Better WordPress External Links vs Redirection
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| Feature | Better WordPress External Links v1.1.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | June 10, 2014 | September 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Better WordPress External Links | Redirection |
| Pros | Nofollow and new-window options for external links; Domain filter to decide what counts as external; No external service calls | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks |
| Cons | Only processes content through the_content; Options page is dense for a simple job; Older framework code base | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | — | No |
| XML sitemaps | — | No |
| Redirects | — | Yes |
| Local SEO | — | No |
| WooCommerce | — | No |
| AI content | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Rewrites external links in post content, Nofollow option for external links, Top-level domain and domain filtering for external detection | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects |
| Other | — | WP CLI |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 3.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| Custom tables | — | 4 |