[Resolved] Assign Global Target to File Type PDF

[Terry]

I have to connect a boatload of PDFs as posts. I want them to open in a new browser window, and don’t see a way to easily do that using the ‘link’ post type. So I stumbled across this tip online:

https://lukodp.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/adding-target-to-pdf-links-in-wordpress/

that gives a solution which adds code to the functions.php file.

Does it have to go in that page? Or can it be added as a hook? If it CAN be added as a hook, can you tell me which one I should put it into?

Many thanks!

Terry

[Tom]

That wouldn’t be added into a hook – you would have to use one of the methods here: https://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/adding-php-functions/

[Terry]

Thanks, Tom. I used the Code Snippets plugin to get this working. Brilliant! Love that I don’t have to add code to functions.php anymore!

Terry

[Terry]

P.S. If anyone wants to use this, the code as copied from the URL above doesn’t work because it uses curly quotes. Try this instead:

/*adding target to pdf attachment*/

function add_target() {
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery.noConflict();
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$(".entry-content a[href$='pdf']").attr('target','_blank'); /*you can use other target attribute beside _blank*/
});
</script>
<?php
}
add_action('wp_footer','add_target');

[Tom]

Thanks for sharing your code! 🙂

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