External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window

Internal links & external links manager: open in new window or tab, control nofollow, ugc, sponsored & noopener. SEO friendly.

v2.65WebFactoryUpdated Added 90k+ installs86% rating67% support resolved
93
Score
24
Errors
67
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security100
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability65

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

91 findings

Maintainability

91

11 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_url".47
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
47
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_url".

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "FWP_Debug_1x0x0".12
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "FWP_Debug_1x0x0".

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::FILTER_NAME".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::FILTER_NAME".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_wpel_after_filter".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_wpel_after_filter".

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP External Links" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP External Links" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "get_sites()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.2.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_sites()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.2.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "TEST_WPEL_PLUGIN_FILE".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "TEST_WPEL_PLUGIN_FILE".

ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named filesFile and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detectedLinking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

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WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "External Links - nofollow, noopener & new window" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WP External Links".

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Score History

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v2.65

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91
Errors
24
Warnings
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