VK Link Target Controller
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About
Redirect your visitors to another page than the post content when they click on the post title.
What It Does
VK Link Target Controller lets you redirect clicks on post titles to an external URL of your choice, bypassing the post's own content. You set a custom link target per post (or in bulk), so visitors land wherever you want, such as an affiliate offer, partner site, or landing page, rather than reading the article on your site. It is a single-purpose tool focused entirely on outbound title-link redirection.
Who It's For
This plugin fits site owners who use their WordPress posts primarily as link containers, such as affiliate marketers, deal curators, resource directories, newsletter archives, and content aggregation sites where each post points to an off-site destination. It also suits event promoters and review blogs that want every title click to land on a sponsor, ticket vendor, or external review source instead of an on-site write-up.
Who Should Skip It
If you publish original editorial content, run a blog or news site, or need granular control over SEO redirects, canonicals, or 404 handling, this plugin is overkill and likely harms your user experience and search performance. Site owners who need full redirect management should look at a dedicated redirect plugin instead.
The Bottom Line
VK Link Target Controller does one thing and does it on a recent WordPress version, earning a 73.55 overall quality score thanks to strong maintenance and compatibility signals. However, the 2-rating sample and zero support activity mean you are buying into an unproven track record despite the 30,000 active installs. It is worth using for its narrow use case, but only if you have no need for redirect analytics, SEO integration, or broader link management.
Related Plugins
Pick Rank Math when you need a full SEO toolkit with title-level redirect rules built in, not a single-purpose link controller.
Choose 301 Redirects if your real goal is URL-level redirection for SEO and broken-link repair rather than overriding post title clicks.
Pick Post Type Switcher when you need to reorganize content types and permalink structures, which is a different problem than outbound title linking.
Choose Custom Post Type Permalinks if you want fine-grained control over CPT URLs rather than redirecting title clicks externally.
Pick Redirection when you need a full-featured redirect manager with logs and 404 monitoring, which goes well beyond this plugin's scope.