For temporarily downgraded friend links, especially those established on the basis of friendship, if you directly remove them, it might seem a bit unfair. Hehe. How can we ensure that the temporary downgrade of these friend links does not affect the webpage's weight while still providing normal recommendations (display) of the friend links to regular users? In this case, we can temporarily add the `nofollow` tag to the friend links.
For WordPress, you can consider modifying the link relationship (XFN). Find the file:
/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php