Open All Links in New Windows add target blank in all a html elements

Open all links in new windows, WordPress add target blank in all (a) HTML tags.

I am personally not a fan of opening links in new windows – I think it should be left for the user to decide. But I’m not one to judge, so if you want to do it, use this simple code snippet on your WordPress theme’s functions.php file.

WordPress code snippet:

/**
 *
 * Add target blank in all a html elements
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'ns_auto_blank' ) ) {
function ns_auto_blank( $text ) {
	$return = str_replace( '<a', '<a target="_blank" ', $text );
	return $return;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'ns_auto_blank' );
}

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