Links set as dofollow are nofollow

#42690
  • Resolved Lynne Huysamen
    Rank Math free

    When I add a link to open in a new window the link gets changed to nofollow even though it is not set to nofollow. If I then remove the code rel=”noopener noreferrer” and save my post it just resets it again to nofollow.

    Please can you check this and advise what the problem can be. I have not added any new plugins for a while and I have not changed my Rank Math settings – I have also checked my settings and I cannot see anything that would be causing this.

    Thank you!

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    I have just tested this by creating a new post and also editing one of your posts but I cannot reproduce the nofollow issue.

    Could you please share the link that is affected by this so that we can test this further?

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Hi Michael

    I have changed your test post from being in the trash to being published as private. I then made the link to open in a new window and it changed the link to no follow.

    This issue is happening when I make any external link open in a new window.

    Kind regards
    Lynne

    Hi Lynne,

    Thank you for the reply.

    I was able to reproduce this earlier on today on my test site and this has been submitted to our dev team for closer investigation.

    We will be getting back to you in a short while.

    Thank you.

    Awesome thank you so much!

    HI Lynne,

    Thanks for the follow up.

    This issue does not seem to be reproduced on all environments.

    Could you please check if Nofollow External Links Option is not enabled in Rank Math >> General Settings >> Links. Disabling this option seems to fix the issue.

    Let me know how this goes. Thank you.

    Thank you!

    Hello,

    We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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