JNofollow — Native Nofollow Plugin for Joomla 4 & 5

JNofollow manages the rel and target attributes for external links in your Joomla content. With a single toggle you can enforce site-wide rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" and optionally target="_blank"—while still allowing precise exceptions where needed.

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Key Features

Automatic rel/target for external links: adds nofollow, noopener, noreferrer and (optionally) target="_blank".
Flexible “rel” strategy: keep existing rel (extend it) or overwrite it entirely.
Domain whitelist: treat selected partner domains as internal so they remain follow.
Domain blacklist: always force rel="nofollow" for specific domains (overrides any bypass).
Per-link bypass (optional):
- If a link already has rel="noopener"/noreferrer/ugc/sponsored (and no nofollow), it stays follow.
- Links with chosen CSS classes (e.g., follow) stay follow.
- data-follow="1|true|yes" keeps the link follow.
- Optional: remove an existing nofollow when a bypass rule matches.
Article switches:
- Exclude entire article:
- Exclude a section: …
- Backward compatible tokens: …
Clean output: minimal overhead, tidy HTML.

Quick Examples

Enforce site-wide

<a href="https://example.com">Link</a>

becomes

<a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Link</a>

Keep a single link as follow (bypass enabled)

<a href="https://partner.tld" rel="noopener">Partner</a>

— no nofollow is added.

Whitelist a domain

Add partner.tld to the whitelist → links to that domain are treated as internal.

Compatibility

Joomla 5: compatible; tested with PHP 8.1–8.4 (Joomla requires ≥ 8.1).
Joomla 4: compatible; tested with PHP 8.0–8.4.
Note: Joomla 3 and older are not supported.

Why JNofollow?

Sensible, secure defaults (noopener/noreferrer).
Fine-grained control via whitelist, blacklist, and per-link bypass.
Lightweight, performance-minded, clean HTML output.