Don’t want your website users to leave the current page when clicking on a menu item? This is when you need to set your menu links to open in a new tab.
Yes, you can do this easily in WordPress. Generally, webmasters set menu links to open in a new tab when they are pointing to a PDF or an external website.
So, whatever the reason is, if you want to open menu link in a new tab on your WordPress blog or website, there’s a built-in feature to do this in WordPress.
Let’s know about this hidden WordPress feature and learn to open menu links in new tab on WordPress.
Here’s How to Open Menu Link in New Tab on WordPress Website
It’s actually very easy to set any menu link to open in a new tab in WordPress. And the best part is that you don’t need to install any plugin to achieve this. All you need to do is turn on a basic setting inside your WordPress admin dashboard.
Log in to your WordPress admin panel and navigate to Appearance > Menu. This is the place from where you manage all your website menus.
By default, you won’t see the “Open link in a new tab” option for the menu items. It’s actually hidden, and that’s why many people think this feature is not available in WordPress.
Let me tell you how to turn it on so that you can easily set menu links to open in a new tab on your WordPress website.
So, now on the same Menu page, look at the top right corner of the screen. You’ll see two options there: Screen Options and Help. Just click on the Screen Options button.
You’ll find multiple settings out there. Among them, you’ll see a Link Target checkbox. Just tick this box and exit the Screen Options.
Now, edit any menu item and you’ll find the “Open link in a new tab” option with each menu link. Just tick this option for any menu link you want to open in a new tab and save the changes to your menu.
That’s all. Whenever anyone clicks on those menu links, they will always open in a new tab. But it’s not recommended to use this setting for all menu links. I personally don’t recommend opening internal links in a new tab. You should only use this setting for external menu links.
