Feature Request: Add Default rel="noopener" to "New Tab" Links

Hi @charlie!

Pro offers a convenient option to check the ‘New tab’ checkbox for links, which is great. However, it doesn’t automatically include rel='noopener' , resulting in unsafe cross-origin links. While we can add this manually through Custom Attributes, it would be far more efficient and secure if rel='noopener' were included by default.

Alternatively, a pre-checked ‘noopener’ checkbox could be conditionally displayed whenever ‘New tab’ is selected. That said, I believe the use case for _blank without noopener is extremely rare on WordPress pages, making the default inclusion of noopener the better solution.

Thank you!

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I’ll set it as the default in a point release soon. It looks like that is the default behavior for non SSL sites. If it really comes up we need a control for it I will add it. Thanks for the feedback, have a great day.

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