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# DevynCJohnson

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Media Library Assistant] Go Directly to Full-Sized Image from Gallery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-directly-to-full-sized-image-from-gallery/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-directly-to-full-sized-image-from-gallery/#post-17487520)
 * [@dglingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) , Thanks! The development
   version and changing the value of `link` worked.
 * I will now donate (using the button already provided in the plugin) as this solution
   works perfectly.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[BBCode Deluxe] Sudden fatal error on website after activating the plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-fatal-error-on-website-after-activating-the-plugin/)
 *  Plugin Author [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-fatal-error-on-website-after-activating-the-plugin/#post-13198595)
 * Also, soon, I will be adding more shortcodes and features to this plugin. I also
   intend to add an options page where admins can enable/disable certain shortcodes
   and apply other settings. Feel free to send me an email with your ideas and wish-
   list. I would like to get this plugin up to 1000+ users and hopefully get some
   positive reviews before I lose interest.
 * Originally, I made this plugin for my own use after alternatives were no longer
   supported. After having had some people that viewed my site ask me what I am 
   using for shortcodes, I soon had some people ask that I publish my plugin. I 
   published it because people wanted and liked it. Besides donations (which I never
   received), knowing that people like and enjoy the plugin is a big motivator to
   me in taking the time to provide this plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[BBCode Deluxe] Sudden fatal error on website after activating the plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-fatal-error-on-website-after-activating-the-plugin/)
 *  Plugin Author [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-fatal-error-on-website-after-activating-the-plugin/#post-13198576)
 * I released the fix. Thankfully, a fellow user of this plugin emailed me concerning
   the issue. It is now fixed. For some reason, I did not experience this issue 
   on my website, but at least a fellow user that experienced the issue emailed 
   me about it. I cannot fix an issue if I do not know there is an issue.
 * Also, the review page is not for reporting issues. The review page makes me seriously
   wonder why I share this plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] NoFollow Bug](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/#post-6617185)
 * As a temporary (but poor fix) the below code can be added to “functions.php”.
 *     ```
       //Remove nofollow
       function rm_nofollow($txt){
           $txt=str_replace(' rel="nofollow"','',$txt);
           return $txt;
       }
       add_filter('bbp_get_topic_content','rm_nofollow',20);
       add_filter('bbp_get_reply_content','rm_nofollow',20);
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Prevent “nofollow” from being Inserted in BBPress Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-nofollow-from-being-inserted-in-bbpress-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-nofollow-from-being-inserted-in-bbpress-posts/#post-6629147)
 * As a temporary (but poor fix) the below code can be added to “functions.php”.
 *     ```
       //Remove nofollow
       function rm_nofollow($txt){
           $txt=str_replace(' rel="nofollow"','',$txt);
           return $txt;
       }
       add_filter('bbp_get_topic_content','rm_nofollow',20);
       add_filter('bbp_get_reply_content','rm_nofollow',20);
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] NoFollow Bug](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/#post-6617181)
 * Why is it that “sem-external-links.php” never loads or uses “sem-follow_comment.
   php”? I noticed that none of the PHP files use “sem-follow_comment.php”.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Links in Source Code Examples](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-in-source-code-examples/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-in-source-code-examples/#post-6602319)
 * Here is an example of a plain “code” tag that “External Links” did not ignore
   [http://dcjtech.info/topic/self-extracting-archives-for-linux/](http://dcjtech.info/topic/self-extracting-archives-for-linux/).
   Look for the line “shar -x -s [AUTHOR@linux.org](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/replies/AUTHOR@linux.org?output_format=md)*.
   pdf > manual.shar”.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] NoFollow Bug](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/#post-6617107)
 * I am currently waiting for an answer on the bbPress forums ( [https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nofollow-on-internal-links/](https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nofollow-on-internal-links/)).
   However, in the meantime, I disabled bbPress’s ability to add “nofollow” to links
   by commenting out the below lines in bbPress’s code.
