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Jitendra Mishra
Jitendra Mishra

Reputation: 57

How to make a redirection link open in new tab

I am using this following code to make a post redirect to a custom URL in WordPress:

add_action ('template_redirect', 'custom_redirect');
function custom_redirect() {
global $post;
  if( is_single() ){
    $external_link =  get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'external_link', true );
    if($external_link) {    
       wp_redirect( $external_link );
       exit;
    }
  }
}

But my site breaks when I add target="_blank" to the 5th line. I am adding it like this:

$external_link =  get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'external_link', true, target="_blank", );

But it is now working.

I just want the external links to open in new tab.

What I am doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6606

Answers (2)

Valentin
Valentin

Reputation: 33

Some precisions... Referring to https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/, there's no "target" parameter. That's why you get an error. Wordpress codex can give you a lot of answers, especially when you decide to invent some parameters. There's no target parameter for wp_redirect. That's why you can't user wp_redirect. In this case, javascript is your friend, as Bhunesh Satpada wrote it.

Upvotes: 2

Bhunesh Satpada
Bhunesh Satpada

Reputation: 810

you can use javascript window.open instead of wp_redirect. Please try following code.

add_action ('template_redirect', 'custom_redirect');
function custom_redirect() {
  global $post;
   if( is_single() ){
      $external_link =  get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'external_link', true );
      if($external_link) {  
         echo "<script> window.open(".$external_link.", '_blank') </script>";
         exit;
      }
   }
}

Upvotes: 2

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