Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget/de-formal

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<translate> Parser</translate>: $wgExternalLinkTarget
Set a default target for external links.
<translate> Introduced in version:</translate>1.14.0 (r41333)
<translate> Removed in version:</translate><translate> still in use</translate>
<translate> Allowed values:</translate>(string) or false
<translate> Default value:</translate>false

Details

Set a default target for external links. If set to e.g. "_blank", this will also set the "noreferrer" and "noopener" link rel to prevent the attack described at https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener/. Some older browsers may not support these link attributes, hence setting $wgExternalLinkTarget to _blank may represent a security risk to some of your users.

Add the following entry to LocalSettings.php file in order to open external links in a new window / tab.

$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';

If the value is set to false, then no target attribute is used with external links (This behavior is the same as _self).

When changing the value, page cache must be refreshed in order to make the setting effective.

See also