How Do I Keep From Opening New Tab on My Account Page?

Hi,
Make an exclusion is the only way to go and it should definitely work.

Can you please link your site so that I can see if there’s anything special going on with that link.

From what I see the plugin sees “my account” sub-links as internal links – as it should. So that’s OK. But all internal links open in a new tab (_blank). So, that’s either configured in our plugin or in some other plugin.

My point is that all internal links (including orders, downloads …) open in a new tab. So those links are no different. It’s the way the whole site is set up.

Can you describe the formatting to make sure that all the pages inside the my account section can be turned off?

Should I write it like “my-account/…” In exceptions?

Thanks for the prompt response!

/my-account/ should work. If it doesn’t send over your plugin settings; they are in the support tab in options.

You’re welcome ??

Does the exclusion do it for all links from a specific page? Or for the links to that page from any other pages they are on?

Links to that page; links that match the rule.

I’m having some issues with this plugin following my exlusions. Below is my info:

WP url:  https://www.flowmode.me
WP version:  5.2.3
PHP version:  7.1.31
Active Plugins:
 - Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler, version: 5.7.2
 - Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, version: 3.79
 - Duplicate Post, version: 3.2.3
 - Gratisfaction All-in-One loyalty contests referral program for WooCommerce, version: 3.4.4
 - Internal Link Juicer, version: 1.1.1
 - Intuitive Custom Post Order, version: 3.1.2
 - Jetpack by WordPress.com, version: 7.7.1
 - Mesmerize Companion, version: 1.6.110
 - Nextend Social Login, version: 3.0.20
 - Nextend Social Login Pro Addon, version: 3.0.20
 - PixelYourSite, version: 7.1.1
 - Reduce Bounce Rate, version: 4.3.1
 - Repeat Order for Woocommerce, version: 1.2.0
 - SG Optimizer, version: 5.3.0
 - ShortPixel Adaptive Images, version: 1.3.4
 - Squirrly SEO 2019 (Strategy), version: 9.2.12
 - StarBox, version: 3.2.6
 - Swift Performance, version: 2.1.1
 - USM Premium, version: 12.6
 - WooCommerce, version: 3.7.0
 - WooCommerce Admin, version: 0.18.0
 - WooCommerce Cart Abandonment Recovery, version: 1.1.8
 - WooCommerce Extended Coupon Features FREE, version: 3.1.2
 - WooCommerce Services, version: 1.21.1
 - WordPress Version Info, version: 1.1.5
 - WP Affiliate Manager, version: 2.6.6
 - WP External Links, version: 2.35
 - WPForms Lite, version: 1.5.5.1

WPEL Settings:
array(
'wpel-external-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '1',
  'target' => '_blank',
  'target_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_follow' => 'nofollow',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_noopener' => '1',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '1',
  'rel_external' => '1',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => 'dashicons-menu',
  'icon_fontawesome' => 'fa-500px',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-internal-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '1',
  'target' => '_blank',
  'target_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_follow' => 'follow',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_noopener' => '',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => 'dashicons-menu',
  'icon_fontawesome' => 'fa-500px',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-excluded-link-settings' => array (
  'apply_settings' => '',
  'target' => '_self',
  'target_overwrite' => '',
  'rel_follow' => 'follow',
  'rel_follow_overwrite' => '1',
  'rel_noopener' => '',
  'rel_noreferrer' => '',
  'title' => '{title}',
  'class' => '',
  'icon_type' => '',
  'icon_image' => '1',
  'icon_dashicon' => 'dashicons-menu',
  'icon_fontawesome' => 'fa-500px',
  'icon_position' => 'right',
  'no_icon_for_img' => '1',
),
'wpel-exceptions-settings' => array (
  'apply_all' => '1',
  'apply_post_content' => '1',
  'apply_comments' => '1',
  'apply_widgets' => '1',
  'skip_post_ids' => '/my-account/,/my-account/orders/,/my-account/downloads/,/my-account/edit-address/,/my-account/edit-account/,/my-account/gr-loyalty/',
  'ignore_classes' => '',
  'subdomains_as_internal_links' => '',
  'include_urls' => '',
  'exclude_urls' => '',
  'excludes_as_internal_links' => '',
  'ignore_script_tags' => '1',
  'ignore_mailto_links' => '1',
),
'wpel-admin-settings' => array (
  'own_admin_menu' => '',
),
);

As you can see, the post-ids that I am trying to skip are all related to the my account section of WooCommerce. Perhaps this is where the problem lies, and that type of page cannot be changed?

Thanks for your help!

Hi, we’re still looking into this. We’ll keep you posted!

Thank you!

Hi,

In the “Skip pages or posts (id’s):” box you should enter the IDs of the pages, not the slugs. You can see the ID of the page in the address bar when editing it, for example wp-admin/post.php?post=11&action=edit will have 11 as ID. So you only need to enter for example 11,12,13 in the box representing the IDs of each page you do not want WP External Links to touch.

missed this message before…thanks so much for your help!