Title: WP Admin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WP Admin

 *  [kevmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevmel/)
 * (@kevmel)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/)
 * Greetings; In the WP admin dashboard area (where various plugins are highlighted)
   when you click on the link of the plugin to review the info, the link makes you
   leave your admin area. Any way to have that link open up to a new window instead
   of taking you off the users’ site?
    Thanks, KC

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 *  [pxforti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pxforti/)
 * (@pxforti)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071379)
 * Yes, if you right click on the link, your browser should give you the option 
   to view in new tab or new page.
 * On a Mac, I hold down command key while clicking the link and it opens in a new
   tab. On windows, I think it’s Control click.
 *  [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * (@michaelmariart)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071400)
 * There’s arguements about this, both for and against. What it basicaly comes down
   to is that a website shouldn’t decide on what the user does in their own browser,
   so forcing a new window or tab should not be allowed. Thats why the `target="
   _blank"` attribute has been removed from the HTML specifications, and if you’re
   going to have a standards-compliant page, you can’t use it. Personally I don’t
   have an issue with that functionality, but it’s been decreed from higher sources
   then just WordPress that it’s not desired functionality.
 *  Thread Starter [kevmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevmel/)
 * (@kevmel)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071478)
 * The only argument that I have (due to ignorance) is that since we’re logged in
   on WP when we leave, is there any trailing info that can be copied/etc.? I agree
   w/pxforti—If we’re going to a external site, I want the choice to see the info
   in a new browser. How do I know where the link is going to take me? I can only
   assume it’s back onto the WP site, but nowadays, who knows???
 *  [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * (@michaelmariart)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071511)
 * Te only info that WordPress uses for logged in users are cookies. Since browsers
   do not allow cookies to be seen by other site,s your security is not affected.
   If this wasn’t the case, you’d be able ot see cookies from any browser window
   anyway, so it wouldn’t make a difference if you opened a new window or not.
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071522)
 * > How do I know where the link is going to take me?
 * If you mouseover the link the URL shows up in your browser’s status bar.
 *  [PastorMike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pastormike/)
 * (@pastormike)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071670)
 * Can I force everyone to go directly to the wp-admin sign in php? When they type
   in my url, instead of logging in once they can see my sight, I want to force 
   them to log in first and then see the site… do I have to do a redirect from my
   host?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071671)
 * **[@pastormike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pastormike/)**: As per the
   [Forum Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post), please
   [post your own topic](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform).
   Posting in an existing topic prevents us from being able to track issues by topic.
   Added to which, your problem – despite any similarity in symptoms – is likely
   to be completely different.

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-16/#post-3071671)
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