 *     ```
       //add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_content', 'bbp_rel_nofollow',   50   );
       //add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_content', 'bbp_rel_nofollow',   50   );
       ```
   
 * However, the “nofollow” attribute is still being given to the links (example –
   [http://dcjtech.info/topic/general-unixoid-topics/](http://dcjtech.info/topic/general-unixoid-topics/)).
   Are you sure that nothing was accidentally changed in “External Links”? I did
   not have this issue until after I updated the plugin and nothing else has changed
   since that time. True, it is logical to suspect bbPress since links on WordPress
   pages (like [http://dcjtech.info/guides/](http://dcjtech.info/guides/) ) are 
   not effected by this “nofollow” behavior. However, I disabled bbPress’s ability
   to apply the “nofollow” attribute, so the behavior should have stopped.
 * Once I officially find the source of the problem and apply a working solution,
   I will be sure to let you know.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] NoFollow Bug](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/#post-6617097)
 * That is interesting. I never had that happen before. I have always inspected 
   the HTML code of my pages to ensure that everything is operating as expected.
   I will figure out what changed to cause that issue. Thanks for the link. I would
   have never suspected bbPress to be the cause of the problem.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] NoFollow Bug](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nofollow-bug/#post-6616967)
 * This bug is only seen on bbPress forum posts, but not WordPress “pages” such 
   as [http://dcjtech.info/guides/](http://dcjtech.info/guides/)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Links in Source Code Examples](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-in-source-code-examples/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-in-source-code-examples/#post-6602280)
 * Yes, I checked/enabled the “Do not process links in html code blocks” option.
   URLs in pre and code tags/blocks are still being processed by the “External Links”
   plugin.
 * At this moment, I wonder if the issue relates to the order in which plugins perform
   their tasks. For instance, I use the “EnlighterJS” plugin to provide syntax coloring
   to code in pre tags and other blocks. I wonder if there is a conflict between
   the “External Links” plugin and “EnlighterJS”.
 * If that is the case, then here is a suggestion. You may want to add “EnlighterJSWrapper”
   and “EnlighterJS” classes to the exclude list as well as EnlighterJS’s shortcodes.
   _However_, it may be easier to make the “External Links” plugin execute later
   than usual and then ignore “EnlighterJSWrapper” and “EnlighterJS” classes (which
   are used in div, ol, ul, and span tags).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Ignore Links in code and pre tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ignore-links-in-code-and-pre-tags/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ignore-links-in-code-and-pre-tags/#post-6521458)
 * Thanks for the fix! This is a great plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Parenthesis are Mistaken as Part of the URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parenthesis-are-mistaken-as-part-of-the-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parenthesis-are-mistaken-as-part-of-the-url/#post-6510024)
 * Thanks for the info and new version. I should have known that parenthesis were
   acceptable. After reading your comment, I then remembered that Wikipedia uses
   parenthesis in some of its URLs. I never knew that semicolons and some of the
   other characters were acceptable.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Ignore Links in code and pre tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ignore-links-in-code-and-pre-tags/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ignore-links-in-code-and-pre-tags/#post-6521446)
 * The link is not broken. WordPress.org added the ending parenthesis to the URL.
 * Once you get to the page, scroll down to the “HTML5 Code” section and view the
   sample code. The “p” tag that contains an “a” tag should not have an “a” tag.
   The “External Links” plugin added the “a” tag code because of the URL that is
   in the sample HTML code.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links] Parenthesis are Mistaken as Part of the URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parenthesis-are-mistaken-as-part-of-the-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [DevynCJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devyncjohnson/)
 * (@devyncjohnson)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parenthesis-are-mistaken-as-part-of-the-url/#post-6509989)
 * NOTE: I noticed that this website (WordPress.org) does not allow commas and periods
   to be used in the “href” of an `<a>` tag, but you get the idea.
 * Here is a screenshot of the bug – [http://dcjtech.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/External-links.jpg](http://dcjtech.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/External-links.jpg)
 * Below is the code that the “External Links” plugin created. The plugin should
   not be using the parenthesis and comma that follows the URL.
 * `<a href="http://dcjtech.info/forum/downloads/),">http://dcjtech.info/forum/downloads/),
   </a>`

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