=== WP Links ===
Contributors: nasium
Tags: seo, external, links, new tab, new window, nofollow, rel, target, _blank, Post, posts, page, pages, custom post type, comments, google, url, plugin, article, blog, search engine optimization,external link,external-links,link-target
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.1
Stable tag: 1.7
Author URI: https://twitter.com/TheRealJAG
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

External link handler for Wordpress

== Description ==

WP Links is a SEO friendly, Wordpress external link handler to improve your on page SEO and increase the time a user spends on your website/blog. One of the ways you can increase your search engine ranking is by increasing the time a user spends browsing your website. 

WP Links also offers the ability to add rel="external nofollow" to all external links. Adding this html attribute to a link effectively stops a link becoming a vote for another page, as far as Google and some other search engines are concerned. As your site grows some links become stale and could hurt your search engine rankings. Using the html attribute on an external (outbound) link tells Google you don't vouch for this other web page enough to help it's search rankings.

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= Options =
1. Choose how to open external links; new tab or same tab
2. Ability to add rel="external nofollow" to external links
3. Add icon next to link. 100 icons to choose from
4. Open external links in comments in a new tab
5. Open external links in excerpts in a new tab
  
 == Screenshots ==

1. Options Page

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder `wp-links` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Visit the `WP Links Options` page under settings and adjust advanced settings.

== Changelog ==

= 1.7 =
Control how external links open and minor code tweaks.

= 1.6 =
Added the ability to display an icon next to external links. 

= 1.5 =
Wordpress core updates.

= 1.4 =
Fix blank space error.
 
= 1.0 =
First release of the plugin.