Title: Identify External Links
Author: Mark Jaquith
Published: <strong>June 21, 2005</strong>
Last modified: January 30, 2006

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# Identify External Links

 By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/identify-external-links.zip)

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 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/identify-external-links/#developers)

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## Description

Searches the text for links outside of the domain of the blog. To these, it adds**
class=”extlink”** (and optionally, **target=”_blank”**).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Identify External Links” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Translate “Identify External Links” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/identify-external-links)

### Interested in development?

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or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/identify-external-links/)
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## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **20 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

## Support

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