Open External links on the new window on your ghost publication

Ghost opens every external URL in the same page by default. A lot of you want every external link should open in a new window so that your readers don't distract from your content. & currently, there is no option in ghost to open external links in a new window.

To do that we have prepared a small javascript snippet. With this small javascript snippet, all your external links will open in a new window. to do that follow the steps

• From Ghost admin go to Setting > Code Injection
• At the Site Footer section paste the following codes

<script>
  const anchors = document.querySelectorAll('a');

  for (x = 0, l = anchors.length; x < l; x++) {
    const regex = new RegExp('/' + window.location.host + '/');
    
    if (!regex.test(anchors[x].href)) {
      anchors[x].setAttribute('target', '_blank');
      anchors[x].setAttribute('rel', 'noopener');
    }
  }
</script>

• Hit the save button at the top right corner

Once the page is saved, all your external links will be open in a new window.

I hope you find this helpful.