image widget and new window

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  lesaventuresdekkp · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 8:19 am

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  I have inserted several image widgets on my blog homepage. When clicked, I would like them to open up in a new window but they don’t: when people click on them they leave my blog. How can I change that? Thank you.

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51 am

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  There’s no “Link Target” box to check and no way to write the Link URL to open in a new window (I tried, WPcom stripped it out), so currently, not possible.

  It would be great to suggest adding a link target checkbox to the Image widget in the Ideas forum! https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas

  Meanwhile, you could do this by using a Text Widget instead and appending the desired site URL with the needed target="_blank"

  Panos, another forum volunteer, has some great pointers about using Text widgets. You can find them here: http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/codes-useful-for-text-widgets/

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  lesaventuresdekkp · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 9:03 am

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  Thank you JustJennifer- no wonder I couldn’t do it!!!! I think I’ll just leave it the way it is, as the text widget thing you suggest seems out of my reach ;-). Thanks again!

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 10:12 am

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  You’re welcome. I’d be happy to help you if you change your mind. Panos’ instructions are almost copy/paste. :)