External Links in New Window / New TabWordPress Plugin

opens external links in a new tab or a or new window. You can set URLs that should either be forced to open in a new window or ignored.

The plugin produces xhtml strict compliant ..de and is search engine optimized (SEO).

This is done using JavaScript’s window.open()-function. It adds only a few lines of vanilla JavaScript to the page, and does not require any external libraries like jquery.

Most other plugins perform a hack by altering the target parameter (i.e. <a target='_blank' href="http://somewhere.example" target="_blank">). That method is not XHTML Strict compliant.

This plugin handles the links client-side, which lets search engines follow the links properly. Also, if a browser does not support JavaScript, the plugin is simply inactive, and does not result in any errors.

If you need a more advanced plugin, with more options try our free WP External Links plugin.

Credits

Inspired by the Zap_NewWindow plugin by Tom Köhler.

The banner is a photo by monja da riva.

Translations

Danish by Kristian Risager Larsen

Dutch by Paul Staring

Lithuanian by Vincent G

Other translations will be appreciated!

Known bugs

The plugin conflicts with other plugins that change the links’ `onClick´ attribute.

Original developer

Kristian Risager Larsen – kezze.dk

1. Copy the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Eventually, change the settings in Settings->External Links.