Best nofollow plugins for WordPress
The most popular nofollow plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. External Links leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) (10K+) and Nofollow for external link (9K+). All 70 plugins tagged “nofollow” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 nofollow plugins
- 1.
External LinksThe most installed nofollow plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 247 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Nofollow for external link9K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 36 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
External Links8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 5.
Rel Nofollow Checkbox4K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 26 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
noindex SEO3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II3K+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 8.
Extend Link1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
DoFollow Case by Case1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
Type Attribute Warnings Removal900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 70 plugins tagged “nofollow”
External Links
#497by WebFactory2 months ago
Internal links & external links manager: open in new window or tab, control nofollow, ugc, sponsored & noopener. SEO friendly.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(247)
- Downloads
- 294/day
Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,575by WPKube3 months ago
The plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(23)
- Downloads
- 82/day
Nofollow for external link
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,262by CyberNetikz2 years ago
Automatically insert rel=nofollow and target=_blank to all the external links into your website posts, pages or menus. Support exclude domain.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.8(36)
- Downloads
- 48/day
External Links
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,350by Denis de Bernardy9 years ago
The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(36)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Rel Nofollow Checkbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,405by Fabio Santos9 years ago
Adds a checkbox in the insert/edit link popup for including rel="nofollow".
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 12/day
noindex SEO
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,968by ROBOTSTXT.es2 months ago
Control search engine indexing with robots directives using HTML meta tags or HTTP headers.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II
Up in the last 7 days:2#4,093by texttheater2 years ago
Improves your blog's search engine optimization by "noindexing" pages you choose. Now also for page-based (as opposed to date-based) archives.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.1(8)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Extend Link
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,630by Alobaidi2 months ago
Add classes, IDs, titles, rel attributes, and download options to links. Includes H1–H6 heading support and built-in link status checker for SEO.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
DoFollow Case by Case
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,637by apasionados1 month ago
DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Type Attribute Warnings Removal
Down in the last 7 days:13#7,081by Sumit Malviya5 months ago
Remove type attribute from script and style tags added by WordPress
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NoFollow Link
Down in the last 7 days:27#8,825by Alex Jose8 years ago
NoFollow Link adds a button to the post editor to add nofollow attribute to any links in the post.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Affiliate Link Marker
Up in the last 7 days:11#9,343by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Mark your Affiliate Links with a *, add rel="nofollow sponsored noopener" to affiliate links and attach a disclosure at the end of e …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Better WordPress External Links
Down in the last 7 days:18#9,788by Khang Minh12 years ago
Gives you total control over external links on your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Noindex And Nofollow
Down in the last 7 days:17#10,232by Ivan Kristianto15 years ago
Easily add Noindex and Nofollow to post, page, search and category page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
UGC Comments
Down in the last 7 days:36#11,163by Flector1 year ago
The plugin allows you to manage the values of the "rel" attribute in comment links ("ugc", "nofollow").
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customize External Links and add Icon
Down in the last 7 days:29#11,387by Janine1 year ago
Customize link attributes, such as nofollow links, remove noreferrer, add icons to indicate external links
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Leaving Notice Popup For External Links
Down in the last 7 days:88#11,398by Jose Varghese2 months ago
Show an exit popup or leaving notice when visitors click external links. Add nofollow, noopener, noreferrer & more rel attributes. Add icons.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Nofollow Case by Case
Down in the last 7 days:16#11,738by fob13 years ago
"Dofollow" but Nofollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply nofollow to your comments as well.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NoFollowr
Up in the last 7 days:38#12,565by joel_birch9 years ago
Browsing a site as an admin, icons are added to external links indicating their nofollow status. Clicking the icons toggles nofollow status via Ajax.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow External Links (SEO)
Down in the last 7 days:117#13,509by ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd2 years ago
It automatically set all external links to "nofollow" in website content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
External & Affiliate Links Processor
Up in the last 7 days:6#15,064by reikiman9 years ago
Process outbound (external) links to make useful changes, including adding affiliate ID tags, rel=nofollow or target=_blank attributes, and adding ico …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Better SEO Links
