by WebFactory 4.5 (77 reviews)

External Links in New Window / New Tab

Name: External Links in New Window / New Tab
Rating: 4.5 (77 reviews)
Author: WebFactory

Open external links in a new window or new tab. SEO optimized and XHTML Strict compliant.

External Links in New Window / New Tab ranks #1,039 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #142 of 4,962 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.5/5 rating from 77 reviews, and was last updated Aug 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.45 Current Version v1.45

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 16 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#142 of 4,962 in Utilities & Tools Top 5% by installs Downloads -9% this week

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#1,039

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Active Installs

30K+

-11.4%

KW Avg Position

5.2

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Downloads

489K

+46 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (77 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

Total Progress 30.5%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

77 reviews

Overall 90%

67 (87%)

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7 (9%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 day ago

May 9, 2022

External Links in New Window / New Tab [open-external-links-in-a-new-window] < 1.43

CVE-2022-1583 · Fixed in v1.43
May 9, 2022

External Links in New Window / New Tab [open-external-links-in-a-new-window] < 1.43

CVE-2022-1582 · Fixed in v1.43
May 9, 2022

External Links in New Window / New Tab [open-external-links-in-a-new-window] < 1.43

Fixed in v1.43

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.45
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.2 or higher
Author: WebFactory

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 77
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

external links links new tab new window target blank

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want external links to open in a new window or tab without breaking valid markup. It solves the problem of most similar plugins using non-XHTML-Strict-compliant target-attribute hacks by instead handling links client-side with JavaScript, keeping the code SEO friendly and standards compliant.