Is target=”_blank” rel=”noopener preventing my pages from opening in new tab

  • zoomzoom2018

    (@zoomzoom2018)


    6 years ago

    Hello all,

    I’ve searched online and in the forum but could not find an answer to my issue.

    I noticed this morning that my links to outside sites are no longer opening in a new tab. I noticed a new bit of code that’s been inserted in my links after the target=”_blank” after a recent WordPress upgrade: rel=”noopener. After reading up on it, I understand what it does but could it also be preventing my pages from opening in a new tab? Nothing else has changed that I know of. It makes no sense. I checked a few pages of my site and now pages that used to open in a new tab no longer do. Any ideas?

    I am using Chrome on a PC (Windows 10) but have also tried Firefox and IE and it is doing the same thing.

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic.

    How did you add those target=”_blank” in the editor?

    Anonymous User 15434590

    (@anonymized-15434590)

    Hey, @jdembowski!

    Just a heads-up:

    I noticed a new bit of code that’s been inserted in my links after the target=”_blank” after a recent WordPress upgrade: rel=”noopener.

    It seems the topic starter didn’t insert the rel=”noopener” by himself.

    Cheers.

    Thread Starter zoomzoom2018

    (@zoomzoom2018)

    Thanks guys. When adding external links in WordPress, I do use the _blank setting but the recent WordPress update added that noopener tag. I just noticed it the other day when I saw that my external links weren’t opening in a new window. I can’t find anything on it online. Although I did see one old post here asking the same question but nobody answered it. Do I need to use a plug in to suppress the noopener? That doesn’t seem like a good idea especially if Google penalizes us for not using it. (I read that – not sure if it’s true.)

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.

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