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Best WordPress Plugins for Nofollow

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Nofollow

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for nofollow comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. External Links Best overall 86/100
  2. 2. Title and Nofollow For Links 84/100
  3. 3. noindex SEO 82/100
  4. 4. Rel Nofollow 80/100
  5. 5. Extend Link 79/100
  6. 6. Type Attribute Warnings Removal 79/100
  7. 7. Leaving Notice Popup For External Links 78/100
  8. 8. Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit 77/100
  9. 9. Affiliate Link Marker 77/100
  10. 10. DoFollow Case by Case 73/100
  11. 11. Image Credits nofollow 70/100
  12. 12. UGC Comments 65/100
  13. 13. Customize External Links and add Icon 59/100
  14. 14. Nofollow for external link 56/100
  15. 15. Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II 55/100
1 External Links
Best overall Free by WebFactory

External Links

Internal links & external links manager: open in new window or tab, control nofollow, ugc, sponsored & noopener. SEO friendly.

4.3★
from 247 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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2 Title and Nofollow For Links
Free by WPKube

Title and Nofollow For Links

The plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.

4.5★
from 23 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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3 noindex SEO
Free by ROBOTSTXT.es

noindex SEO

Control search engine indexing with robots directives using HTML meta tags or HTTP headers.

5★
from 2 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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4 Rel Nofollow
Free by Stefano

Rel Nofollow

Adds rel="nofollow" to posts external links unless specified otherwise.

5★
from 4 ratings
700+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
80

WPScore

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5 Extend Link
Free by Alobaidi

Extend Link

Add classes, IDs, titles, rel attributes, and download options to links. Includes H1–H6 heading support and built-in link status checker for SEO.

3★
from 2 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
79

WPScore

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8 Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit
Free by madfishdigital

Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit

Bulk set the noindex / nofollow robots tag for posts, pages, categories, and author URLs. Easily identify thin content and noindex it fast.

4.3★
from 9 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
77

WPScore

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9 Affiliate Link Marker
Free by Johannes Kinast

Affiliate Link Marker

Mark your Affiliate Links with a *, add rel="nofollow sponsored noopener" to affiliate links and attach a disclosure at the end of e …

5★
from 6 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
77

WPScore

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10 DoFollow Case by Case
Free by apasionados

DoFollow Case by Case

DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.

4★
from 8 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
73

WPScore

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12 UGC Comments
Free by Flector

UGC Comments

The plugin allows you to manage the values of the "rel" attribute in comment links ("ugc", "nofollow").

5★
from 3 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
65

WPScore

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14 Nofollow for external link
Free by CyberNetikz

Nofollow for external link

Automatically insert rel=nofollow and target=_blank to all the external links into your website posts, pages or menus. Support exclude domain.

3.8★
from 36 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2024
Tested to
WP 6.5.10
56

WPScore

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15 Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II
Free by texttheater

Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II

Improves your blog's search engine optimization by "noindexing" pages you choose. Now also for page-based (as opposed to date-based) archives.

3.1★
from 8 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2024
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
55

WPScore

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