Title: remove nofollow Last modified: April 22, 2020 --- # remove nofollow * Resolved [crealexiadiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crealexiadiy/) * (@crealexiadiy) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/) * Hi, I have a nofollow issue with Internal nofollow links. * I would like to remove the nofollow attribute on all internal links. ( I have only internal links) Ryte shows me 37 pages. I checked but I cannot find any links. * How could I do? * Thanks, Alexandra * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fremove-nofollow-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [crealexiadiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crealexiadiy/) * (@crealexiadiy) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12716813) * I have also problem with the sitemap: Indexable pages missing in the sitemap. xml * In General settings / Features everything is ON! * [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/) * (@devnihil) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12728233) * We’ve identified several concerns in your post and responded to each below: * **I would like to remove the nofollow attribute on all internal links.** * The Yoast SEO plugin is only able to add the nofollow attribute on a page level. It isn’t able to modify these on a per link basis. You can select whether a page is set to ‘nofollow’ by performing the following steps: ​ - ​Go to the Edit screen for a page/post ​Scroll down to the Yoast Metabox​ Click on the ‘Advanced’ area ​For ‘Should search engines follow links on this Page?’ select ‘Yes’ ​Click Update ​ * ​We also have a guide on how to set a page/post to nofollow or noindex here: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-do-i-noindex-urls/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-do-i-noindex-urls/) * **I have also problem with the sitemap: Indexable pages missing in the sitemap. xml** * Whereas the XML Sitemap should dynamically update after any modification to it, if the site or server is caching the sitemap this can cause it to not update right away. We also have additional information on this at the following link: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/sitemap-does-not-update/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/sitemap-does-not-update/). If you are not seeing the sitemap as updated, we would recommend checking your caching settings and to ensure that the sitemap is being excluded from the cache. * If you are still experiencing an issue with the sitemap not updating after checking your caching settings, you can also force a cache reset by temporarily disabling the sitemap feature, and then re-enabling. To do so please perform the following steps: - ​In WordPress go to SEO>General>Features ​For ‘XML Sitemaps’ Toggle the switch to ‘Disabled.’ ​​Click ‘Save Changes.’ ​Toggle the switch back to ‘ Enabled.’ ​Click ‘Save Changes.’ * ​We also have a guide on how to enable/disable XML Sitemaps here: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/enable-xml-sitemaps-in-the-wordpress-seo-plugin/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/enable-xml-sitemaps-in-the-wordpress-seo-plugin/) * Thread Starter [crealexiadiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crealexiadiy/) * (@crealexiadiy) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12729327) * Dear devnihil I analyzed my site with Ryte, and I have a lots of warnings for nofollow. But visiting the posts with warnings, the ‘Should search engines follow links on this Page’ is Yes. So I do not understand the problem.. I have to tell you, that I do not understand a lot about these things… 😀 * With the sitemap I do the steps you suggested. But I don’t know if it is ok now, because the ryte allows only 1 check a month. * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12731173) * A nofollow link can occur within the content as well. Some common places where we see nofollow links is in the comment; specifically the reply to comment WordPress core feature. * As this is a core WordPress feature and can be outside of where Yoast interacts with your site, you may want to look at a nofollow plugin that helps with the comment reply feature and other non-Yoast areas. Search for one that meets your needs [here](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nofollow/). * Thread Starter [crealexiadiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crealexiadiy/) * (@crealexiadiy) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12732623) * Thank you! Just a question, is this a problem that I have nofollow links in the comment…? * I started to investigate only because Ryte results… * [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/) * (@devnihil) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12761641) * Whether you choose to set a type of content to nofollow depends on the nature of the links. Google roughly indicates that there are three reasons to nofollow links: - Untrusted content Paid links Crawl prioritization * Comments are an example of an area of content where you would typically not want the links to be followed, as they typically will have links that contain the first two types. We also have more information on what types of pages you may want to set to noindex/nofollow at the following link: [https://yoast.com/which-pages-noindex-or-nofollow/](https://yoast.com/which-pages-noindex-or-nofollow/) * Thread Starter [crealexiadiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crealexiadiy/) * (@crealexiadiy) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12768534) * Thank you! * [somenoma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somenoma/) * (@somenoma) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-12945431) * Hi there, * I got the same issue, a message from Ryte: Remove nofollow from all internal links. * -Everything seems to be ok in Yoast. It is set for following. -Bluehost wasn’t helpful -Ryte wasn’t helpful. Doesn’t say how to fix it. I am not sure if I should trust them at all with this message. I understand I need to remove the nofollow code in HTML… BUT WHERE AND HOW? * could somebody please explain me like to a 6 year old, how to remove nofollow from my links? (I am asking this cause I see in many forums ‘insert this code’, insert that code… BUT WHERE DO I INSERT IT?) * Thanks a lot!! * [Stefan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/languagecoach/) * (@languagecoach) * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-nofollow-3/#post-13028402) * I seem to have the same issue. This question hasnt been answered yet. Any idea how to remove the nofollow atrtribute in HTML? 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