Description
EzerWeb External Link Alert detects outbound links and displays a customizable warning dialog before visitors navigate away from your website.
The dialog displays the destination URL and a countdown, allowing visitors to either continue to the external website or remain on the current page.
Features
- Automatically detects external links
- Displays a leaving-site warning dialog with live countdown
- Accessible design with focus trapping, Escape key listener, and ARIA attributes
- Animated numerical countdown with pulsing effect
- Background scroll locking while dialog is active
- Shows the destination URL
- Supports bypass rules for selected links
- Ignores internal links automatically
- Ignores anchor links, mailto links, and telephone links
- Lightweight and easy to use
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
FAQ
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Does the plugin modify my links?
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No. The plugin does not modify URLs or add attributes to links.
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Can some links bypass the warning dialog?
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Yes.
Use:
data-exit-ignore=”true”
or:
class=”no-exit”
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Are internal links affected?
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No. Internal links are ignored automatically.
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Can visitors close the popup with the Escape key?
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Yes. The dialog includes full keyboard accessibility, allowing users to press
Escto close the overlay or useTabto navigate controls within a focus trap.
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Contributors & Developers
“EzerWeb External Link Alert” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Added focus trap and Escape key listener for full keyboard accessibility
- Added background scroll locking when the warning dialog is active
- Added smooth pulse scaling animation to the countdown timer
- Replaced brand logo image with customizable warning emoji
- Add donate link
- Add all the require icon and images
- Fix the code for the new tab
1.0.0
- Initial release