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External Links in New Window / New Tab · Version history

External Links in New Window / New Tab changelog and version history

Latest version
1.45
Aug 16, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
14
since 2010
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 5.2 or later

Releases each year

  • 20101 release
  • 20112 releases
  • 20123 releases
  • 20141 release
  • 20171 release
  • 20202 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.45Latest

    • 2025-08-04
    • minor code fixes

20251 release

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.44

    • 2022-11-22
    • minor security fixes

20222 releases

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.43

    • 2022-05-06
    • security fix reported by Automattic

  2. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.42

    • 2021-01-30
    • added flyout menu

20202 releases

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.41

    • 2020-10-21
    • minor update

  2. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.4

    • 2019-08-26
    • WebFactory took over development
    • minor fixes
    • 40,000 installs; 178,750 downloads

20171 release

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.3.2

    • Updated: Danish translation

20141 release

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.3.1

    • Verified compatibility with WordPress 4.0 Added: Plugin logo for WordPress 4.0 Added: Dutch translation.

20123 releases

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.3

    • Added: Possibility to force and ignore user-defined strings in URLs. This feature has been requested. Added: Lithuanian and Danish translation.

  2. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.2

    • Added: Translation-ready.

  3. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.0.1

    • Fixed: Removes target attribute from links instead of setting the attribute to null. (Thanks to crashnet)

20112 releases

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.1.1

    • Fixed: Deprecation warning (Thanks to boo1865)

  2. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.1.0

    • Changed: Better practice for opening links. The plugin now uses the onClick-attribute instead of writing JavaScript directly into the href-attribute. This enables users to right-click the link and open in a new window/tab, save the target etc.

20101 release

  1. External Links in New Window / New Tab 1.0

    • Fixed: Credits to Tom Köhler (Charset). Fixed: Links.

Questions about External Links in New Window / New Tab’s releases

What is the latest version of External Links in New Window / New Tab?

1.45, released on Aug 16, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.2 or later.

How often is External Links in New Window / New Tab updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2010.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in External Links in New Window / New Tab’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.