I need all references to external links in my post to open in a new page. I have multiple people set up as Authors and I don't want them to have to remember to add target="_blank" in the url. Is there a way to globally set this for posts?

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a link that is part of the post text is not processed by the theme, it just calls the wordpress function 'the_content()' or 'the_excerpt()', so I think you wll have to find or code a plugin to examine the post content for any links then add that to the end.

A google search found Make all links target _blank plugin which may or may not help.

I just tested and it looks like if you just put the following in HTML Inserts: Header it does the trick.

<base target=”_blank” />

Originally Posted by STB

correct me if im wrong, but think that would also open *all* links in a new window

Yup... sure does. Thanks for the link.

STB, if you read my post, you will notice that I said

so I think you wll have to find or code a plugin to examine the post content for any links then add that to the end.

A google search found Make all links target _blank plugin which may or may not help.

Originally Posted by STB

that page talks about making *all* links target _blank

Yes, but the plugin they developed was created to "fix" the issue of internal links and only handle external links like the plugin you pointed to.