Uncaught Error: Class ‘WPEL_Network_Fields’ not found in /

Getting the following error

WordPress version 5.8
Current theme: Crate Child (version 1.0.0)
Current plugin: WP External Links (version 2.50)
PHP version 7.3.29

Error Details
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An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 35 of the file /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/includes/class-wpel-plugin.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Class 'WPEL_Network_Fields' not found in /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/includes/class-wpel-plugin.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/includes/class-wpel-plugin.php(23): WPEL_Plugin->create_components()
#1 /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(104): WPEL_Plugin->init('/code/wp-conten...', '/code/wp-conten...')
#2 /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(81): WPRun_Base_1x0x0->__construct(Array)
#3 /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/wp-external-links.php(78): WPRun_Base_1x0x0::create('/code/wp-conten...', '/code/wp-conten...')
#4 /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/wp-external-links.php(84): wpel_init()
#5 /code/wp-settings.php(409): include_once('/code/wp-conten...')
#6 /code/wp-config.php(86): require_once('/code/wp-settin...')
#7 /code/wp-load.php(50): require_once('/code/wp-config...')
#8 /code/wp-login.php(12): require('/code/wp-load.p...')
#9 {main}
thrown