Title: Read more link
Last modified: June 12, 2021

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# Read more link

 *  Resolved [anandaravind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anandaravind/)
 * (@anandaravind)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-67/)
 * Hi, I am customizing EXS News theme for my site; it is working well so far and
   i have been able to make it work that I intend it to. However, I am stuck at 
   one place, which is, the read more link or the link from the heading of a blog
   on the Archive page is not opening on a new page. It opens in the same page. 
   I want the page to open on a different tab when a user clicks the Read more link.
   Can you please help? Warm regards, Aravind Anand

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 *  Theme Author [exstheme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exstheme/)
 * (@exstheme)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-67/#post-14561243)
 * Hello!
    Thanks for using the ExS theme.
 * Sorry for delay with answer, there was no e-mail notification for some reason.
 * Please try to put following code to the end of your ‘functions.php’ file:
 *     ```
       function exs_read_more_markup_excerpt() {
       		global $post;
       		$exs_markup = ' <span class="more-tag"><a class="more-link" target="_blank" href="' .
       		esc_url( get_permalink( $post->ID ) ) . '">' .
       		exs_read_more_inside_link_markup() .
       		'</a></span><!-- .more-tag -->';
   
       		return $exs_markup;
       	}
       ```
   
 * But please note that this is not very good user experience since you stay on 
   the same domain when you clicking on the ‘Read More’ link.
 *  Thread Starter [anandaravind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anandaravind/)
 * (@anandaravind)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-67/#post-14561762)
 * Thanks for sharing the details; will test and report if I notice any issue.

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 * Last reply from: [anandaravind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anandaravind/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-67/#post-14561762)
 * Status: resolved