10 Best No External Links Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
No External Links has 4,000+ 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 No External Links
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Title and Nofollow For Links
Closest matchTitle 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, seo tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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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, seo tags on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAn admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
Shares the comments, posts tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated November 17, 2025.
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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, seo tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, no update since April 16, 2025.
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YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
4.8 (1,163) 100,000+ active installsThe best WordPress plugin for displaying related posts. Simple and flexible, with a powerful proven algorithm and inbuilt caching.
Shares the posts, seo tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, no update since November 11, 2024.
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4.7 (94) 10,000+ active installsA quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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4.6 (54) 5,000+ active installsKills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated April 29, 2026.
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4.3 (42) 8,000+ active installsThis plugin will help you display Facebook Comments on your website. You can use it on your pages/posts.
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 2, 2026.
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4.6 (38) 5,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Comments
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.8 (156) 5,000+ active installsAnyComment is blazing-fast commenting plugin based on React for WordPress.
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since May 14, 2022.
Switching from No External Links: common questions
What is the best alternative to No External Links?
Title and Nofollow For Links is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which No External Links alternative has the most users?
LuckyWP Table of Contents, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which No External Links 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 No External Links 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 No External Links 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 No External Links 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
Title and Nofollow For Links is the closest match to No External Links by the data we track, and LuckyWP Table of Contents has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Link Whisper shipped the most recent release, on August 18, 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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