{"id":126274,"date":"2025-02-24T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsimplefix.com\/?p=126274"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:40:39","slug":"how-to-open-a-menu-link-in-new-tab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/how-to-open-a-menu-link-in-new-tab\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open a menu link In new tab?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This will be a quick tutorial, on how to open a menu link in the new browser tab.<\/p>\n<p>You may want your navigation menu links and pages to open in a new tab. Or even disable it, if already enabled. Here is how;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Appearance &gt; Menus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/appearance-menu.webp\" alt=\"appearance menu\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/appearance-menu.webp 692w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/appearance-menu-300x288.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Screen Options<\/h2>\n<p>Then check if <strong><em>link target<\/em><\/strong> option is enabled.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Screen Options tab<\/strong> ( Top right hand corner )<\/li>\n<li>Tick \u201cLink Target\u201d to enable.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Screen Options tab <\/strong>again to close.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will now enable the option in the menu settings.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/screen-options.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/screen-options.webp 731w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/screen-options-300x96.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1413\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/link-target-ticked.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/link-target-ticked.webp 1413w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/link-target-ticked-300x87.webp 300w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/link-target-ticked-1024x299.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/link-target-ticked-768x224.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1413px) 100vw, 1413px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Menu Item&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<p>If you have multiple menu&#8217;s select one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on each menu item you want to open in a new tab.<\/li>\n<li>Tick\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Open Link in the a new tab<\/strong>&#8221; to enable it for that item. Or untick to disable.<\/li>\n<li>Once done, click &#8220;<strong>Save Menu<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1556\" height=\"1477\" src=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link.webp 1556w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link-300x285.webp 300w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link-1024x972.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link-768x729.webp 768w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tick-open-link-1536x1458.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Now you know how to open menu items in new browser tabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be a quick tutorial, on how to open a menu link in the new browser tab. You may want your navigation menu links and pages to open in a new tab. Or even disable it, if already enabled. 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