute.</p>
<h3>Other Plugins by WebberZone</h3>
<p>WebberZone Link Warnings is one of the many plugins developed by WebberZone. Check out our other plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextual-related-posts/" rel="ugc">Contextual Related Posts</a> – Display related posts on your WordPress blog and feed</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/top-10/" rel="ugc">Top 10</a> – Track daily and total visits to your blog posts and display the popular and trending posts</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-all/" rel="ugc">WebberZone Snippetz</a> – The ultimate snippet manager for WordPress to create and manage custom HTML, CSS or JS code snippets</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/knowledgebase/" rel="ugc">Knowledge Base</a> – Create a knowledge base or FAQ section on your WordPress site</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/" rel="ugc">Better Search</a> – Enhance the default WordPress search with contextual results sorted by relevance</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoclose/" rel="ugc">Auto-Close</a> – Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks and manage revisions</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/popular-authors/" rel="ugc">Popular Authors</a> – Display popular authors in your WordPress widget</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/where-did-they-go-from-here/" rel="ugc">Followed Posts</a> – Show a list of related posts based on what your users have read</li>
</ul>


WebberZone Link Warnings


II needed a plugin to highlight external links on my site, have a nice appearance, and be accessible and not hinder the user. This plugin is perfect for that purpose.



I configured it to show an inline icon and a modal dialogue. The dialogue is great because it allows a user to stay on the site if desired and prevents accidental click-throughs. Perhaps in a later version, you can persist a small cookie and add a checkbox to skip the modal (from the user's perspective).



The icons on the links look great. I changed mine to a dark background and white foreground, using one of the supplied plugin icons. It looks great on buttons and also regular links.



I'm pleased that you can enable/disable this for post types. And the domain exclusions are a nice feature.



I did add some custom CSS as I thought the icon was a little too bunched up.



body .wzlw-icon {	padding: 5px;	border-radius: 4px;}



Thanks for the great plugin Ajay.


Wow. This is an amazing accessbility and UX enhancement

Add accessible warnings for external links and target=&quot;_blank&quot; links in WordPress — using icons, modals, or redirect screens.

Alaanassar

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<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Automatically checks all external links</li>
<li>open youtube , google, facebook, twitter or any social media in a new tab</li>
<li>keep your visitor on your site and never loose a single visitor again to external sites</li>
<li>choose what links to open in new tab or widnow.</li>
<li>your website links are filtered automatically</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>jQuery Plugin</strong></p>
<p>https://github.com/basselAhmed/diffDomainNewTab</p>
<p><strong>Thank you</strong></p>
<p>Alaa Alhoseany<br />
Wael Xman<br />
Bassel Ahmed</p>
<h4>1.2</h4>
<p>update some data</p>
<h4>1.0</h4>
<p>Initial release</p>


Diff Domain New Tab

Diff Domain New Tab checks your external links and open in new tab.

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