Title: data-wpel-link=”internal”
Last modified: March 17, 2021

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# data-wpel-link=”internal”

 *  Resolved [jefak007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefak007/)
 * (@jefak007)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-wpel-linkinternal/)
 * the data-wpel-link=”internal” attribute is added to all internal links on the
   website, even as the settings for internal links is deactivated.
 * It is, directly and indirectly, impacting DOM Size, making it larger than necessary.

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 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-wpel-linkinternal/#post-14194866)
 * We’ll see if that’s used internally for something and if we can remove it.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-wpel-linkinternal/#post-14194866)
 * Status: resolved