How to Add an External Link Icon on Your WordPress Site

First thing you need to do is install and activateExternal Linksplugin. Upon activation, you need to visitSettings » External Linkspage to configureplugin settings.As you can see this plugin does a lot more than just adding the external link icon next to your links. It canadd nofollow to all external links in WordPress.You can also choose to open external links in new window, and you can even add exceptions.However, if you just want to add an icon with external links, then simply check the box next to ‘Add Icons’ option.Don’t forget to click on the save changes button to store your settings.That’s all you can now visit your website, and you will notice a tiny external link icon next to outgoing links on your WordPress site.Add Custom External Link Icon in WordPressThe icon used for external links is a small image file. If you want to replace it with your own icon, then you can do so manually.You will need to create small png icon using Photoshop or GIMP. The default icon’s size is 10×10 px, and you need to use the exact dimensions. You also need to save the icon file as ‘external.png’.After creating your icon, you will need to upload the icon image to plugin’s folder. Simply connect to your website using anFTP clientand then browse to:/wp-content/plugins/sem-external-links/This is where you need to upload your icon file to the plugin folder. Your FTP client will warn you that there is already a file with the same name. You need to click on overwrite to replace the old file with your new icon.