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Download from WordPress.orgAdds a checkbox in the insert link popup box for including rel="nofollow" in links as you create them; as well as other tools that provides complete control over the rel="nofollow" tag on your blogroll links and comments.
Description
This plugin contains several tools in one package to significantly increase your control of the rel="nofollow" tag on every link on your blog, on both an individual and categorical basis. It is designed to give you fine-grained control of linking for SEO purposes.
The plugin's main features are:
- The addition of a nofollow checkbox when inserting links in posts
- Several nofollow shortcodes
- A nofollow option for individual blogroll links
- Or a nofollow for all blogroll links option
- Add or remove the nofollow tag from all links in comments
Installation
- Download the latest zip file and extract the
nofollowdirectory. - Upload it to your
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate
Ultimate Nofollowon thePluginsmenu in WordPress.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I nofollow links I insert in my posts or pages?
Just check the add rel="nofollow" to link option direction under the default open link in a new window/tab option.
How do I use the shortcode?
You can use any of these shortcodes to insert a nofollowed link [relnofollow], [nofollow], [nofol], [nofo], or [nf] using the following format:
[nf href="http://link-url.com"]Link Text[/nf]
You can also include the optional attributes title and target. A full example would look like:
[nf href="http://link-url.com" title="Link Title" target="_blank"]Link Text[/nf]
Screenshots
Nofollow option on the insert/edit link popup for posts and pages.
Settings page on the Dashboard.
Nofollow checkbox on the add/edit blogroll link page.
I have installed this to try to cut down on the flood of spam comments I am getting. But how do I allow do follow on a specific comment from a trusted source? Do I delete the nofollow from the code? How do I do this, so I can have the “complete control over the rel=nofollow tag on an individual link basis”? Thanks! Kat
There are individual checkboxes for each link in your blogroll, otherwise there is currently no way to do this, sorry.
In your above “Frequently Asked Questions – How do I use the shortcode”, your reply is “See the manpages.” What does that mean? What are “manpages.” Please tell me how to use the short code.
You’re right, that’s not very helpful lol. I will update that section with the actual information, thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Here is the information I’ve included in the latest version’s documentation:
I just updated your plugin this morning, and it broke the site.
When trying to safe a draft of a new post, or update an existing post, the page returned reads “NULL” and the rest of the page is blank. Hitting the browser’s back button takes me back to the post editor. Have tried this with both Firefox and Chrome with the same results.
I could not deactivate the plugin on the plugins screen, and had to rename it with Filezilla to deactivate.
Any suggestions? I am using WP 3.5
Thanks, Bruce
So sorry about this, I left a var_dump() function I was using to debug a variable in there by accident. I’ve already pushed version 1.4.1 to fix this.
Hello bitacre, everytime I make a link nofollow with your plugin then the background of the link becomes grey. But if I make nofollow manyually then it won’t (unless you use a script that highlights nofollow links). I don’t want my nofollow links to be highlighted by defeault. Is there a way to turn this off in your plugin? If so where? If not I have to keep making the links nofollow manually.
I installed your Plugin and now my links won’t “open link in new window”, even when I check that box.
I deactivated and then the links do open in a new window.
Any ideas?
I may have messed something up, I’ll take a second look. Thanks for reporting the bug!