Usually POL use LDO with external caps. That's because the LSFET driver using the supply from LDO. LSFET ususally is way big than HSFET, which means Cgg of LSFET is hudge. when LSFET is turned on, You need to use the external cap to hold enough voltage. It's kind of like charge sharing between external cap to internal cap.
TI has some parts use "capless" LDO. However, if the load current is over 8A, the external cap is needed due to big FET.
It's very common to use external cap to compensate the LDO, which means the dominant pole at outside. Because dominant pole is at outside, we don't put cap to compensate the internal circuit. Otherwise, these 2 will fight each other. We ususally design a amplifier with low output impedance. how to make it? you can add a resistor in paralle with output of the error amplifier. one end of the resistor is connected to output of error amp and the other end is connected to a fixed voltage? how to decide the fixed voltage? you can use diode connected PMOS with bias proportinal to the load of erroramp.
You can also add cap in parallel with this resistor. By this way, you can have higher DC or low-frequency gain and lower high-frequency gain. This will have better stability.
Since you add a resistor in paralle with output of error amp, the DC gain won't be too high, and stability can be kept