Handle External Links

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   Options page from the Dashboard.

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   Sample post with settings applied.

How to set a “best before date” for my posts?

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.

How does “Set Nofollow on 404’s” work?

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”.

How do I set nofollow based on PageRank?

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.

Will my whitelisted links ever have a rel=”nofollow” attached?

No.

1.1.5

• Added a whitelist and blacklist to improve the filter
• It’s now possible to add target=”_blank” to external URLs
• Option to set nofollow on URLs that doesn’t return a PageRank value
• Now echos a warning if the cURL extension isn’t installed on the server (required)

1.1

• Minor code improvements – changed the way the plugin handles internal links

1.0

• First version was released with three different settings.