Open external links in new windows

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OverPress
#47283
May 1, 2015 at 11:59 pm

Hi, a question, would that all external links that you put in the articles open in an external page. You can via functions.php?

Thanks

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simchris
#47284
May 2, 2015 at 12:13 am

I use a plugin for that …
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-external-links/

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OverPress
#47285
May 2, 2015 at 12:17 am

Thanks, but as usual I wouldn’t use plugin:)

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simchris
#47286
May 2, 2015 at 1:26 am

Well, we need the rel=nofollow added — no way a simple functions.php directive is likely to be able to do that. But if you find a way, would love to know. 🙂

Also, fyi, bloating out the functions.php file is just as bad as using multiple plugins.

Always a balance on what you need to do and what is technically possible.

If you’re doing links by hand easy enough to just add the target=new

We’re using code to make all URLs into live links, but also make them load external and make them rel=nofollow. No way to do all 3 in a functions.php filter.

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simchris
#47287
May 2, 2015 at 1:27 am

For stuff nor related to theme, stackexchange also good place to get programming help 🙂

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