In the article how to disable url in comments in wordpress, readers asked us how to remove nofollow from comments on wordpress. In this article we will show you how to remove nofollow from comments and the pluses and minuses of doing so.
What is NoFollow?
In 2005, Google introduced the rel="nofollow" feature for links. This feature instructs search engines that you do not favor the mentioned links.
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Why is NoFollow automatically added to WordPress comments
In the past, one of the simplest ways to build blacklinks and to drive SEO was to comment on blogs for blacklinks. This increases the number of spam comments.
The purpose of the nofollow tag is to limit spam comments.
Since the main goal of spam comments is to get blacklinks, nofollow will discourage spammers. You can refer to 7 more tools to prevent spam comments in WordPress
That's why WordPress implements rel=nofollow so that it can be automatically added to all links in comments.
Good or bad?
Adding nofollow to all the links given in the comments gives blog owners some peace of mind. Now, if a spam comment appears, it will automatically be nofollowed.
However, the nofollow feature does not eliminate spam comments all at once. Spammers simply don't care, and they assume that having a nofollow link is well worth it.
On the other hand, it discourages some bloggers and readers from commenting because they feel they are not getting the value they deserve for contributing to your article.
So should you disable NoFollow in WordPress comments?
The reason why site owners might want to disable nofollow is because they want to encourage more comments.
Creating dofollow links can increase the number of comments, but it can also increase spam comments.
WordPress runs a PHP script when someone posts a comment. More comments means more requests for PHP scripts to run on your server. This can also slow down your site and your WordPress hosting provider may not be able to handle this.
The majority of spam comments are submitted by spambots and can be easily caught by Akismet. However, if nofollows are disabled, you will get a lot of low quality comments submitted by real users.
You'll spend more time curtailing comments than writing the actual content on your site.
We recommend not turning off nofollow for blog comments. In fact, we recommend adding nofollow to external links from your blog posts that you don't want to endorse. See how to add nofollow to categories in WordPress.
If you still want to proceed with removing nofollow from WordPress comments, this is how you do it.
Disable NoFollow for WordPress Comments
The first thing that you need to do is install and activate the Remove Nofollow plugin. After activation, you need to go to Settings, select Remove Nofollow to set the settings for this plugin.
Remove Nofollow plugin allows you to remove the nofollow of all comments or just author comment links. You can also dofollow both.
Once you've made your selections, click Update Options to save your changes.
You can now double check by going to your site and using the Inspect Element tool on any comments.
We hope this article helped you know how to remove nofollow from comments in WordPress. You can refer to the article how to stop saving ip address in comments in wordpress.
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