{"id":9838,"date":"2017-11-13T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=9838"},"modified":"2023-05-04T18:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:20:52","slug":"track-outbound-links-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/track-outbound-links-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How (And Why) to Track Outbound Links in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re promoting affiliate products<\/a> or otherwise linking out to other websites, you might want to know whether or not the visitors to your WordPress site are actually clicking on those links. To do that, you need to find a way to track outbound links in WordPress.<\/p>\n

The good news is that tracking these links isn’t difficult, and can be done in just a few short steps using Google Analytics. You’ll be able to easily see how many visitors clicked on each external link throughout your site. Then, you can use the results to optimize your outbound links for better performance and a bigger Search Engine Optimization (SEO) boost<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In this article, we’ll first discuss why you should take the time to track outbound links in WordPress. Then we’ll show you how to get the job done. Let’s jump in!<\/div><\/div>\n
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Why it’s smart to track your website’s outbound links<\/h2>\n

Tracking which of your outbound links users clicks on can come in handy in a few ways:<\/p>\n