Title: Target _blank &#8211; Force links to open in a new tab
Author: Codexpert, Inc
Published: <strong>జూలై 24, 2014</strong>
Last modified: జూన్ 3, 2025

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# Target _blank – Force links to open in a new tab

 By [Codexpert, Inc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codexpert/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mdc-target-blank.3.6.zip)

 * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/#installation)
 * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/)

## Description

Force links in posts or pages to open in a new tab. No configuration required.

## Installation

 1. Install the plugin
 2. Activate it.
 3. You are done!

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good plugin, but an important feature missing.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-but-an-important-feature-missing/)󠁿

 [WordPressian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressian/) సెప్టెంబర్ 3, 2016

There should be an option to exclude internal links to open in new tab. Thanks anyway.

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Target _blank – Force links to open in a new tab” is open source software. The 
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Codexpert, Inc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codexpert/)
 *   [ Pluggable IO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluggable/)
 *   [ Nazmul Ahsan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukto90/)

“Target _blank – Force links to open in a new tab” has been translated into 1 locale.
Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mdc-target-blank/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Target _blank – Force links to open in a new tab” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mdc-target-blank)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mdc-target-blank/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mdc-target-blank/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mdc-target-blank/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mdc-target-blank/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### v3.6 – 2025-06-03

 * [fix] Plugin search issue fixed

#### 3.4 – 11.05.2025

 * [imp] Compatibility tested with WordPress 6.8.1

#### 3.3 – 20.04.2025

 * [imp] Compatibility tested with WordPress 6.8
 * [fix] Plugin search issue fixed

#### 3.2 – 11.03.2025

 * [imp] Compatibility tested with WordPress 6.7.2

#### 3.1 – 03.02.2024

 * [imp] Compatibility tested with WordPress 6.4 and PHP 8.2

#### 3.0.1 – 01.07.2023

 * [imp] Regex used instead of str_replace
 * [imp] Codebase rewritten

#### 2.0

 * Code Improved

#### 1.2

 * Error fixed.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.6**
 *  Last updated **11 నెలలు ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Languages
 * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/) 
   మరియు [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mdc-target-blank)
 * Tags
 * [external link](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-link/)[new tab](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/new-tab/)
   [target blank](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/target-blank/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/mdc-target-blank/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Codexpert, Inc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codexpert/)
 *   [ Pluggable IO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluggable/)
 *   [ Nazmul Ahsan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukto90/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mdc-target-blank/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://pluggable.io/plugin/mdc-target-blank)