wp_targeted_link_rel_callback( array $matches )

Callback to add rel=”noreferrer noopener” string to HTML A element.

Description

Will not duplicate existing noreferrer and noopener values to prevent from invalidating the HTML.

Parameters

$matches: (array) (Required) Single Match

Return

(string) HTML A Element with rel noreferrer noopener in addition to any existing values

Source

File: wp-includes/formatting.php

function wp_targeted_link_rel_callback( $matches ) {
	$link_html          = $matches[1];
	$original_link_html = $link_html;

	// Consider the HTML escaped if there are no unescaped quotes.
	$is_escaped = ! preg_match( '/(^|[^\\\\])[\'"]/', $link_html );
	if ( $is_escaped ) {
		// Replace only the quotes so that they are parsable by wp_kses_hair(), leave the rest as is.
		$link_html = preg_replace( '/\\\\([\'"])/', '$1', $link_html );
	}

	$atts = wp_kses_hair( $link_html, wp_allowed_protocols() );

	/**
	 * Filters the rel values that are added to links with `target` attribute.
	 *
	 * @since 5.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string $rel       The rel values.
	 * @param string $link_html The matched content of the link tag including all HTML attributes.
	 */
	$rel = apply_filters( 'wp_targeted_link_rel', 'noopener noreferrer', $link_html );

	// Return early if no rel values to be added or if no actual target attribute.
	if ( ! $rel || ! isset( $atts['target'] ) ) {
		return "<a $original_link_html>";
	}

	if ( isset( $atts['rel'] ) ) {
		$all_parts = preg_split( '/\s/', "{$atts['rel']['value']} $rel", -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY );
		$rel       = implode( ' ', array_unique( $all_parts ) );
	}

	$atts['rel']['whole'] = 'rel="' . esc_attr( $rel ) . '"';
	$link_html            = join( ' ', array_column( $atts, 'whole' ) );

	if ( $is_escaped ) {
		$link_html = preg_replace( '/[\'"]/', '\\\\$0', $link_html );
	}

	return "<a $link_html>";
}

Uses

Uses	Description
wp-includes/formatting.php: wp_targeted_link_rel	Filters the rel values that are added to links with `target` attribute.
wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_attr()	Escaping for HTML attributes.
wp-includes/kses.php: wp_kses_hair()	Builds an attribute list from string containing attributes.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_allowed_protocols()	Retrieve a list of protocols to allow in HTML attributes.
wp-includes/plugin.php: apply_filters()	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Introduced.

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