Title: Open Files In New Window or Tab Author: Andy Brudtkuhl Published: October 7, 2014 Last modified: October 7, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-open-files-in-new-window/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1003478) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-open-files-in-new-window_f7f7f7.svg) # Open Files In New Window or Tab By [Andy Brudtkuhl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abrudtkuhl/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/) ## Description This plugin enqueues a simple jQuery script that looks for any anchor tag that has an href property to something with a file extension of 1-5 characters and makes it open in a new window or tab. [see script here](https://gist.github.com/abrudtkuhl/94a6f58d1f76439fa6fb) This means any link to a .pdf, .txt, .ppt, .doc, .xls, .xlst, etc will automatically have the property ‘target=”_blank”‘ added to it so it opens in a new window or browser tab. ## Installation Upload the plugin files or install from the WordPress.org plugin repository. e.g. 1. Upload `wp-open-files-new-window.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ What kind of links will this alter? Any link that goes to a file What does it do Ex: This plugin would transform `Open PDF` to `Open PDF` ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Open Files In New Window or Tab” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Andy Brudtkuhl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abrudtkuhl/) [Translate “Open Files In New Window or Tab” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-open-files-in-new-window/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-open-files-in-new-window/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-open-files-in-new-window/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-open-files-in-new-window/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First version released ## Meta * Version **0.1** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Tags * [files](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/files/)[links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-open-files-in-new-window/advanced/) ## Ratings 1 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Andy Brudtkuhl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abrudtkuhl/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-files-in-new-window/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://youmetandy.com)