Automatically add target="_blank" to external links

Automatically add target=”_blank” to external links

In the functions.php file add these lines:

<?php
function open_external_links_in_new_tab($content) {
	return preg_replace_callback('/<a[^>]+>/', function $matches) {
		return preg_replace('/(href=["\']https?\/\/?!yourdomain\.com))/', '$1 target="_blank"', $matches[0]);
	}
}, $content);
add_filter('the_content', 'open_external_links_in_new_tab');

<?php
function open_external_links_in_new_tab($content) {
	return preg_replace_callback('/<a[^>]+>/', function $matches) {
		return preg_replace('/(href=["\']https?\/\/?!yourdomain\.com))/', '$1 target="_blank"', $matches[0]);
	}
}, $content);
add_filter('the_content', 'open_external_links_in_new_tab');

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Automatically add target=”_blank” to external links

Automatically add target=”_blank” to external links

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