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WordPress 4.7.4 Noopener Noreferrer Tags New Window URL's
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FidoSysop
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Apr 28, 2017 - 5:34 pm

Are you guys aware that WordPress as of 4.7.4 adds 'noopener and noreferrer’ tags to external AND internal links opening in a new tab? Essentially anything that opens in a new window or tab (target_blank) on your WordPress site. Any older post once edited inherits these new tags.

Quite a buzz going on over it. Supposed to be security related.

Thoughts anyone?

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Yellow Swordfish
Glinton, England
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Apr 28, 2017 - 6:10 pm

No - I didn't know - seems to have passed my by. But I am going to find out more in the morning...

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FidoSysop
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Apr 28, 2017 - 6:43 pm

From what i can tell SP is not inheriting those tags from WordPress. Might be a good idea though.  

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Yellow Swordfish
Glinton, England
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Apr 29, 2017 - 4:49 am

Steve just reminded me that we did discuss these and that the jury were out on whether they were useful or not. Plan was to see how the WP userbase responded. I will track them down today and see where the work is being done.

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 29, 2017 - 5:21 am

OK - investigation done 🙂

These tags are not actually added by WordPress. They are added by the TinyMCE editor when the link toolbar button is used and the popup form completed with a target of 'new window'. hat appears to be the only intervention - at least my code search suggests that.

A quick test shows that these tags are, indeed, being added on posts here.

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