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Managing Outside Links on WordPress

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This brief tutorial will show you how to be sure that any links in your blog post open in a new window so that you do not loose your site visitor

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Page 1: How to Have Your Links Open in a New Window

Managing Outside Linkson WordPress

Page 2: How to Have Your Links Open in a New Window

It’s important to manage any outside links you post on your WordPress site. You

want visitors to stay on your site while sharing valuable resources and content.

Here’s how to do that!

Page 3: How to Have Your Links Open in a New Window

Log in to your WordPress Site

Page 4: How to Have Your Links Open in a New Window

On the Dashboard, select “Posts” – “Add New”

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Enter the title and text of your post (including outside links), then click “Settings”

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You’ll be directed to page entitled “Sharing Settings.” Scroll to near the bottom of the page. In the category “Open links in” select “New window”

from the drop-down list.

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After making your selection, click “Save Changes,” then close the “Sharing Settings” tab to return to the “Add New

Post window. Any outside links you include in your post will open in a separate window, making it easy for visitors

to return to your post.