External Links in New Window / New Tab

By WebFactory

Site Administration & Utilities / URL Redirects & 301 Management

External Links in New Window / New Tab Review - In-Depth Analysis

Open external links in a new window or new tab. SEO optimized and XHTML Strict compliant.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.62/10

User Rating

4.5/5 (based on 77+ reviews)

Active Installations

30,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

3 / 10 (Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin opens external links in a new tab or a 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 code 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. 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.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free External Links in New Window / New Tab plugin.

External links

New tab

New window

Screenshots

FAQ

Just use standard Plugin overview page in WordPress admin section and deactivate it or rename plugin folder /wp-content/plugins/open-external-links-in-a-new-window over FTP access.