No External Links: stats, alternatives & is it maintained?

Maintenance check

Is No External Links still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

Updated recently. The last release was 1 month ago.
Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.1.4; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
Well rated. 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 92.5% of the directory

Ahead of 44,144 of the 47,735 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

92.5% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

44,144 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

3,590 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

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The record

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Current version: 5.3.0
Requires WordPress: 5.7.4
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: 7.4
Added to the directory: 17 January 2018
Last updated: 29 September 2026
Contributors: 2
Author: mihdan
Support threads resolved: 0 of 1

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