How to Open External Links in New Window/Tab in WordPress

Here is very simple way to open external URL links in new window or tab in WordPress using the jQuery library. Just copy & paste the following code somewhere between your head tags.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("body a[href^='http://']").not("body [href*='thechoppr.com']").attr('target','_blank');
    });
</script>

This link will open in new window & this will not.