Documentation · JNofollow 6.2.8

JNofollow documentation

Installation in three steps, then the complete options reference – from rel strategy to article switches. Every option also carries inline hints directly in the Joomla backend.

Step 1: Install the plugin

Download the ZIP, then go to System → Install → Extensions in the Joomla admin panel, upload the file and let Joomla finish the installation.

Joomla Extension Manager – uploading the JNofollow plugin ZIP

Step 2: Activate the plugin

Open the Plugin Manager, search for “JNofollow” and enable the entry Content – JNofollow by SEO NW – content plugins are disabled after installation by default.

Joomla Plugin Manager – enabling Content – JNofollow by SEO NW

Step 3: Configure the plugin

Open the plugin settings, walk through the options below, save – from that moment every rendered article passes through JNofollow.

JNofollow configuration – rel strategy, target option, lists and bypass rules

The options, explained

rel strategy: keep or overwrite: Keep preserves whatever rel values a link already has and adds the missing ones – the gentle mode for grown sites. Overwrite replaces the attribute entirely with your configured set – uniform conditions, no legacy surprises.
rel values & target: Choose which values are enforced: nofollow, noopener, noreferrer – and optionally target="_blank" so external links open in a new tab (always paired with noopener for security).
Domain whitelist: One domain per line, no protocol (e.g. partner.tld). Whitelisted domains are treated as internal: their links stay untouched and follow. Subdomains are covered automatically – shop.partner.tld inherits from partner.tld.
Domain blacklist: The hard counterpart: these domains always receive rel="nofollow", overriding every bypass rule. For domains you never want to endorse, no matter what class or attribute a link carries.
Per-link bypass (optional): Three switchable rules keep individual links follow: existing rel tokens (noopener, noreferrer, ugc, sponsored – without nofollow), a chosen CSS class such as follow, or data-follow="1" (also true/yes). A fourth switch removes an existing nofollow when a bypass matches – useful when cleaning up over-blocked legacy content.
Article switches: Exclude an entire article with {nofollow=off}, or just a section by closing with {nofollow=on}. Content from the classic plugin era keeps working: {mnf=off} … {mnf=on} are understood as backward-compatible aliases. The tokens are removed from the output – visitors never see them. If they do appear as text on your site, the plugin is disabled: that is the quickest health check.
Settings export & import: Save your complete configuration as a file and import it on another site – handy for multi-site portfolios and staging/live pairs.

After the setup

Clear the Joomla cache (System → Clear Cache), open an article with external links in a private window and inspect a link in the browser's element view – the configured rel/target set should be there. The demo page shows expected before/after output for every rule; if something behaves oddly, the support page has the checklist. Updates arrive via System → Update → Extensions; the version history is in the changelog.