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log1x/allow-unsafe-links
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Prevents WordPress from automatically adding noopener and noreferrer to outbound links.

v1.0.1(6y ago)28MITPHP

Since May 24Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Allow Unsafe Links
==================

[](#allow-unsafe-links)

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Starting in WordPress 4.7.4 and 5.1, WordPress now automatically adds `rel="noopener noreferrer` to external links that open in a new window (e.g. `_blank`) when adding a link from TinyMCE (4.7.4) as well as on post save (5.1). With the introduction of it passing your content through a filter on post save, it is no longer possible to publish a post without the tags even when manually removing them.

While I 100% endorse this behavior deeming the potential [security concerns](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/audits/noopener) when not including these tags (especially `noopener`), this can lead to unwanted behavior on URL's such as affiliate and referral links due to a variety of networks poor implementation of tracking.

If you are not using an advertiser network that has the potential issues stated above, **you should not be using this**. Otherwise, please use this with caution and for the safety of you and your users, please add `rel="noopener noreferrer"` on outbound links manually that are not affiliate-related.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

```
$ composer require log1x/allow-unsafe-links
```

### Manually

[](#manually)

[Download](https://github.com/log1x/allow-unsafe-links/archive/v1.0.1.zip) and install the plugin as you would any other WordPress plugin.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Once activated, you're good to go. For existing posts, you will need to go through and manually remove the `rel="noopener noreferrer"` on your URL's and re-save.

This can also be done via [`wp-cli`](https://wp-cli.org/) using `search-replace` such as:

```
$ wp search-replace ' rel="noopener noreferrer" ' ''
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Allow Unsafe Links is provided under the [MIT License](https://github.com/Log1x/allow-unsafe-links/blob/master/LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2542d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5745907?v=4)[Brandon](/maintainers/Log1x)[@Log1x](https://github.com/Log1x)

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Top Contributors

[![Log1x](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5745907?v=4)](https://github.com/Log1x "Log1x (4 commits)")

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