Title: Why target="_blank"?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Why target="_blank"?

 *  Resolved [mw360](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mw360/)
 * (@mw360)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-target_blank/)
 * As the script is written, clicking an author’s name/link opens a new tab – hardcoded
   with a target=”_blank”. Makes starbox unusable when author resides on the current
   site – besides the fact that many including myself don’t like the practice even
   if they didn’t. This should be optional IMO. Short of editing the code itself(
   which is not an option when deploying for clients, as an update will override),
   I don’t know of a CSS style that can override this… anyone?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/starbox/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/starbox/)

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 *  Plugin Author [SEO Squirrly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cifi/)
 * (@cifi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-target_blank/#post-4348957)
 * Hey,
 * If the author is setting a personal URL, then Starbox will open his website in
   another window. For local links like author page, the link is loading in the 
   same window.
 * Kind regards,
    Calin

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