DoFollow Case by Case
by apasionados · Uncategorized
Also makes 28 other plugins · 48.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+126%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “comment”, “link” and “nofollow” for “commenters”, “subversion” and “i18n”. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “commenters” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “link” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subversion” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “nofollow” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “i18n” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 27.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 8 reviews to 2021-11-29Reviewers like the per-comment nofollow control, though some report it doesn't strip nofollow as expected and one hit a conflict with W3 Total Cache.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 31 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| case | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| dofollow your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| comment to case | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| rel nofollow your tag | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| commenters | #7 | #13 | up 1 |
| nofollow your tag | #19 | #21 | down 1 |
| subversion | #13 | #15 | down 1 |
| i18n | #21 | #17 | up 3 |
| rel nofollow link | #15 | #21 | up 1 |
| nofollow free | #19 | #22 | up 1 |
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| link your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “comment”, “link” and “nofollow” for “commenters”, “subversion” and “i18n”. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “commenters” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “link” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subversion” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “nofollow” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “i18n” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v3.6.1 · 30 Sep 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mevo4.9y ago
Very useful plugin. It however lacks the ability to act on the comment author URL on a case by case basis. Currently, the box only acts on the links in the comment. Suggestion has been made in the support section. I will definitely add the 5th star to my review if this gets improved.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vormaro9.7y ago
Muito bom este plugin, recomendo
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ClickyB11.8y ago
Installed plug-in, added my email to the “white-list” and added a new comment… I couldn’t get rid of the rel=”nofollow”, every time I save the comment it just comes back!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ giac12.2y ago
Conflict with W3 Total Cache, unluckily it is unusable…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Web-Alliance12.3y ago
a great plugin, which is really useful for the comments section. You have all control on the comments, and you can decide to give a rel=nofollow or not, for only the comments you think deserve it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ randaloulton12.4y ago
Shoot I wish it actually worked and removed nofollow on my own comments but it doesn’t lol. Oh well. I’ll keep hunting.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ParkerWest12.9y ago
*** The authors of this plugin responded to my problem and rolled out an update to fix the issue. It does exactly what I need it to do now and I really appreciate their help. Thank you! *** I wish this plugin worked properly because it would solve an exact issue that I’ve been trying to fix. However, upon activation it turns all comment author names into links that point to the page the comment is has been left on. This happens when the comment author did not include a website to associate with his/her name, but does not change the links if a comment author did include one. I posted the issue in the support forum, but it has been over a week and there has been no response. Due to this, I’m forced to give it a one-star rating. I plan to keep it deactivated in my plugins file in hopes that they update it thereby fixing the problem. But, it appears that the developers may have abandoned this project.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ casababel13.0y ago
This plugin makes it easy to include nofollow links in posts, something that should be a functionality of WordPress, but isn’t.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.6.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched High · 7.2 DoFollow Case by Case <= 3.6.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content ↗2026-10-01 CVE-2026-95817 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.6.0 Patched in 3.6.1
- Patched Medium · 5.5 DoFollow Case by Case <= 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47625 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.5.1 Patched in 3.6.0
- Patched Medium · 4.3 DoFollow Case by Case <= 3.4.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via getEmail and getUrl ↗
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 131 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 107 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 5 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,921 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "rel-nofollow" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-10-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2024-09-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-09-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-09-12 1K+ → 2K+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2024-08-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1769 days in tier
- 2019-10-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1473 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Nofollow for external link 9K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D - W WPF Force External Nofollow 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Extend Link 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B - N Nofollow Case by Case 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Nofollow External Links (SEO) 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - E External & Affiliate Links Processor 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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