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link plugins
305 plugins in the directory carry the link tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
305
plugins
545,930+
combined reach
27
released in 90 days
80%
quiet 18 months+
4
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2026 | Embed Charts | 50+ | released after a long silence |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Embed Link | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Visit Website Link from Customizer | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 04 Aug 2026 | LC HoverPeek | fewer than 10 | changed hands |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Post Type Permalinks Edit the permalink of custom post type. | 200,000+ | 4.8★ | 4 months ago |
| Custom Permalinks A powerful WordPress plugin for full URL control. Set custom permalinks, auto-redirects, and use dynamic tags for ideal site structure and SEO. | 100,000+ | 4.1★ | 18 days ago |
| Page Links To Lets you make a WordPress page (or port or other content type) link to a URL of your choosing (on your site, or on another site), instead of its norma … | 100,000+ | 4.9★ | 5 months ago |
| VK Link Target Controller Redirect your visitors to another page than the post content when they click on the post title. | 30,000+ | 5.0★ | 14 days ago |
| Flexy Breadcrumb Flexy Breadcrumb is a super light weight plugin that is easy to navigate through current page hierarchy. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| Link Juice Keeper Improve your SEO and keep your link juice by automatically redirecting all 404 errors to any page/post/url. User friendly options and log feature. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 13 days ago |
| Link Library The purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | today |
| Nofollow for external link Automatically insert rel=nofollow and target=_blank to all the external links into your website posts, pages or menus. Support exclude domain. | 9,000+ | 3.8★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Autologin Links WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links. | 7,000+ | 4.7★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Meta Widget Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Hyperlink Group Block Combine blocks into a group wrapped with an hyperlink (<a>). | 7,000+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| rus to lat advanced Russian filename and link (from title) translitter for Wordpress. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus Upgrades the next/previous post link functions to reorder or loop adjacent post navigation links, display post thumbnails, and customize link format. | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Log Out Shortcode Easily add a log out link or button to a post or page using a simple shortcode. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Read More Excerpt Link Create "Read More" link after post excerpt instead of ellipsis [...] Also modify excerpt length. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| Restore Link Title Field Adds back the missing "title" field in the Insert/Edit URL box in WordPress 4.2 | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Keyword to Link Really Simple "Keyword to Link" Converter. Automatically create links for specific words in your content | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Addon Elementor Container Link Enhance your Elementor with Addon Elementor Container Plugin by adding custom URL or Link to container, section, inner sections or columns. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 15 months ago |
| Anchor Block Anchor Block let you generate internal link to any section of your Gutenberg pages. | 2,000+ | 4.1★ | 10 days ago |
| External Permalinks Redux Allows you to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of your choosing. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 months ago |
| Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button This plugin brings back the Get Shortlink button, which is hidden by default since WordPress 4.4. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Broken Link Notifier Get notifications when a visitor loads a page with broken links | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Content Mask Embed any external content on a Page, Post, or Custom Post Type without the need to use complicated domain forwarding or domain masks. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 days ago |
| Enhanced Custom Permalinks Set custom permalinks on a per-post, per-tag or per-category basis. | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 11 months ago |
| Extend Link Add classes, IDs, titles, rel attributes, and download options to links. Includes H1–H6 heading support and built-in link status checker for SEO. | 1,000+ | 3.0★ | 16 days ago |
| No Image Link Defaults the Image Link option to 'none' when adding a picture to a page or post. | 1,000+ | 4.4★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Permalink Editor Fully customise the permalink for an individual page or post and globally set the permalink structure for pages, categories, tags or authors. | 1,000+ | 3.6★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Relative Image URLs Creates relative URLs for images when inserting into posts. | 1,000+ | 4.2★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Improved External Products for WooCommerce Opens links to external/affiliate products in a new tab. | 1,000+ | 3.7★ | 25 days ago |
| Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus Creates two new template tags for generating next/previous page navigation links. | 900+ | 5.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Links shortcode The plugin provides the shortcode 'links'. This shortcode shows all links having specified characteristics, following a specified template. | 800+ | 4.5★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Remove Image Links 1) The link field for new images being inserted is blank by default. 2) The link code in existing posts and pages is not deleted but it is not outputt … | 800+ | 4.7★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| GamiPress – Link Add activity events based on link clicks generated by [gamipress_link] | 700+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Indicate External Links Indicates external links in post, page and custom content. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 14 months ago |
| Link View Display a link-list or link-slider in a post or page by using a shortcode. | 700+ | 4.7★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| SEO Backlink Monitor SEO Backlink Monitor plugin that lets you track your Link Building campaign. Add your link and check if it is do follow or no follow (desktop and mobi … | 700+ | 4.6★ | 1 month ago |
| WP IE Buster Save WordPress creators with Chrome link popup for IE. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer Quickly add a trailing slash in the URLs if it's missing in the permalink structure. | 600+ | 4.7★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| Postname Permalink Auto Redirect This plugin will automatically 301 redirect your old 'postname' format permalinks so you don't lose your precious SEO. | 600+ | 4.6★ | 9 years ago · quiet |
| LH Page Links To Lets you make a WordPress post or page link to a URL of your choosing (on your site, or on another site), instead of its normal WordPress URL. | 500+ | 4.8★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Linked Variations for WooCommerce – Link Separate Products by Attribute with Swatches, Quick View & Shortcodes The Linked Variations lets you create product variations from separate products. | 500+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| Standout CSS3 Buttons Display CSS3 style buttons with gradient color styles on your website using shortcodes or PHP function call. | 500+ | 4.4★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Add link on copied text This simple plugin adds a link to the text copied from your site. It starts working immediately after installation and activation, but it also has a f … | 400+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Single Category Permalink Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest level category. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| BibleLink Multilingual This lightweight plugin makes Bible references on your website interactive and supports multiple languages. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Internal Link Widget Enable a new widget to easily manage internal link to pages. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget A widget which allows you to add an image with a link to your sidebar. | 300+ | — | 16 years ago · quiet |
| WP Anchor Header WP Anchor Header generates anchored headings. | 300+ | 4.3★ | 25 days ago |
| WP Phone Number Makes sure telephone numbers are clickable on mobile devices | 300+ | 5.0★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| Advanced Custom Fields: Button Field Generates a button to an external url or an internal post type. Integrates with custom post types too. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
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