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oh, I had to logout from WP admin to see the new tab opening. sorry, all is fine

another example: https://omeglepervy.com/blog/the-online-persona-striking-a-balance-between-anonymity-and-authenticity/

click on the “photo by xyxyxyxy”

it opens in same tab to me:

clink on blog photo

https://omeglepervy.com/blog/omegle-cams-with-girls-everything-you-need-to-know/

WP URL: https://omeglepervy.com
WP version: 6.4.3
PHP version: 8.3.3
Active Theme: Astra, version: 4.6.8
Active Plugins:

• All 404 Redirect to Homepage, version: 4.3
• All in One SEO, version: 4.5.8
• Broken Link Checker, version: 2.2.4
• Classic Editor, version: 1.6.3
• CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent, version: 3.2.0
• Defender, version: 4.5.1
• Disable Comments, version: 2.4.5
• Imagify, version: 2.2.0.1
• IndexNow, version: 1.0.2
• Internal Link Juicer, version: 2.23.6
• Redirect Redirection, version: 1.2.2
• Site Kit by Google, version: 1.122.0
• WPBakery Page Builder, version: 7.5
• WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click, version: 3.5.8
• WP Customer Reviews, version: 3.7.1
• WP External Links, version: 2.60
• WP Rocket, version: 3.13.2

WPEL Settings:
array(
‘wpel-external-link-settings’ => array (
‘apply_settings’ => ‘1’,
‘target’ => ‘_blank’,
‘target_overwrite’ => ‘1’,
‘rel_follow’ => ‘nofollow’,
‘rel_follow_overwrite’ => ‘1’,
‘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’ => ”,
‘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-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’ => ”,
‘subdomains_as_internal_links’ => ”,
‘include_urls’ => ”,
‘exclude_urls’ => ”,
‘excludes_as_internal_links’ => ”,
‘ignore_script_tags’ => ‘1’,
‘ignore_mailto_links’ => ‘1’,
),
‘wpel-exit-confirmation-settings’ => array (
‘exit_preview’ => ”,
‘background’ => ‘#FFFFFF’,
‘title’ => ‘You are leaving our website’,
‘title_color’ => ‘#FFF’,
‘title_background’ => ‘#999’,
‘title_size’ => ’18’,
‘text’ => ‘This link leads outside our website and we are not responsible for its content. If you still want to visit the link, click here:’,
‘text_color’ => ‘#444’,
‘text_size’ => ’14’,
‘popup_width’ => ‘400’,
‘popup_height’ => ‘200’,
‘overlay’ => ‘1’,
‘overlay_color’ => ‘#000’,
‘button_text’ => ‘Stay on the site’,
‘button_size’ => ’14’,
‘button_color’ => ‘#FFF’,
‘button_background’ => ‘#1e73be’,
),
);

many have same issue. Downgrading solve it but you need to make sure updates are stable from now on. I lost all my costumers for fee ours!

it seems a conflict with another plugin, to me this issue happens only where I have installed a plugin for FAQ