#4958 closed enhancement (fixed)
Add rel="nofollow ugc" to user-generated links
Reported by: | diddledani | Owned by: | dd32 |
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Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
Component: | General | Keywords: | has-patch |
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Description
Currently W.org adds rel=nofollow to links generated by users. Following recent changes referenced at https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/09/evolving-nofollow-new-ways-to-identify.html and the precedent by WordPress Core at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48022 we should add to the rel attribute the additional ugc value to indicate User-Generated Content. Attached is a patch to do just this based in part on WordPress Core's implementation.
The bbpress ticket at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3318 contains the bbpress-specific changes to add ugc
into topic and reply content. Once that is committed to bbpress trunk and filtered through onto W.org, combined with the patch attached here committed to W.org and deployed, the changes will be complete.
Patch to add rel="nofollow ugc" to user-generated content