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EzerWeb External Link Alert
v1.0.1 · by Eric Kouassi
Displays an accessible warning dialog before visitors leave your website through external links.
About this plugin
EzerWeb External Link Alert detects outbound links and displays a customizable warning dialog before visitors navigate away from your website.
The dialog displays the destination URL and a countdown, allowing visitors to either continue to the external website or remain on the current page.
Features
- Automatically detects external links
- Displays a leaving-site warning dialog with live countdown
- Accessible design with focus trapping, Escape key listener, and ARIA attributes
- Animated numerical countdown with pulsing effect
- Background scroll locking while dialog is active
- Shows the destination URL
- Supports bypass rules for selected links
- Ignores internal links automatically
- Ignores anchor links, mailto links, and telephone links
- Lightweight and easy to use