10 Best Link Manager Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Link Manager has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Link Manager
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External Links in New Window / New Tab
Closest match4.5 (77) 30,000+ active installsOpen external links in a new window or new tab. SEO optimized and XHTML Strict compliant.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.3 (29) 10,000+ active installsAutomatically detects a domain name change, and updates all the WordPress tables in the database to reflect this change.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated May 8, 2026.
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Easy Affiliate Links
Paid version available4.2 (34) 7,000+ active installsEasily manage and cloak all your affiliate links.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
4.5 (23) 10,000+ active installsThe plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.6 (94) 50,000+ active installsExport post, page and custom post type data to CSV or JSON, and snapshot your site to detect added, removed or changed content.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated June 25, 2026.
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4.9 (26) 30,000+ active installsConvert Greek characters to Latin on all your site's permalinks instantly.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated February 7, 2026.
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4.9 (885) 100,000+ active installsCreates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts/pages. Works automatically or manually (via shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget).
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since April 16, 2025.
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4.7 (206) 30,000+ active installsGallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.5 (48) 10,000+ active installsTrack Click or Submit events and conversions for any Elementor widget with Google Analytics, Facebook, Yandex Metrika, Vkontakte.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since April 18, 2025.
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Link Whisper Free
4.1 (145) 30,000+ active installsThe AI-powered internal linking plugin for WordPress. Build internal links faster, find linking opportunities, and improve SEO automatically.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
Switching from Link Manager: common questions
What is the best alternative to Link Manager?
External Links in New Window / New Tab is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Link Manager alternative has the most users?
LuckyWP Table of Contents, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Link Manager alternative is rated highest?
LuckyWP Table of Contents, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 885 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Link Manager alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Link Manager score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Link Manager on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
External Links in New Window / New Tab is the closest match to Link Manager by the data we track, and LuckyWP Table of Contents has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Gallery Custom Links shipped the most recent release, on August 20, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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