Pierre Ribeaucourt

JS Links lets you obfuscate links so crawlers can’t follow them — while users still can. 
It replaces <code><a></code> tags with accessible <code></code> elements (<code>role="link"</code>, <code>tabindex="0"</code>) containing Base64-encoded URLs.
✅ Use cases 
– Hide links to legal pages, login, or affiliate URLs 
– Prevent PageRank dilution in footers or widgets 
– Keep a clean, SEO-friendly internal linking structure
✅ Key features 
– Lightweight, no external calls or tracking 
– 100 % reversible (disable = restores original links) 
– Works with all SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress) 
– Compatible with any theme or builder 
– Accessible (keyboard navigation supported) 
– Optionally disable obfuscation on specific pages 
– Custom CSS styling per area (content, menu, footer, widget)
✅ Why not just use <code>nofollow</code>? 
Because <code>nofollow</code> links are still visible to crawlers and can leak PageRank. 
JS Links removes the <code>href</code> entirely and hides the destination — Google can’t see it, so no PageRank flows.
✅ Safe and compliant 
JS Links follows WordPress coding standards and includes: 
– URL sanitization (<code>esc_url_raw()</code>) 
– Output escaping (<code>esc_attr()</code>, <code>wp_kses_post()</code>) 
– CSS filtering (<code>safecss_filter_attr()</code>) 
– Protection against reverse tabnabbing (<code>noopener noreferrer</code>)
🧠 Result: total control of your internal link flow, with zero impact on UX.
<h3>Description (FR)</h3>
JS Links permet d’obfusquer certains liens pour empêcher Google et les robots d’exploration de les suivre — tout en conservant un comportement identique pour l’utilisateur. 
Les balises <code><a></code> sont remplacées par des <code></code> cliquables (<code>role="link"</code>, <code>tabindex="0"</code>) contenant l’URL encodée en Base64.
✅ Cas d’usage 
– Empêcher la transmission de PageRank sur les liens non stratégiques (CGU, mentions légales, etc.) 
– Bloquer les liens d’affiliation ou externes sans casser le design 
– Préserver un maillage interne propre et hiérarchisé
✅ Fonctionnalités 
– Ultra-léger et 100 % réversible 
– Compatible avec tous les thèmes et plugins SEO 
– Accessible au clavier 
– Personnalisation visuelle simple (CSS par zone) 
– Exclusion possible de certaines pages
✅ Différence avec <code>nofollow</code> 
Un lien <code>nofollow</code> reste une balise <code><a></code> visible par Google. 
JS Links, lui, supprime l’attribut <code>href</code> et encode l’URL — donc Google ne voit pas le lien.
✅ Sécurité 
JS Links respecte les bonnes pratiques WordPress : 
– Nettoyage et validation des URLs 
– Échappement systématique des sorties 
– Filtrage CSS sécurisé 
– Protection contre le reverse tabnabbing 
– Fallback sans JavaScript (<code><noscript></code>)
🧠 En clair : tu gardes ton jus SEO sans sacrifier ton ergonomie.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed and maintained by <a href="https://ribeaucourt.fr" rel="nofollow ugc">Pierre Ribeaucourt</a>
<h3>Support</h3>
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, feel free to open a thread on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/js-links/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a>.

JS Links – SEO Link Obfuscation

Hide specific links from crawlers without breaking design or accessibility. Lightweight, reversible, and SEO-safe.

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A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting bots, by converting email addresses characters to HTML entities. Hide email from Spam Bots using a shortcode <code>[obfuscate_email]</code> and built-in WordPress function <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/antispambot/" title="antispambot" rel="nofollow ugc">antispambot()</a>.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Obfuscate plain email address</li>
<li>Obfuscate href mailto link in HTML anchor element</li>
<li>Support for custom CSS class</li>
<li>Support for email subject</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
Obfuscate plain email address
<pre><code>[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com"]
</code></pre>
Create clickable email address
<pre><code>[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com" link=true]
</code></pre>
Add CSS class to the HTML anchor element
<pre><code>[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com" link=true class="my-class another-class"]
</code></pre>
Obfuscate email address with email subject
<pre><code>[obfuscate_email email='your@email.com?subject=My custom email subject']
</code></pre>
<h4>Shortcode parameter</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>email</code> required – Email address.</li>
<li><code>link</code> optional – Set true if you want to create clickable email address.</li>
<li><code>class</code> optional – Add space separated list of classes.</li>
</ul>

Email Address Obfuscation

The best plugins are the ones you install and they just work. This is one of those plugins. Thanks for creating a simple tool to obfuscate email addresses.

Does exactly what it says it will

Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors.

JS Links – SEO Link Obfuscation vs Email Address Obfuscation