how to add nofollow links in wordpress (beginner's guide)

nofollow link is type of link that tells search engines to not pass any link authority from your page to the other website that you're linking to.   When you link to website, search engines consider that as ranking signal, and they will pass small portion of your page authority to the other website..   To check whether nofollow attribute is added to link on website, you need to take your mouse to that link, right click on it, and then select Inspect on your browser...   It's completely acceptable recommended to link to authority websites like Wikipedia, WPBeginner, New York Times, etc without the nofollow attribute because linking to authority sites help you add credibility to your own website..   To add the nofollow attribute to your link, you need to select the block containing your link and then click on the 3 vertical dots icon present at the top bar...   After that you can add the external link to the textbox field below and click on the gear icon to open the Link options..   then you should switch to the Code Editor to add nofollow attribute faster...   Next, click on Screen Options at the corner of the screen and select Link Relationship and Link Target options...   To add the nofollow attribute, nofollow in Link Relationship textbox.   In case you are concerned about the comment section, then the good news is that WordPress already adds the nofollow attribute to all comment links by default..   Read more