Remove Link to Current Page in WordPress – a plugin.

I have just released a very cool and extemely simple little WordPress plugin which will remove the link to the current page in WordPress.

WordPress is a great simple content management system, but when looking at the Google Analytics for a site I implemented entirely in WordPress I noticed that a significant percentage of people were clicking on the link to the page they were already on.

I was concerned about the impact this might be having on visitors to the site – how much confusion was it causing, whether it had a negative impact on the bounce rate, where would the user have gone if they hadn’t tried to go to the page they were on, and so on.

I scoured the web for a solution to remove the link to the current page, but to my amazement found none. I contacted John Blackbourn who developed this plugin for me – which I am now sharing with you.

John Blackbourn came highly recommended by both Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice and Damien Mulley, and I can now also highly recommend him.

I think this simple little plugin will be especially handy to people like me who develop sites entirely in WordPress for small businesses and monitor the Analytics.

Please check out the ‘Remove Link to Current Page’ plugin page for more details.

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