This is another plugin banned by WordPress. It allows you to hid external links in a post in order to prevent robots from seeing excessive affiliate links or links to bad neighborhoods.
=== Download Cloak Links Plugin ===
Tags: links, cloak, stealth, new window
Stable tag: 0.5
Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 3.0.1
Contributors: Keith Graham
Cloaks external links in posts, adding rel=”nofollow” and open in new window.
== Description ==
Scans post for external links before displaying a page. Replaces links with a cloaked url. Adds nofollow and open in new window to link.
This is useful for sites that have posts with excessive affiliate links or links to “bad neighborhoods” and do not want to be penalized in search engines.
== Installation ==
1. Download the plugin.
2. Upload the plugin to your wp-content/plugins directory.
3. Activate the plugin.
== Changelog ==
= 0.5 =
* initial release of working code. I need comments and recommendations for improvements. Please report any bugs.
== Support ==
This plugin is in active development. All feedback is welcome on My WordPress and other program development.
hey, i tested your plugin – it breaks FLICKR links
I did not dig too deep into it, but I have some flickr posts and if I cloak them with your plugin, the flickr link gets br0ken and leads to the flickr 404 site. this is reproducable behaviour and I could 100% verify that this is a problem with your plugin, not something else!
ALSO your comment system is broken – it says “no links in comments allowed” where there are no links. Seems like you have to boost your regex skills
This is GREAT – I have some blogs automated and it’s very useful to hide the sources from google.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A CUSTOM LIST OF LINKS TO AVOID THEIR TRANSFORMATION
Sometimes the link must be dofollow because is another site of your own.
Than you so much for the plugin.