When adding a link in the WP visual post editor you have to click the settings after adding the link and then click the Open link in a new tab to have it add a link with a target in a new window/tab.
I am looking for a way to have this automatically checked by default. Is there a filter or JavaScript code to do this?
2 Answers
Add this function in your theme’s functions.php
function my_enqueue($hook) {
if ('post.php' != $hook ) {
return;
}
wp_enqueue_script('my_custom_script', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/myscript.js');
}
add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', 'my_enqueue');`
In myscript.js place this code
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('#wp-link-target').prop("checked", true);
})
It worked for me.