Title: EzerWeb External Link Alert
Author: Eric Kouassi
Published: <strong>September 24, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 25, 2026

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# EzerWeb External Link Alert

 By [Eric Kouassi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/2k1881/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ezerweb-external-link-alert.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ezerweb-external-link-alert/)

## 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

[⌊External link warning dialog⌉⌊External link warning dialog⌉[

External link warning dialog

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.

## FAQ

### Does the plugin modify my links?

No. The plugin does not modify URLs or add attributes to links.

### Can some links bypass the warning dialog?

Yes.

Use:

data-exit-ignore=”true”

or:

class=”no-exit”

### Are internal links affected?

No. Internal links are ignored automatically.

### Can visitors close the popup with the Escape key?

Yes. The dialog includes full keyboard accessibility, allowing users to press `Esc`
to close the overlay or use `Tab` to navigate controls within a focus trap.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“EzerWeb External Link Alert” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Eric Kouassi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/2k1881/)

[Translate “EzerWeb External Link Alert” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ezerweb-external-link-alert/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ezerweb-external-link-alert/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ezerweb-external-link-alert/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ezerweb-external-link-alert/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## 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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **19 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [exit warning](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/exit-warning/)[external links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-links/)
   [outbound links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/outbound-links/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ezerweb-external-link-alert/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Eric Kouassi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/2k1881/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ezerweb-external-link-alert/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://erickouassi.com/support.html)