Hide specific links from crawlers without breaking design or accessibility. Lightweight, reversible, and SEO-safe.
As of April 2026, JS Links is a WordPress seo plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 220 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
JS Links lets you obfuscate links so crawlers can’t follow them — while users still can.
It replaces <a> tags with accessible <span> elements (role="link", tabindex="0") 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,…
| WordPress | 5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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