Rel Nofollow Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/rel-nofollow

Adds rel="nofollow" to posts external links unless specified otherwise.

800 active installs v1.4 PHP + WP 3.7+ Updated Dec 6, 2025
linksrelseo
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Rel Nofollow Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Rel Nofollow has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 3mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'rel-nofollow' plugin version 1.4 exhibits a generally strong security posture due to the absence of any identified vulnerabilities in its history and a lack of critical issues in the static analysis. The complete absence of SQL queries without prepared statements and no external HTTP requests are positive indicators. However, a significant concern lies in the output escaping. With 2 total outputs and 0% properly escaped, there's a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if any user-supplied or dynamically generated content is being displayed directly without sanitization. While the plugin has no recorded CVEs, this lack of history doesn't negate the presence of potential vulnerabilities indicated by the unescaped output.

Key Concerns

  • Output not properly escaped
Vulnerabilities
None known

Rel Nofollow Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Rel Nofollow Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Rel Nofollow Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
filterwp_insert_post_datarel-nofollow.php:42
actionadd_meta_boxesrel-nofollow.php:43
filterplugin_row_metarel-nofollow.php:44
Maintenance & Trust

Rel Nofollow Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 6, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads36K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings4
Active installs800
Developer Profile

Rel Nofollow Developer Profile

Stefano

6 plugins · 3K total installs

78
trust score
Avg Security Score
98/100
Avg Patch Time
1578 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Rel Nofollow

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Version Parameters
rel-nofollow/style.css?ver=rel-nofollow.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
id="rnf_exclude_post"name="rnf_exclude_post"id="rel_nofollow"name="rnf_metabox_nonce"id="rnf_metabox_nonce"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Rel Nofollow