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Comment Links New Tab will allow you to have your comment author name links open in a new tab or window. In other words, instead of leaving your site completely when clicked, they will open in a new tab.
This will increase the likelihood that visitors will continue browsing your website.
Simple, fast, and effective!
<h4>Some of the features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Whitelist your domain</li>
<li>Select a css class, id, or custom value</li>
<li>Enter a css value</li>
<li>Open comment links in a new tab or the same tab</li>
<li>Select keep original, external nofollow, nofollow, or dofollow rel (relationship) link attribute</li>
<li>Use an optional title</li>
<li>Option to Compress/Minify Js (javascript file)</li>
<li>Works with http:// and https:// links</li>
</ul>

Comment Links New Tab

Stop sending visitors away - open comment author links in a new tab or window with: Comment Links New Tab.

Dipak C. Gajjar

WordPress comments are very important for a blog and really makes it possible to interact with users. Comments are why users take more interest in a blog.
But one of the problems with the comments is that all the links (URLs) in the comments open in the same window. This diverts the user’s mind away from the actual post and increases the bounce rate.
This plugin opens all the links added in the comments and author URL, in a new tab or window which helps to decrease the bounce rate and increase user engagement on your blog.
Follow the development of this plugin on <a href="https://github.com/dipakcg/wp-open-comment-links-in-new-window" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>
P.S. It is always the best policy to open a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-open-comment-links-in-new-window" rel="ugc">support thread</a> first before posting any negative review.

WP Open Comment Links in New Window

Opens all the links (URLs) added in the comments and author URL, in a new tab or window.

Comment Links New Tab vs WP Open Comment Links in New Window