It makes little sense to set nofollow links on my site from trusted members. Is there a quick functions.php fix that will remove the no follow tag on external links for accounts who have admin or editor status only?

Thank you!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years, 10 months ago]

the no follow is added at output, not on saving.

so we need to see if the topic/reply is written by an admin or editor and then remove the filter that does the no-follow

This coded is untested, but should work

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_content' , 'follow_topic_if_admin' , 10 , 2) ;

function follow_topic_if_admin ($content, $topic_id) {
	$user_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id ) ;
	$user_meta=get_userdata($user_id);
	$user_roles=$user_meta->roles;
	$allowed_roles = array('editor', 'administrator');
	if( array_intersect($allowed_roles, $user_roles ) ) { 
		remove_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_content', 'bbp_rel_nofollow',   50   );
	}
return apply_filters( 'follow_topic_if_admin', $content, $topic_id );
}

add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_content' , 'follow_reply_if_admin' , 10 , 2) ;

function follow_reply_if_admin ($content, $reply_id) {
	$user_id = bbp_get_reply_author_id( $reply_id ) ;
	$user_meta=get_userdata($user_id);
	$user_roles=$user_meta->roles;
	$allowed_roles = array('editor', 'administrator');
	if( array_intersect($allowed_roles, $user_roles ) ) { 
		remove_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_content', 'bbp_rel_nofollow',   50   );
	}
return apply_filters( 'follow_reply_if_admin', $content, $reply_id );
}

Add this to your functions file.

Let me know if it works

[@jameshh93 Participant 6 years, 10 months ago]

Thank you, unfortunately just tested it creating a new users with for both admin and editor roles and posting a reply with a link and the nofollow is still there 🙁

[@jameshh93 Participant 6 years, 10 months ago]

Could it be that I have Buddypress activated as well?

Buddypress has this “wp_rel_nofollow_callback() – Callback to add rel=nofollow string to HTML A element.”

*Wouldn’t mind also being able to disable nofollow links for admins on buddypress too.

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years, 10 months ago]

may well be. you’ll need to post on the buddypress support site for help – I know little of buddypress !

[@sirlouen Participant 3 years, 10 months ago]

Hey @robin-w Tested but not working 🙁
What can be failing in your idea?

This doesn’t work either 🙁

Remove NoFollow from BBPress Posts

Will have to review the code and what’s going on with that filter nowadays