[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53843: Remove adding of rel="noopener" to links with target="_blank"

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#53843: Remove adding of rel="noopener" to links with target="_blank"
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 Reporter:  azaozz                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  6.5
Component:  General                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:8 audrasjb]:

 > I think this is ready to ship for 6.5, and we can target 6.6 to
 deprecate the functions...

 Yea, seems that `rel="noopener"` may not be needed any more. Thinking it
 would be good to confirm this 100%. cAs far as I see the current
 [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#browser_compatibility compatibility chart on
 MDN] shows the Android WebView as not supporting this yet (this is the
 browser used by default on phones and also embedded in all kinds of
 devices like "smart" TVs, etc.).

 Looking at the current patch it only removes the few `rel="noopener"` that
 are hard-coded in wp-admin. If that's not needed any more thinking we
 should stop adding it to the user content and deprecate the functions, see
 `wp_targeted_link_rel()`, `wp_targeted_link_rel_callback()`,
 `wp_init_targeted_link_rel_filters()`,
 `wp_remove_targeted_link_rel_filters()` starting here:
 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.4/src/wp-
 includes/formatting.php#L3304.

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