Title: OutBoundLinks Author: Yogesh Pawar Published: March 2, 2016 Last modified: January 5, 2021 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/outboundlinks/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1362350) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/outboundlinks/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=1362350) # OutBoundLinks By [Yogesh Pawar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pawaryogesh1989/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/outboundlinks.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/) ## Description This plugin opens external links present in post in a new tab with query string parameter. #### Details * Work with WordPress posts. * Opens all External links present in a single post in a new tab (target=_blank). * Add a query string parameter “?rel=outbound” at the end of the hyperlink. * Links referring within the site are excluded. ## Installation The Plugin can be installed in two ways. #### Download and Install 1. Download and upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/outboundlinks` directory from the WordPress plugin repository. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress admin. #### Using Plugin Interface 1. Open the plugin Interface in the wordpress admin and click on “Add new”. 2. In the Search box enter “outboundlinks” and hit Enter. 3. Click on “Install” to install the plugin. ## FAQ ### Does OutboundLinks modify any file? No! The plugin does not modify any of your WordPress files. ### Need to support for more custom Post Types? If you want the plugin to support OutBoundLinks for other custom post types (CPT), than please create a support ticket and we would be happy to introduce the new change in the next version of plugin as soon as possible. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81a369ed99d0bb4c7e514e23c1ef136c8d3ea9601a0c1f3ed0293d037c9b6472? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-work-378/)󠁿 [Kiran Patil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kiranpatil353/) September 3, 2016 Now no need to worry about external links! Thanks for the plugin. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “OutBoundLinks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Yogesh Pawar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pawaryogesh1989/) * [ Clarion Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clarionwpdeveloper/) “OutBoundLinks” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/outboundlinks/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “OutBoundLinks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/outboundlinks) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/outboundlinks/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/outboundlinks/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/outboundlinks/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/outboundlinks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.0 * Compatibility changes to make it work with latest WordPress version. #### 2.0.0 * Compatibility changes to make it work with latest WordPress version. * Code changes for PHP 7.2 version. ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **5 years ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.6.17** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/) and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/outboundlinks) * Tags * [external links](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-links/)[external post link](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-post-link/) [outbound links](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/outbound-links/)[seo](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/outboundlinks/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outboundlinks/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Yogesh Pawar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pawaryogesh1989/) * [ Clarion Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clarionwpdeveloper/) ## Support Got something to say? 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