Nofollow Shortcode Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/nofollow-shortcodeThe simplest way to insert rel=nofollow links into your posts or pages.
Is Nofollow Shortcode Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Nofollow Shortcode has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'nofollow-shortcode' plugin version 1.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The code demonstrates good practices by avoiding dangerous functions, utilizing prepared statements for any SQL queries, and properly escaping all outputs. Furthermore, there are no recorded vulnerabilities (CVEs) for this plugin, indicating a history of stable and secure development. The absence of file operations, external HTTP requests, and taint analysis findings further reinforces this positive assessment.
Nofollow Shortcode Security Vulnerabilities
Nofollow Shortcode Code Analysis
Nofollow Shortcode Attack Surface
Shortcodes 3
WordPress Hooks 1
Maintenance & Trust
Nofollow Shortcode Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
Nofollow Shortcode Alternatives
Nofollow for external link
nofollow-for-external-link
Automatically insert rel=nofollow and target=_blank to all the external links into your website posts, pages or menus. Support exclude domain.
External & Affiliate Links Processor
external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon
Process outbound (external) links to make useful changes, including adding affiliate ID tags, rel=nofollow or target=_blank attributes, and adding ico …
WPF Force External Nofollow
wpf-force-external-nofollow
Automatically inserts rel="nofollow" into all the external links on your wordpress posts or pages.
Attributes Class ID Rel Title for WP-links
class-id-for-wp-links
Allow specify rel="nofollow", "title", "class" and "id" attributes for links in visual (TinyMCE) editor.
Nofollow Adder WordPress Plugin
nofollow-adder
A simple plugin to add 'nofollow' relation attribute to all external links.
Nofollow Shortcode Developer Profile
11 plugins · 13K total installs
How We Detect Nofollow Shortcode
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
<!--Nofollow shortcode insertion failed. The correct syntax is [nofollow url="http://link-url.com"]link text[/nofollow]. Reason for failure: No url specified. --><!--Nofollow shortcode insertion failed. The correct syntax is [nofollow url="http://link-url.com"]link text[/nofollow]. Reason for failure: No link text specified. -->rel="nofollow"<a href="http://" target="" rel="nofollow">