Title: External Product New Tab for WooCommerce Author: Stuart Duff - a11n Published: Yarkomaa 8, 2016 Last modified: Duujal 20, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wc-external-product-new-tab/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3540030) ![](https://ps.w.org/wc-external-product-new-tab/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3540030) # External Product New Tab for WooCommerce By [Stuart Duff – a11n](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartduff/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab.1.0.8.zip) * [Details](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/#description) * [Reviews](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/#reviews) * [Installation](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/#installation) * [Development](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/) ## Description This plugin sets all external / affiliate product buy now links on a [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) site to open in a new web browser tab. There are no settings for the plugin and you simply need to install and activate for your WooCommerce external product links to then open in a new tab. ### Minimum Requirements For this extension to function the [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) must be installed and activated on your WordPress site. ## Installation 1. Download the plugin from the WordPress plugin directory. 2. Goto WordPress > Appearance > Plugins > Add New. 3. Click Upload Plugin and Choose File, then select the plugin’s .zip file. Click Install Now. 4. Click Activate to use your new plugin right away. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70028ef7574c859f9e42dcff9f155a183b49b7999f2d9f57287a62893cd30685? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Love it!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/love-it-4327/)󠁿 [koultti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koultti/) Jolal 20, 2025 Amazing plugin. ♥ Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/155d8f823d63d09e4e1e008e0f0bd6cff6c1b8ad87fc7937d2f41fd0c4288631? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-10520/)󠁿 [bomfimmarcel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bomfimmarcel/) Duujal 9, 2025 Just what I needed. Thank you so much! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/78d5ce2570d38db5f442228847ce45ee31d1c56b44ef1d4c1cd360545c6cba31? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Exactly what I was looking for.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-was-looking-for-607/)󠁿 [Sean](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sean-h/) Juko 25, 2024 It just works, right out of the box. Plug and play 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e38d514d3d28b3fa5d00fd55d3c908d522e37a3654a4eb9ff211c70669e31a62? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Seems to work fine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seems-to-work-fine-35/)󠁿 [SteveJake](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevejake/) Bowte 4, 2023 The plugin does what it says on the tin and haven't noticed any issues with rest of site since activating. I would prefer a regular testing on latest versions of WordPress though as I find the Warning not tested a tad off putting. I like things to be neat and clean! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/daec70b4815c948baa88ebb41dfb56937e4ec0c75cc6032d912e63d8fe7873e8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[thank you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3349/)󠁿 [mrsmith11](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrsmith11/) Seeɗto 18, 2023 love it ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ceb529a6d5a57b53b66a588a4636d08011725f9486d796d045f228b5d3f0649? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t actually work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-actually-work-6/)󠁿 [jerrystampfer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jerrystampfer/) Bowte 2, 2021 5 replies Great idea but in practice this doesn't work as it simply loops out to the product page and then again and then again….Sorry but perhaps the fact that it hasn't been updated in 7 months should have told me something. [ Read all 35 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “External Product New Tab for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Stuart Duff – a11n ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartduff/) “External Product New Tab for WooCommerce” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “External Product New Tab for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wc-external-product-new-tab/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wc-external-product-new-tab/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wc-external-product-new-tab/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wc-external-product-new-tab/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.8 – 20/05/26 * Update for readme.txt and plugin compatibility versions. #### 1.0.7 – 02/09/25 * Change: Changed plugin name from WooCommerce External Product New Tab to External Product New Tab for WooCommerce #### 1.0.6 – 15/02/24 * Fix – Fix for Deprecated noticed related to $plugin_url and $plugin_path #### 1.0.5 – 15/02/24 * Added – HPOS compatibility. #### 1.0.4 – 21/05/22 * Added – noopener noreferrer to external links. #### 1.0.3 – 19/02/20 * Fix – Notice: id was called incorrectly error. * Added – external_add_product_link_html filter. * Added – external_add_product_link_html_classes filter. #### 1.0.2 – 27/10/17 * Added – WooCommerce plugin version check compatibility. #### 1.0.1 – 14/02/17 * Fix – Added additional css class of product_type_external to archive external products button. #### 1.0.0 – 07/09/16 * Initial Release – first version of the plugin released. ## Meta * Version **1.0.8** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **3,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.7** * Languages * [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab) * Tags * [e-commerce](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/e-commerce/)[sell](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sell/) [shop](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shop/)[store](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/store/) [woocommerce](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/wc-external-product-new-tab/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 32 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-external-product-new-tab/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Stuart Duff – a11n ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartduff/) ## Support Got something to say? 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