JNofollow Plugin for Joomla!

JNofollow — Demo

This page demonstrates how JNofollow handles rel and target on external links with common configurations and bypass options.

1) Baseline (default settings)

With the plugin enabled and default options, a plain external link like:

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

will be rendered as:

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

Live example:

Test link

JNofollow default behavior screenshot: external link with rel "nofollow noopener noreferrer" and target "_blank"
Default behavior: external links receive rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" and open in a new tab.

2) Simple external link (no rel / no target set in editor)

Source link in the article:

<a href="https://seo-nw.de">https://seo-nw.de</a>

Output with default JNofollow settings:

<a href="https://seo-nw.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seo-nw.de</a>

Live example:

https://seo-nw.de

3) Keep a single link as FOLLOW (bypass via rel token)

If you set a safe token like rel="noreferrer" or rel="noopener" in the editor (and the link does not already contain nofollow), JNofollow can keep it follow when the bypass option is enabled.

Source link in the article:

<a href="https://seo-nw.de" rel="noreferrer">https://seo-nw.de</a>

Expected output with bypass enabled:

<a href="https://seo-nw.de" rel="noreferrer">https://seo-nw.de</a>

Live example:

https://seo-nw.de

Tip: You can also bypass via CSS class (e.g., class="follow") or data attribute (data-follow="1"), if those options are enabled in the plugin.

4) Exclude an article or a section

Use article switches to disable processing:

  • Exclude entire article:
  • Exclude a section: … content …
  • Legacy tokens (fallback): …
Example: exclude a section only 

<p>This block remains untouched by JNofollow.</p>


<p>Outside the excluded block, external links are processed again.</p>

5) Whitelist & Blacklist

Domain whitelist (treat as internal)

Add partner domains (one per line) to keep them follow. Example:

partner.tld
docs.example.org

Domain blacklist (always nofollow)

Force rel="nofollow" for listed domains (overrides bypass):

spam.tld
tracker.example

6) Live summary

  • Default mode: external links → rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer", target="_blank".
  • Bypass (per link): keep FOLLOW when link has rel="noopener|noreferrer|ugc|sponsored" (and no nofollow), or carries class follow, or data-follow="1|true|yes".
  • Whitelist: treat selected domains as internal (no change).
  • Blacklist: always `nofollow`, even if a bypass would apply.
  • Article switches: exclude entire articles or specific sections from processing.