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traction-external-links-speed-bump

Traction External Links Speed Bump

Activates a speed bump on all external links and gives site owner the ability to enter a list of domains or specific links that when clicked will not …

compliance external links speed bump traction
36.7 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

60 / 85 rows with source links

70.6% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

25 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
75 159 -52.8% 559

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
Ommitted Links Not Working

Ommitted Links Not Working: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Ommitted Links Not Working When you click the Apply Now button in the Hero you see the Speedbump in action.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404.

Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Not working for image or gallery outbound links.

Not working for image or gallery outbound links.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Hello, the plugin is great.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Links in main navigation and 3rd party popup

Links in main navigation and 3rd party popup: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I’ve been using this plugin without issue for quite some time.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Error/warning after loading plugin

Error/warning after loading plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error/warning after loading plugin Hi, I just installed this plugin, and I am getting this error at the top of the page Warning : Undefined variable $raw_string in /home/sperling/clientweb.dev/tscu/wp-content/plugins/traction-external-links-speed-bump/traction-external-links-speed-bump.php on line 167 It only shows in the back end on the settings area of the
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone

Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone Hello, this is for a test site and when the plugin is active, the links in the mobile menu on an iPhone need to be pressed down a lot more than people are used to.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Can’t list more than one omitted URL

Can’t list more than one omitted URL: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Can’t list more than one omitted URL If I only have one URL listed in Omitted Links, it works as expected.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class?

Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class?: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.79
Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin

Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin The plugin keeps adding % signs in the links in the dashboard of the plugin and I believe this is why none of those links are actually enabling the “Omitted Links” speedbumps.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Speed bump not working within popup

Speed bump not working within popup: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Speed bump not working within popup HI, I have the plugin and it works great but I changed how the footer was working from a widget to a popup and now the speedbump doesn’t come up when you click on the links.

Competitor Context

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Cookie-Script.com weak incumbent · intel 70.5 · weakness 57.4
weak incumbent
below-average rating 15 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and compliance-sensitive marketing teams · Wedge: audit GDPR consent state, tracking disclosures, cookie behavior, and compliance drift
source 1 source 2
The GDPR Framework By Data443 praise owner · intel 68.3 · weakness 51.4
praise owner
15 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and compliance-sensitive marketing teams · Wedge: audit GDPR consent state, tracking disclosures, cookie behavior, and compliance drift
source 1 source 2
GDPR praise owner · intel 67.2 · weakness 50.3
praise owner
27 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and compliance-sensitive marketing teams · Wedge: audit GDPR consent state, tracking disclosures, cookie behavior, and compliance drift
source 1 source 2
One Stop Shop for WooCommerce praise owner · intel 67.2 · weakness 50.3
praise owner
10 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: store owners and WooCommerce agencies · Wedge: monitor WooCommerce failures, handoffs, and revenue-impacting exceptions
source 1 source 2
GDPR Compliance for Mailchimp praise owner · intel 65.4 · weakness 51.1
praise owner
stale update history 4 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners · Wedge: monitor mailchimp submissions, notification delivery, spam, and CRM handoffs
source 1 source 2
GDPR Cookie Consent Notice Box praise owner · intel 62.5 · weakness 48.3
praise owner
stale update history 4 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
source 1 source 2
Gravity Forms: GDPR Framework Add-On praise owner · intel 61.9 · weakness 45.2
praise owner
10 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and compliance-sensitive marketing teams · Wedge: audit GDPR consent state, tracking disclosures, cookie behavior, and compliance drift
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

19 shown from 19 collected
mixed Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin support · 2025-06-26T00:38:01+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Speed Bumps Not Working Because of Bug In Plugin The plugin keeps adding % signs in the links in the dashboard of the plugin and I believe this is why none of those links are actually enabling the “Omitted Links” speedbumps.
bugs performance missing feature support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
complaint Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class? support · 2025-02-13T16:27:03+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class?: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Youtube Video pop up shows speedbump – Is there a way to exclude a class?
bugs performance support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
complaint Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404. support · 2024-11-01T13:41:20+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Elementor Accordion click leads to undefined page with 404.
bugs compatibility performance missing feature privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Speed bump not working within popup support · 2024-08-06T15:46:13+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Speed bump not working within popup: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Speed bump not working within popup HI, I have the plugin and it works great but I changed how the footer was working from a widget to a popup and now the speedbump doesn’t come up when you click on the links.
bugs performance support reliable privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Ommitted Links Not Working support · 2024-07-31T17:36:35+00:00 · high severity · compliance

Ommitted Links Not Working: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Ommitted Links Not Working When you click the Apply Now button in the Hero you see the Speedbump in action.
bugs compatibility performance missing feature privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Error/warning after loading plugin support · 2023-08-15T20:18:07+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Error/warning after loading plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error/warning after loading plugin Hi, I just installed this plugin, and I am getting this error at the top of the page Warning : Undefined variable $raw_string in /home/sperling/clientweb.dev/tscu/wp-content/plugins/traction-external-links-speed-bump/traction-external-links-speed-bump.php on line 167 It only shows in the back end on the settings area of the
bugs compatibility performance missing feature privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
praise Nice External Links Plugin! (5 stars) review · 2023-08-08T14:59:00+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Nice External Links Plugin!: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Nice plugin, was able to delay your javascript until user interaction, working perfectly.
compatibility missing feature quality privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Can’t list more than one omitted URL support · 2023-08-01T23:28:04+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Can’t list more than one omitted URL: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Can’t list more than one omitted URL If I only have one URL listed in Omitted Links, it works as expected.
bugs compatibility performance support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Still working great! (5 stars) review · 2023-05-22T13:55:32+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Still working great!: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Still working great!
bugs performance quality privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Thank you (5 stars) review · 2021-06-21T20:56:13+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Thank you: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Thank you Thank you so much for working with me. Thank you so much for working with me.
privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Links in main navigation and 3rd party popup support · 2021-06-01T13:05:50+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Links in main navigation and 3rd party popup: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ve been using this plugin without issue for quite some time.
bugs compatibility performance missing feature privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone support · 2021-04-11T01:36:21+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin is causing a mobile menu issue on iPhone Hello, this is for a test site and when the plugin is active, the links in the mobile menu on an iPhone need to be pressed down a lot more than people are used to.
bugs compatibility performance support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Breaks WPBakery Accordion support · 2021-03-17T11:55:45+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Breaks WPBakery Accordion: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Please let me know if I can provide more information.
bugs performance support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Blocking a modal popup support · 2021-01-22T18:18:23+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Blocking a modal popup: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Up until the most recent update of WordPress and this plugin, the plugin was working perfectly.
bugs support setup reliable privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Accessibility support · 2020-05-20T21:38:53+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Accessibility: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Accessibility Hello, My client (a credit union) is hoping to use your plugin for accessibility compliance for outbound links with keyboard navigation.
bugs support easy value privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Not removing trelsb-modal-open when continue is clicked. support · 2020-04-24T14:28:39+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Not removing trelsb-modal-open when continue is clicked.: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello, Loving the plugin, nice and simple.
bugs easy value privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
mixed Not working for image or gallery outbound links. support · 2019-12-09T20:16:25+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Not working for image or gallery outbound links.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello, the plugin is great.
bugs compatibility performance support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source plugin
praise Works Perfectly! (5 stars) review · 2019-11-19T20:53:41+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

Works Perfectly!: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works Perfectly!
performance reliable quality privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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neutral target selection? support · 2018-06-15T18:20:38+00:00 · medium severity · compliance

target selection?: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This issue has been fixed in our latest update.
bugs support privacy and consent compliance operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor external links drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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