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Handle External Links

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 …

Handle External Links ranks #46,592 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #1,371 of 4,265 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 2.7/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Dec 20, 2012. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.5 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.1.5 Current Version v1.1.5
Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 20 Dec, 2012
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,371 of 4,265 in SEO & Marketing Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Downloads
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Support Resolved
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Rating
54%
Review 2.7 out of 5
2.7 (3 reviews)

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Overall 54%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Handle External Links

In your admin panel, click on the 'Settings' menu tab and navigate to 'Handle External Links'. Here you can pick a date that will affect all posts/pages older than this value.
This feature will automatically ping the URLs to check whether the page returns a 404 status or not. If there's a 404 it will set the link to rel="nofollow".
Navigate to the Settings page and select a PageRank from the dropdown. Note: If you select PR 9 it will result in setting nofollow on all your external links because it's practically impossible to have a greater PR.
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