New Tab/Window ≠ Misleading = plz fix

  • Hello open source community,

    Opening links in new tab/window refrains interruption of the content being read, viewed, and/or listened to.

    And it is recommended to open new tabs/windows more often than not, e.g. losing reading position, interrupting AI readers, etc. Yes, it is safe to open new tab/window via _blank, additionally, it isn’t black hat, and does not carry pessimistic tendencies, as well as reference for page rank, not talking about uninterrupted SEO of direct traffic. Aforementioned is important because only 4.1 billion people use the internet, about 56.7 of global population, therefore knowing a reference is important.

    How can this be remedied, by removing rel=”noreferrer noopener”?

    rel=”noreferrer noopener” is added automatically, it is re-added (after being removed) upon saving/publishing.

    Is there a code and/or plugin that works and does this?

    There are references of code for functions.php and plugins that haven’t been updated in years. Code does not work, and we’re reluctant to use the outdated plugins.

    Looking forward to having this resolved.

    Thank you in advance.

    Best regards.

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  • Who are you speaking too? You can provide enhancements, or suggestions here:

    https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/newticket

    I think you are misinformed on the noopener. These measures are implemented for dom or browser hijacking. Specifically window.opener.location

    Thread Starter Vitaly Tennant

    (@vvt10551)

    To summarize, code and/or plugin needed to remove rel=”noreferrer noopener” from links.

    copy/paste

    Looking forward to having this resolved.

    Thank you in advance.

    Best regards.

    Moderator Marius L. J.

    (@clorith)

    Hiya @vvt10551

    Just letting you know, I archived your last reply, there is an apparent language barrier here, and your words were not well chosen, but we also all make mistakes so I’ve cleared that one up for you ??

    As to your issue at hand, the noreferrer and noopener attributes automatically added to links are there to tell browsers to remove tracking information when you click links, they do not have any relation to a links ability to be opened in a new tab or window.
    In fact, you can choose this when adding a link in WordPress as well (when adding a link, under the “Advanced” dropdown there is an option to open links in a new window).

    If you wish to remove this feature from your WordPress installation, you will need to use a plugin, or some custom code. There are many examples of how to do this online, but a reference from the www.ads-software.com forums can be seen at https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/how-to-stop-gutenberg-from-adding-rel-noreferrer-to-new-links/ for example.

    Thread Starter Vitaly Tennant

    (@vvt10551)

    Hello @clorith,

    The archived message is acceptable. More wise people are preferred over clever. This is open source.

    Beginning thread is fairly simple to understand.

    The code you linked to does not work.

    To summarize: code and/or plugin needed to remove rel=”noreferrer noopener” from links.

    Looking forward to receiving insights of a working code.

    Thank you in advance.

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    Thank you for your correspondence.

    The dead code being shared does not work.

    This issue needs to be addressed.

    This has nothing to do with old versions of WordPress, simply looking to have this working with current, and foreseeable future versions.

    @corrinarusso?refer to?@clorith?comment for understanding of communication. window.opener.location is remedied with any security plugin, such as CleanTalk.org, etc., excusable nostalgia of measuring egos seems to be getting in the way of actual viewers / readers / listeners of content via www.ads-software.com open source, as beginning thread notates.

    As to why this still does not work, and why it hasn’t been addressed is problematic, since it’s customizable, yet is re-added. It’s called re-search because it has been searched.

    Thank you for your timely responses.

    Looking forward to useful code/plugin to remedy this.

    Best regards.

    Moderator Marius L. J.

    (@clorith)

    I will correct my self, as WordPress does not add both of these attributes any more (and has not since version 5.6), but the Gutenberg plugin may still be doing so it seems.

    There aare many examples of plugins or code to filter the attributes though, and if one does not work in your specific example, I would urge you to try one of the other solutions available. One such example is https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/26914, linked to from the topic above.

    Thread Starter Vitaly Tennant

    (@vvt10551)

    This needs to be fixed, sharing old code that does not work is unbeneficial.

    The link issue does more harm than good, it can be confirmed via Google analytics 4, referrers cannot be seen.

    Not only is the code being shared (in search, gethub, here) does not work, it does not address rel=”noopener”

    All this contributes to white screen of death (WOD). Not the main issue.

    Thank you for your understanding.

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