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coldtrick/target\_blank
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Opens all external links in a new window

v10.2(3mo ago)33.1k2[2 issues](https://github.com/ColdTrick/target_blank/issues)GPL-2.0-onlyPHPCI failing

Since Mar 10Pushed 3mo agoCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)DependenciesVersions (15)Used By (0)

Target Blank
============

[](#target-blank)

[![Elgg 6.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)[![Lint Checks](https://github.com/ColdTrick/target_blank/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ColdTrick/target_blank/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/39df32418156a662a2d98877094e9d02184904a95d3020c230c511534132d61e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f636f6c64747269636b2f7461726765745f626c616e6b2f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/coldtrick/target_blank)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/72789f5a895e3d23cb347b9c84e8ea732ac2c4711009731ea5891d37261c0e9f/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f636f6c64747269636b2f7461726765745f626c616e6b2f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/coldtrick/target_blank)

This plugin detects links on your site that point to an external site and will open those links, when clicked, in a new window.

These links will also get an extra class so you could style them different or do something with them with javascript. There is also a plugin setting to append something (any html) to those external links like an icon or a character (like ^)

###  Health Score

47

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FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance68

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~302 days

Recently: every ~246 days

Total

13

Last Release

96d ago

Major Versions

v5.1 → v6.02020-03-03

v6.0.1 → v7.02021-09-27

v7.0 → v8.02022-06-01

v8.0 → v9.02023-06-02

v9.0.1 → v10.02024-06-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a4ac1d6abe137b2a78bd0527b3c1f085be51c6a8f70e2fd81fcd7fac3d8d59bf?d=identicon)[jeabakker](/maintainers/jeabakker)

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Top Contributors

[![jdalsem](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/861833?v=4)](https://github.com/jdalsem "jdalsem (38 commits)")[![jeabakker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/881958?v=4)](https://github.com/jeabakker "jeabakker (35 commits)")

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Tags

pluginelgg

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/coldtrick-target-blank/health.svg)

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```

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