I was looking for exactly this to cut down on the clutter on my right side column. I use it to hide the user login but it's clear that you can access it as well. You can also set it to registered users only for modules you only want signed up users to see, or not see, so this is great. Has a ton of customization options that really surprised me for a free product. Thanks!

After getting 'network is busy' errors on my site, my tech guy at my hosting company told me the problem was with linkr:

"The main problem appears to be unoptimized MySQL queries. An optimized MySQL query executes in a fraction of a second and uses very little resources. We have noticed over the last few weeks, that your database has been under the top usage user for quite some time. I searched for the query which I see many times showing up in the top list of slow queries and am 99% sure it is the linkr plugin."

I really loved this component and plugin, but even I noticed a significant slow down when visiting my site for the two weeks I had it installed.

Hopefully this review, if read by the developer, can help them understand the importance of writing efficient MySQL queries. Once I disabled Linkr, everything returned to normal. Keep up the good work as I am looking forward to the next release that I hope will fix this deal-breaker problem. Thanks.

I run a blog, and quite literally everyday I have posts (quoted items) from other sites that have links in them. Before, I had to go into each link and set the target to "new window", but with the wonderful plugin, I can copy and paste any information into an article and those links will open in a new window.

As the author indicates, the worst thing you can do is have links that send people away from your site. And most people will thank you for not making them hit the back button (if they even remember to).

Plus, the plugin allows you to hide the external link icons, which is a HUGE plus. When you have 10 or so links in one article, that little icon can become eye-intrusive.

So keep up the good work and thank you for a great program for Joomla 1.5. Why this isn't included in Joomla is beyond me. And for anyone wondering, the plugin only affects your content items, and you can always make the link 'self' from the editor if you want to override the plugin. :)