Remove links from comments
I will start with saying that the external links from our websites pass some of our own juice to the website that they link to. That is not a bad thing at all, i love my juice being passed to websites like WordPress.org…
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Remove links from comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (200+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Remove links from comments stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| author link | >100 |
| comment author | >100 |
| get_comment_author_link | #4 |
| remove link | >100 |
| remove url | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 from 4 reviews
About Remove links from comments
From the official readme · v0.1Description
I will start with saying that the external links from our websites pass some of our own juice to the website that they link to. That is not a bad thing at all, i love my juice being passed to websites like WordPress.org or to the websites that have similar content like mine e.g. : websites of the plugin authors that i review and promote on fivera.net or a cool online tool that i use like Pingdom or codepen.io
But i certainly dont want my juice to go to exterminate rats with this great new poison website, only because the author has made a decent comment on one of my articles.
So I have created this simple yet effective plugin to keep the external links to the minimum.
Here’s the page with more details about it.
Installation
- Upload the
remove-links-from-commentsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Changelog
There is only one version available at this time
1.0
- First build
1.1
- new version to refresh it with wp repository
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Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 11, 2026
Is Remove links from comments free?
Yes. Remove links from comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Remove links from comments safe to use in 2026?
Remove links from comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Remove links from comments?
Remove links from comments is active on 200+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,639 times since it launched in September 2013. It was downloaded 100 times in the last 30 days.
Does Remove links from comments work with WordPress 7.1?
Remove links from comments is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.0, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Remove links from comments last updated?
The latest version, 0.1, was released on December 11, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Remove links from comments?
Remove links from comments is developed and maintained by Fivera.
What are the best alternatives to Remove links from comments?
The most popular alternatives to Remove links from comments are Hide Comment Author Link (1K+ installs), Disable Comment Author Links (100+ installs) and Depict (<10 installs).
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