How to No-Follow "Powered by Disqus" Link

Hi AJ,
Clearly say, You can’t make Powered by Disqus link as nofollow. Because those entire comment template is coming from Disqus server. There is no file available in local to edit. Disqus loads entire comment block like an iframe. So you will not be able to make any changes to files which is located on their server.

Hi Joel, and thanks,

Sorry, are you saying that there is no local file in your plugin to edit? I just want to make sure I’m clear on what you’re saying as there is an editable comments.php file for the standard Disqus Comment System plugin wherein one can no-follow the “Powered by Disqus” link. In comments.php, this:

<a class="dsq-brlink" href="https://disqus.com">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>

gets changed to this:

<a class="dsq-brlink" href="https://disqus.com" rel="nofollow">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>

Thanks again,
AJ

No,
Are you sure about that? You can not edit that. There is no such line in comments.php (You can check on latest Disqus official plugin) file in official plugin. It was there in older versions. But new versions does not allow you to edit that. And that is purely loaded from Disqus server. You can not manage it.

Ah, okay. It has been awhile since I’ve used or edited Disqus, so I’m sure you’re right about the line no longer being present in the current Disqus version.

Thanks again, Joel,
AJ