Manage outbound links automatically: open in new tab, add nofollow, noopener, and exclude domains.
| Author: | Cristi Tamas (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 5.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.9.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 05-03-2026 |
| Last updated: | 05-03-2026 |
| Rating, %: | 0 |
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| Plugin URI: | https://cristianwp4.wordpress.com/cristian-ou... |
| Total downloads: | 440 |
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Cristian Outbound Manager is a lightweight and reliable plugin that automatically handles all outbound/external links on your WordPress site. Improve SEO, security and user experience with zero effort.
Once activated, the plugin scans your post content and applies the attributes you choose:
- Open external links in a new tab (
target="_blank") - Add
rel="nofollow" - Add
rel="noopener noreferrer"for security - Exclude specific domains from being modified
Perfect for blogs, business sites, affiliate sites, WooCommerce stores and any website that uses outbound links.
This plugin is fully compatible with PHP 7.4 – 8.4.
Features
- Automatically detect outbound/external links
- Add
target="_blank"to open links in a new tab - Add
rel="nofollow"to external links - Add
rel="noopener noreferrer"for security - Exclude domains (one per line)
- Lightweight and fast — no impact on performance
- Works with Gutenberg, Classic Editor, page builders and custom post types
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