Down in the last 7 days:44#15,197by WP Help7 years ago
Adds a checkbox in the insert link popup box for including rel="nofollow", rel="sponsored", and rel="ugc" in links as yo …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SMu Manual DoFollow
#16,240by Stefan M.11 years ago
SMu DoFollow has many DoFollow Options (Manual or Automatism) and included URL Validator (Manual, WP-Cron or Cronjob).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NoIndex NoFollow All Posts
Up in the last 7 days:38#16,317by amodoke9 years ago
This plugin lets you Noindex Nofollow All Posts in a category.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Noindex Links
Down in the last 7 days:135#17,795by Flector1 year ago
Плагин заключает любые ссылки в комментариях в теги <noindex></noindex>.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPF Force External Nofollow
Up in the last 7 days:16#19,798by AfterDarkMike12 years ago
Automatically inserts rel="nofollow" into all the external links on your wordpress posts or pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
External Links Manager
Down in the last 7 days:229#20,592by NewCodeByte5 months ago
Manage external links: new tabs, add rel attribute nofollow, noopener, noreferrer, sponsored, show icon on/off. SEO, secure, XHTML Strict compliant.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Daisy Links
Down in the last 7 days:734#21,207by DaisyPlugins10 months ago
Manage external links effortlessly! open links in new tab, add nofollow attribute, disable right click on links.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Radar LinkHawk
Up in the last 7 days:1,084#23,624by insela6 months ago
Scan outbound links, find broken URLs, review redirects, and update selected links in bulk.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/day
BBP DoFollow
Up in the last 7 days:30#26,002by For Games7 years ago
A helpful tool to makes your bbpress internal links dofollow and external links nofollow.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow for External Link TAP
Up in the last 7 days:342#27,949by todoapuestas11 years ago
Just simple, if you use this plugins, rel=nofollow and target=_blank will be insert automatically, for all the external links of your website posts or …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Nofollow More Links
Down in the last 7 days:313#28,667by Marvie Pons12 years ago
Adds the nofollow rel attribute to the more (read more) links.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow External Link
Up in the last 7 days:50#28,759by Dinesh S12 years ago
Insert 'rel=nofollow' and 'target=_blank' to all the external links automatically into your website posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
no-nofollow
Up in the last 7 days:764#28,761by hgn18 years ago
removes the nofollow-attribute in links
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow Home Internal Links
#29,300by igoseonet15 years ago
Home page internal links always take too much pagerank away from homepage.If you want to increase Google PageRank for your website Home page,try using …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow External/Outbound Link (SEO)
Up in the last 7 days:15#29,413by Sumit Malviya5 months ago
Automatically add rel="nofollow" to external and outbound links to improve SEO, protect link equity, and control outbound link behavior.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Noindex/Nofollow links
Down in the last 7 days:187#30,048noindex-archives18 years ago
This plugin can add rel="noindex,nofollow" to archive, tag, and category links. You can configure exactly which links are given which attrib …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anon Links
#30,650by Ali.Dbg11 years ago
Anonymiz, Anonymizer, Anonymous, hide referer, nofollow, target blank all external links.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMU Automatic Links
Down in the last 7 days:616#31,108by iDo8p12 years ago
This plugin will automatically create links from words.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Link Manager
Down in the last 7 days:781#31,128by rrolfe15 years ago
CLM enables admins to disable author links, open links in new window, and remove the nofollow tag from links that are left in comments by visitors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto External Link Nofollow
Down in the last 7 days:785#31,520by Viktor Androshuck1 year ago
Automatically adds rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" to all external links in post and page content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
140follow
Down in the last 7 days:235#32,077by Daniel Bakovic17 years ago
140follow removes NOFOLLOW from author link if the comment has more than XXX characters.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stop SpamCo
#34,070by Guillaume Desbieys13 years ago
Luttez contre le Spam de commentaire.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Handle External Links
Up in the last 7 days:1,202#36,567by getwebinspiration14 years ago
Handle External Links gives you the power to add rel="nofollow" based on header status (i.e. 404), PageRank of destination URL and many more …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow Shortcode
#36,886by Luke Mlsna14 years ago
The simplest way to insert rel=nofollow links into your posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Do More
#36,920by Angelo Mandato6 years ago
Do more with the <!--more--> Tag, make all links below the <!--more--> tag include the rel="nofollow" attribute.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
NFCBC SEO Light
#37,086by fob17 years ago
NFCBC SEO Light - The light version of [Nofollow Case by Case](http://www.fob-marketing.de/marketing-seo-blog/wordpress-nofollow-seo-plugin-nofollow-c …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEO Nofollow
#38,376by svenrochel7 years ago
Automatically add rel="nofollow" to links that point to a domain added to the list. This is an ultra light weight plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow Links in Posts
Up in the last 7 days:238#43,671by Asad Zulfahri18 years ago
Adds the rel="nofollow" to links in posts within a selected category. Useful for sponsored posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Follow Self Pings
Down in the last 7 days:3,178#45,870by mihai17 years ago
Follow Self Pings
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day