by Stefan M. 4.3 (3 reviews)

SMu Manual DoFollow

Name: SMu Manual DoFollow
Rating: 4.3 (3 reviews)
Author: Stefan M.

SMu DoFollow has many DoFollow Options (Manual or Automatism) and included URL Validator (Manual, WP-Cron or Cronjob).

SMu Manual DoFollow ranks #16,212 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #491 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.3/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Dec 21, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.1 (Current: 7.1.4)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 21 Dec, 2015

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#491 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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100+

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KW Avg Position

99.3

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10.6K

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86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 18%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jul 7, 2025 UNPATCHED

SMu Manual DoFollow [manuall-dofollow] <= 1.8.1 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-49031 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Dec 21, 2015
Requires WP: 3.0.0+
Tested Up To: 4.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Stefan M.

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who moderate comments and want to manage DoFollow/NoFollow link status on trackbacks, pingbacks, and user comments. It automates DoFollow assignment based on comment history while letting admins manually override it, and it validates DoFollow URLs to catch broken links that hurt SEO.

DoFollow options (manual or automatic)
URL validator (manual, WP-Cron or Cronjob)
Auto DoFollow for trackbacks and pingbacks
Auto DoFollow after X comments
Manual override of DoFollow status
Broken link detection

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SMu Manual DoFollow

This plugin has 2 diffrent functions. The First, two diffrent Link functions: the automatically and manually-set status. First, the Plugin checks if there is a manual-set status, which needs nothing on performance, because its connect to a very small database which contains small data. If there is no manuall set status, the automatism is checking the comments table for the amount of comments of the user. If you have a very large number of comments, you can feel a very small decrease. But if you really have more than ~20'000 entries, you will choose a Cache Plugin anyway. The Secound is the URL Validater. This can made manually, via Cronjob or automatically over wp-cron. The manually needs a little bit of time but will not decrease performance for the readers, also the cronjob. The best way for big blogs with a hugh amount of links is the cronjob. This Plugin can be used with any Cache Plugin which caches the database querys and objects. As example the W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache Plugin.

Yes, there is are 2 new tablse added in the wordpress database with the name wp_man_dofollow and wp_man_dofollow2. This Databases contains the information about manual set DoFollow/NoFollow Users and the time/status when the link is checked the last time. The first table wp_man_dofollow content is a mailadress and an ENUM(yes,no) value. The secound table wp_man_dofollow2 contains the URL, Status and Lastcheck time. Both databases doesn't need a lot of space and performance to generate the needed functions.

No, otherwise I would fix it :) Please test the Plugin and report every bug or feature request to me on IT Blögg - Wordpress Manual DoFollow Plugin