How to NoFollow The Post Author Link in WordPress
The post author link in WordPress is a do-follow link by default. If you want to no-follow the post author’s link in WordPress, here is a brief tutorial.
The link to author’s posts is shown using the php code <?php the_author_posts_link();?>. This shows the author name and links to the author page with a do-follow link. The following tutorial explains how you can modify the link and add the no-follow attribute to the same php code.
1. Open the FTP directory of your blog and download the wp-includes/author-template.php file.
2. Open the author-template.php file for editing with any HTML editor and search for “href”. Add rel=”nofollow” at appropriate places as shown below:
3. There is a total of 4 links in the file and you can add the no-follow attribute in all of them. After you have added the no-follow attribute, upload the file back in the wp-includes directory.
That’s it. All the author posts link will now be no-followed through out your blog.(see example)
