Title: Plugin is converting internal links into external
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugin is converting internal links into external

 *  Resolved [matdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matdev/)
 * (@matdev)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/)
 * Hi,
 * I am using the newest plugin version 6.1. Since last update… I have checked on
   settings page: [x] Add Icons, [x] Open in New Windows
    and plugin is converting
   all my internal links in menu (and probably in different places too) into external
   adding icons next to it and opening them in new tab… Tried to disable plugins
   one by one, but didn’t work. Any ideas what it can be?
 * Cheers
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sem-external-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sem-external-links/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mike Koepke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike_koepke/)
 * (@mike_koepke)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/#post-5467521)
 * Part of the legacy of this plugin is that it assumed a link was external unless
   it concluded it was an internal link. So if it turns out if fails a test for 
   it being an internal link, it is then external.
 * So the interesting part would be why it thinks a menu link back to a page on 
   your site is being treated as external. Can you provide the url of the site you’re
   seeing it on?
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Koepke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike_koepke/)
 * (@mike_koepke)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/#post-5467522)
 * If you turn off Apply Globally that should stop the behavior you’re seeing. Only
   links within a page, post, comment will be processed.
 *  Anonymous User 8639124
 * (@anonymized-8639124)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/#post-5467620)
 * I’m actually seeing a similar issue, even with “apply globally” unchecked. It
   may be the same thing that Mike mentioned in his first reply…it only seems to
   happen to “non-traditional” page-types, in my case in a page created by The Events
   Calendar plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Koepke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike_koepke/)
 * (@mike_koepke)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/#post-5467642)
 * Well the new 6.3 effectively assumes a link is internal unless determined it 
   is external. Now this is not saying it still doesn’t think the link is external.
   There are simply so much variety nowadays with with links and attributes.

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Mike Koepke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike_koepke/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-converting-internal-links-into-external/#post-5467642)
 * Status: resolved