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* See which external URLs are clicked the most
* See on which of your pages the particular outbound link gets the clicks
* Filter the dashboard by external URL to see what type of visitors click the most (referral source, country, device, browser, OS)
* Group your external link clicks by domain name or any keyword

Check out this blog post for more details on the value of [tracking outbound link clicks](https://plausible.io/blog/track-outbound-link-clicks).

"**Outbound Link Click Tracking**" is an enhanced measurement and not included in our default script. This is because we want to keep the default script as simple and lightweight as possible. The [additional enhanced measurements](script-extensions.md) you can choose to add depending on your needs.

:::tip Using WordPress?
The quickest way to start tracking outbound link clicks it to use our [official WordPress plugin](https://plausible.io/wordpress-analytics-plugin)
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If you want to track external link clicks, here's what you need to do:

## Step 1: Change the Plausible script snippet
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Click on a particular external URL to filter the dashboard by those clicks only and get the full overview of that specific URL.

Want to group external link clicks by the domain name or any other keyword? In the "**Filter**" button in the top right of your dashboard, choose "**Property**". Then select "**url**" (this includes all the external link click URLs we have recorded) and use the "**contains**" option. Add whatever domain or keyword you want to group the external link clicks by and click on the "**Apply Filter**" button.

:::tip Are you using cloaked affiliate links on your site?
Here's how to automatically [track clicks on cloaked affiliate links](custom-automatic-link-tracking.md)
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