Title: Links redirection
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Links redirection

 *  [Xavier Gimeno Torrent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaviergimeno/)
 * (@xaviergimeno)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-redirection/)
 * The problem I want to report appeared after updating 3.3.2 version. No changes
   in themes, plugins, pages, or anything else have been made.
    The fact is that
   in my website usually the links included (on pages or posts for example) are 
   external links (that is, the link is open in a new window). Obviously, the root
   page (that is, the page from my website where the “external link” is located)
   remains with no changes. The trouble is that after 3.3.2 updating, the root page
   is redirected to the external link address. This happens with every link going
   to a new window. For example: when clicking the twitter link at the footer left
   in [http://www.xaviergimeno.net/](http://www.xaviergimeno.net/), a new window
   is opened, but my home page is redirected to my twitter profile ([http://twitter.com/#!/Xavier_Gimeno](http://twitter.com/#!/Xavier_Gimeno)).
   Maybe the problem is arranged in 3.4, but perhaps not. Anyone has any idea on
   this problem?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-redirection/#post-2750635)
 * That’s … How WP has always worked. URLs you click open in the same window. They’re
   supposed to, unless you specify them to open in a new window (which we don’t 
   recommend, bad user experience, it’s 2012, people should know to right-click 
   to open in a new window). And that certainly wasn’t changed from 3.3 to 3.3.2
 * Do you have a plugin that was doing that for you? Maybe it stopped working with
   the upgrade due to unrelated reasons.
 *  Thread Starter [Xavier Gimeno Torrent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaviergimeno/)
 * (@xaviergimeno)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-redirection/#post-2750750)
 * Hello lpstenu. Firstly I like to thank for your reply.
    The case is all my external
   links are supposed to open in a new window, because that’s what I’ve specified
   in all cases. Until 3.3.2 this was what I specified, and links opened on a new
   window without any problem. And regarding the plugin, no plugin. The problem,
   I repeat is the following: after 3.3.2 updating, the root page is redirected 
   to the external link address, which before 3.3.2 never happened. This happens
   with every link going to a new window. For example: when clicking the twitter
   link at the footer left in [http://www.xaviergimeno.net/](http://www.xaviergimeno.net/),
   a new window is opened, but my home page is redirected to my twitter profile (
   [http://twitter.com/#!/Xavier_Gimeno](http://twitter.com/#!/Xavier_Gimeno)).
 * It is not a problem of plugins, I think it is a problem of wordpress, but maybe
   I am mistaken.
 * Any other idea?

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 * [links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/links/)
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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Xavier Gimeno Torrent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaviergimeno/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-redirection/#post-2750750)
 * Status: not resolved

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