How to get an external link in links widget to display in new window

• 

  fofpleasleypit · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 2:41 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  I’ve got three links in the links widget. Two are for WP.com blogs and one is for an external website. The two WP.com links open in new windows, but the external link opens in the same window. How do I get the external one to create a new window.

  NB the external link opens a new window OK when inserted in a page & option selected.
  Blog url: http://friendsofpp.wordpress.com/

• 

  evarlese · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 3:38 pm

  • Copy link

  You can set your links to open in a new window by going to your Dashboard -> Links page and clicking on the Edit link under the blogroll item you’d like to change.

  Then, scroll down until you see the option to set the Target — here, you’ll want to choose “_blank” which opens the link in new window. This screenshot shows you where you can do this.

• 

  fofpleasleypit · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 4:03 pm

  • Copy link

  Done it. Many thanks. That edit screen looks a vaugely familiar. Must have come across it before when I’ve been stumbling around in the WP labrynth. Probably forgot to scroll down this time %^

• 

  evarlese · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 4:20 pm

  • Copy link

  No problem, glad to hear that helped :)