Nofollow for external link vs noindex SEO

Just simple, if you use this plugin, rel=nofollow and target=_blank will be inserted automatically, for all the external links of your website posts, pages or theme menus. Also you can set exclude domains, not to add rel=nofollow for the selected external domain links. If you need support, please leave your comment here Feature Add rel=nofollow for all the external links of your website posts / pages / menus. Add target=_blank for all the external links of your website posts / pages / menus. Support custom post type content. Support WordPress multisite. You can exclude domains, not to add rel=nofollow for the selected external links. This plugin will not add rel=nofollow or target=_blank to any href=#read-more or href=#gotop type links. This plugin will not add rel=nofollow or target=_blank any of the internal link on your website posts / pages. If you already added rel=dofollow or rel=nofollow to any post manually, this plugin will not add rel=nofollow for that post. If you already added target=_blank to any post manually, this plugin will not add target=_blank for that post. You can visit our website cybernetikz.com Wating for your valuable feedback/comments. Support [Plugin Homepage](* http://www.cybernetikz.com/wordpress-magento-plugins/wordpress-plugins/nofollow-external-link/) Donations Thanks for using this plugins

Fine-grained control over how search engines index and display your WordPress content. Apply 5 independent robots directives to 22 different page contexts with flexible implementation methods. 5 Robots Directives: noindex: Prevent search engines from indexing the page nofollow: Prevent search engines from following links on the page noarchive: Prevent search engines from showing cached versions nosnippet: Prevent search engines from showing text snippets in results noimageindex: Prevent search engines from indexing images on the page Implementation Methods: HTML Meta Tags: Traditional method, easy to verify in page source (default) HTTP Headers: More robust, works with all content types including PDFs and images Both: Maximum compatibility for all scenarios Control Levels: Global Settings: Apply directives to 22 different page contexts (posts, pages, archives, etc.) Granular Control (Optional): Override global settings for individual posts, pages, and custom post types via meta boxes in the editor Perfect for: Blocking indexing of attachment pages while allowing link following Preventing duplicate content issues with flexible directive combinations Controlling archive page indexing with granular control Managing pagination SEO with independent settings Protecting private content from search engine caching Preventing snippet display while still indexing content Main pages Front Page: Block the indexing of the site’s front page. Home: Block the indexing of the site’s home page. Pages and Posts Page: Block the indexing of the site’s pages. Privacy Policy: Block the indexing of the site’s privacy policy page. Single: Block the indexing of a post on the site. Singular: Block the indexing of a post or a page of the site. Taxonomies Category: Block the indexing of the site categories. The lists where the posts appear. Tag: Block the indexing of the site’s tags. The lists where the posts appear. Dates Date: Block the indexing when any date-based archive page (i.e. a monthly, yearly, daily or time-based archive) of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Day: Block the indexing when a daily archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Month: Block the indexing when a monthly archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Time: Block the indexing when an hourly, “minutely”, or “secondly” archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Year: Block the indexing when a yearly archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Archives Archive: Block the indexing of any type of Archive page. Category, Tag, Author and Date based pages are all types of Archives. The lists where the posts appear. Author: Block the indexing of the author’s page, where the author’s publications appear. Post Type Archive: Block the indexing of any post type page. Pagination Pagination: Block the indexing of the pagination, i.e. all pages other than the main page of an archive. Search Search: Block the indexing of the internal search result pages. Attachments Attachment: Block the indexing of an attachment document to a post or page. An attachment is an image or other file uploaded through the post editor’s upload utility. Attachments can be displayed on their own “page” or template. This will not cause the indexing of the image or file to be blocked. Previews Customize Preview: Block the indexing when a content is being displayed in customize mode. Preview: Block the indexing when a single post is being displayed in draft mode. Error Page Error 404: This will cause an error page to be blocked from being indexed. As it is an error page, it should not be indexed per se, but just in case. Important note: if you have any doubt about any of the following items it is best not to activate the option as you could lose results in the search engines. Using the plugin REST API The plugin exposes two read-only endpoints under /wp-json/noindex-seo/v1/ so headless consumers can read the configuration: GET /settings: returns the consolidated settings array (contexts and directives plus config). Requires an authenticated user with the manage_options capability. GET /effective?post_id=123: returns the list of active directives for a specific post, computed with the same precedence used on the front-end (per-post override, then per-post-type default, then the built-in context). Public only for published, non-password-protected posts; everything else requires edit_post capabilities. On WordPress versions with XML sitemaps (5.5+), URLs that are noindexed are automatically excluded from the core sitemaps. Compatibility WordPress: 4.0 – 7.1 PHP: 5.6 – 8.5 Compliance This plugin adheres to the following security measures and review protocols for each version: WordPress Plugin Handbook WordPress Plugin Security WordPress APIs Security WordPress Coding Standards Plugin Check (PCP) Privacy This plugin does not collect any information about your site, your identity, the plugins, themes or content the site has. Vulnerabilities No vulnerabilities have been published up to version 3.1.3. Found a security vulnerability? Please report it to us privately at the noindex SEO GitHub repository.