Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math for advice on whether to add external links to your website.
It is important to use external links much as possible because they help search engines better understand the content of your website, and they also help your visitors achieve their goals. eg, quickly buy a phone after reading a review.
However, we understand that external links cannot be used for every website. For that reason you can disable the counting of external links in your SEO score. to do that, please add the following code snippet to your website:
/**
* Filter to disable External Links test
*/
add_filter('rank_math/researches/tests', function ($tests, $type) {
unset($tests['linksHasExternals']);
return $tests;
}, 10, 2 );
You can follow this guide for how to add code snippets to your website: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
You can read more about disabling SEO score test here: https://rankmath.com/kb/disable-seo-content-tests/
Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have questions.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
