In a support discussion titled ‘How to avoid guarded words in certain paragraphs,’ Master asks if there’s a way to prevent auto-linkification of specific words (like ‘Marketing’) in certain areas (e.g., titles) while keeping the feature active elsewhere. JammyDodger notes no current solution exists but points to an open feature request on Meta. Master expresses disappointment at the lack of progress. supermathie suggests breaking up the word using HTML comments (e.g., ‘DiscourseConnect’) to bypass auto-linking — even for single words. Master initially doubts this for single words, but supermathie clarifies it works. Master confirms success, applying the workaround before the last letter to preserve SEO. supermathie reassures that the comment won’t appear in the rendered post, so SEO is unaffected — supported by a screenshot showing clean output.
Hi, I’m using the “watched words” feature, specifically to change certain words for links, which works very well.
However, I would like to know if there is a code or way to prevent the word from necessarily being changed in some paragraphs (for example, titles)
Basically, I have used this function to put referral links, but since I write the word so many times in the topic, I want to limit where it should not appear, it should be noted that I do not want to eliminate the function, so that when users write the words are changed automatically.
