Treat IMAGES like external links

  • Resolved B

    (@piksel)


    2 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there,

    I’m sure there’s an easy way to do this, but I can’t figure it out. How do I make my links to images (so < img > inside < a href = ” ” > tags) open in a new tab?

    Currently they’re being treated as internal links, which makes sense, but I can’t seem to exclude them.

    Under Exceptions tab, I tried putting the entire uploads directory (e.g. https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/) under “Exclude external links by URL:”, and I have “Own settings for excluded links (extra tab)” selected… but I’m assuming I’m using these settings incorrectly for what I’m trying to do.

    Pasting my settings below. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

    WP url:  https://effortlessgent.com
WP version:  5.8.3
PHP version:  7.4.19
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WPEL Settings:
array(
'wpel-external-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '1',
  'target' => '_blank',
  'target_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_follow' => '',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '',
  'rel_noopener' => '1',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '1',
  'rel_external' => '1',
  'rel_sponsored' => '',
  'rel_ugc' => '',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => 'dashicons-menu',
  'icon_fontawesome' => 'fa-address-book',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-internal-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '1',
  'target' => '_self',
  'target_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_follow' => '',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '',
  'rel_noopener' => '',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => 'dashicons-menu',
  'icon_fontawesome' => 'fa-address-book',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-excluded-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '',
  'target' => '',
  'target_overwrite' => '',
  'rel_follow' => '',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '',
  'rel_noopener' => '1',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '1',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => '',
  'icon_fontawesome' => '',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-exceptions-settings' => array (
  'apply_all' => '1',
  'apply_post_content' => '1',
  'apply_comments' => '1',
  'apply_widgets' => '1',
  'skip_post_ids' => '',
  'ignore_classes' => 'lasso-button-1, lasso-button-2, lasso-image, lasso-title',
  'subdomains_as_internal_links' => '',
  'include_urls' => '',
  'exclude_urls' => '',
  'excludes_as_internal_links' => '',
  'ignore_script_tags' => '1',
  'ignore_mailto_links' => '1',
),
'wpel-admin-settings' => array (
  'own_admin_menu' => '',
),
);
    • This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by B.
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  • Plugin Author Alexandru Tapuleasa

    (@talextech)

    Unfortunately, we don’t have an option to filter by link content, but we are working on a new version of WPEL and maybe we’ll be able to add something for that at some point. I can’t give you any dates at this time though ??

    Thread Starter B

    (@piksel)

    Hi @talextech — But this is essentially just an internal link, which I want to act like an external one, ideally sitewide. Is that not possible?

    e.g.: I have an image displayed normally in my post, but it’s also linked to itself (https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13/this-is-my-image.jpg) so the larger version opens in a new tab, full size.

    Can’t that link (and all links with the https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/ directory structure) be treated as an external link via the Excluded tab, or through some other setting?

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by B.
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