Not every external link needs to be opened in a new tab. Forcing a link to open in a new tab takes the choice away from your visitor.

I can open a link in a new tab a few different ways if I want to — I can’t force a link to open in the same tab if you’ve told the link to do the opposite. Forcing links to open in a new tab goes against expectations, and it takes away my choice.

Links:

- Blog post: https://overnightwebsite.com/opening-links-in-a-new-tab/

- Accessibility New Window Warnings plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/accessibility-new-window-warnings/

- The Admin Bar's accessibility weekly series: https://theadminbar.com/accessibility-weekly/opening-links-in-new-tabs-or-not/