DoFollow Case by Case

73 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

Popularity scores above its weight, with around 1,000 active installs on an unusual 45 out of 30 weighting, suggesting it serves a tight niche effectively rather than competing on volume.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance is a perfect 100, with the plugin updated on 2026-02-01 and confirmed working against WordPress 6.9.4.

User Rating

12/15

Ratings are solid at 80 out of 100, though drawn from only 8 reviews, which limits statistical confidence.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at a middling 50 because there are zero support threads and zero resolved tickets, so we have no public track record to lean on.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is full marks, working with WordPress 4.0 through 6.9.4 with broad tag coverage across comment and SEO use cases.

Scores higher than 30% of indexed plugins

About

DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★ 4/5

Last Updated 2026-09-28 12:13pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.9

Security History

4 known vulnerabilities, all patched

4 Medium

Most recent: October 26, 2025

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What It Does

DoFollow Case by Case lets you selectively convert comment author links from nofollow to dofollow on a per-comment basis, the opposite of what most WordPress sites do by default. It also lets you strip dofollow status from internal or external links inside post and page content when needed. In practical terms, it gives administrators granular control over which comment links pass link equity and which do not.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small-to-medium publishers who want to reward trusted commenters with dofollow backlinks while keeping the default nofollow safety net in place for everyone else. It is a good match for community blogs, niche forums, and editorial sites where the comment section is part of the value proposition and contributors expect reciprocal linking.

Who Should Skip It

If you run a high-traffic publication with thousands of comments, or you simply want to disable commenting altogether, this plugin adds no value. Sites that do not care about comment-author link equity should rely on the WordPress default behaviour or pick a broader comments-management plugin.

The Bottom Line

DoFollow Case by Case is a narrow, well-maintained utility that does one specific job and does it with current WordPress support. With only 1,000 installs, limited ratings, and zero public support traffic, you are betting on a small plugin, so test it on a staging site before relying on it in production. Overall Quality Score: 72.93/100.

Choose Akismet if spam filtering is your real problem; it leads the category at 99.1/100 with 6 million installs.

Antispam Bee 88/100

Pick Antispam Bee if you want strong GDPR-friendly spam protection without a paid API key, scoring 88.08/100.

Comments - wpDiscuz 83/100

Go with wpDiscuz if you want to redesign the entire commenting experience, not just tweak dofollow status; it scores 83.3/100 with 70,000 installs.

External Links - nofollow, noopener & new window 83/100

Pick External Links if your primary need is controlling outbound links in post content with nofollow, noopener, and new-window attributes, scoring 82.59/100.

Disable Comments 81/100

Use Disable Comments if you want to shut comments off entirely rather than moderate their link attributes; it scores 81.29/100.