A PostHTML plugin to add rel="external noopener nofollow" and "target=_blank" to all external links automatically, for privacy and SEO. Read more.

$ npm i -D posthtml-external-link
$ yarn add posthtml-external-link -D # If you prefer yarn

Since posthtml-external-link is a PostHTML plugin, just add posthtml-external-link to PostHTML plugins array.

const posthtml = require('posthtml');
const { posthtmlExternalLink } = require('posthtml-external-link');

posthtml([
  // Other PostHTML plugins
  postHtmlExternalLink({
    // Here goes options
  }),
  // Other PostHTML plugins
]).process(source/* input html */)
  .then(result => console.log(result.html))

postHtmlExternalLink({
  exclude: ['exclude1.com', 'exclude2.com'],
  noreferrer: false
}),

Exclude hostname. Specify subdomain when applicable.

exclude1.com does not apply to www.exclude1.com nor en.exclude1.com.

Whether to add noreferrer to external links' rel attribute.

posthtml-external-link © Sukka, Released under the MIT License.
Authored and maintained by Sukka with help from contributors (list).

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