{"id":18773352,"date":"2026-01-03T05:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/automatically-opens-external-links-in-a-new-tab\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:55:55","slug":"automatically-opens-external-links-in-a-new-tab","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/automatically-opens-external-links-in-a-new-tab\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically opens external links in a new tab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This plugin is very convenient because <strong>after installation it automatically opens external links in a new tab<\/strong>, without requiring extra configuration. It smartly <strong>ignores email (mailto) and phone (tel) links<\/strong>, so only real <strong>external hyperlinks<\/strong> are affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tested it along with a <strong>WordPress automatic internal links plugin<\/strong> and a <strong>WordPress plugin auto internal link<\/strong> setup, and there were no conflicts at all. Internal links remain untouched while external URLs correctly <strong>open link in a new tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are using an <strong>auto internal linking plugin WordPress<\/strong> website and want a clean solution to manage external links, this plugin works perfectly for <strong>open in new tab WordPress<\/strong> functionality. Lightweight, automatic, and SEO-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank Codious Technologies<\/strong> for building a simple and effective solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18773352","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-external-links","topic-tag-link-management","topic-tag-open-in-new-tab","topic-tag-seo"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18773352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18773352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18773352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}