diff --git a/layouts/partials/cover.html b/layouts/partials/cover.html
index 5c5f2fbb..0f131f79 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/cover.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/cover.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     {{- $addLink := (and site.Params.cover.linkFullImages (not $.IsHome)) }}
     {{- $cover := (.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch (printf "*%s*" (.Params.cover.image)) }}
     {{- if $cover -}}{{/* i.e it is present in page bundle */}}
-        {{- if $addLink }}<a href="{{ (path.Join .RelPermalink .Params.cover.image) | absURL }}" target="_blank"
+        {{- if $addLink }}<a href="{{ (path.Join .RelPermalink .Params.cover.image) | absURL }}"
             rel="noopener noreferrer">{{ end -}}
         {{- $sizes := (slice "360" "480" "720" "1080" "1500") }}
         {{- $processableFormats := (slice "jpg" "jpeg" "png" "tif" "bmp" "gif") -}}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <img loading="lazy" src="{{ (path.Join .RelPermalink .Params.cover.image) | absURL }}" alt="{{ $alt }}">
         {{- end }}
     {{- else }}{{/* For absolute urls and external links, no img processing here */}}
-        {{- if $addLink }}<a href="{{ (.Params.cover.image) | absURL }}" target="_blank"
+        {{- if $addLink }}<a href="{{ (.Params.cover.image) | absURL }}"
             rel="noopener noreferrer">{{ end -}}
             <img loading="lazy" src="{{ (.Params.cover.image) | absURL }}" alt="{{ $alt }}">
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/edit_post.html b/layouts/partials/edit_post.html
index efa4c700..8f5ea21e 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/edit_post.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/edit_post.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {{- $fileUrlPath := path.Join .File.Path }}
 
 {{- if or .Params.author site.Params.author (.Param "ShowReadingTime") (not .Date.IsZero) .IsTranslated }}&nbsp;|&nbsp;{{- end -}}
-<a href="{{ .Params.editPost.URL | default site.Params.editPost.URL }}{{ if .Params.editPost.appendFilePath | default ( site.Params.editPost.appendFilePath | default false ) }}/{{ $fileUrlPath }}{{ end }}" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
+<a href="{{ .Params.editPost.URL | default site.Params.editPost.URL }}{{ if .Params.editPost.appendFilePath | default ( site.Params.editPost.appendFilePath | default false ) }}/{{ $fileUrlPath }}{{ end }}" rel="noopener noreferrer">
     {{- .Params.editPost.Text | default (site.Params.editPost.Text | default (i18n "edit_post" | default "Edit")) -}}
 </a>
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index feb65859..e517095a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     {{- end }}
     <span>
         - Powered by
-        <a href="https://gohugo.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hugo</a> &
-        <a href="https://github.com/Wonderfall/hugo-WonderMod/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">WonderMod</a>
+        <a href="https://gohugo.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hugo</a> &
+        <a href="https://github.com/Wonderfall/hugo-WonderMod/" rel="noopener">WonderMod</a>
     </span>
 </footer>
 {{- end }}
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 
 {{- partial "extend_footer.html" . }}
 
-{{- partial "script.html" . }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- partial "script.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/post_canonical.html b/layouts/partials/post_canonical.html
index abfc1e36..d3df859a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/post_canonical.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/post_canonical.html
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 {{- if or .Params.author site.Params.author (.Param "ShowReadingTime") (not .Date.IsZero) .IsTranslated (or .Params.editPost.URL site.Params.editPost.URL) }}&nbsp;|&nbsp;{{- end -}}
 <span>
     {{- (site.Params.CanonicalLinkText | default .Params.CanonicalLinkText) | default "Originally published at" -}}
-    &nbsp;<a href="{{ trim .Params.canonicalURL " " }}" title="{{ trim .Params.canonicalURL " " }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">{{ $url.Host }}</a>
+    &nbsp;<a href="{{ trim .Params.canonicalURL " " }}" title="{{ trim .Params.canonicalURL " " }}" rel="noopener noreferrer">{{ $url.Host }}</a>
 </span>
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/share_icons.html b/layouts/partials/share_icons.html
index 59ed0503..0b8fe74f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/share_icons.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/share_icons.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <div class="share-buttons">
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "twitter") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on twitter"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on twitter"
         href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text={{ $title }}&amp;url={{ $pageurl }}&amp;hashtags={{- $.Scratch.Get "tags" -}}">
         <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     </a>
     {{- end }}
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "linkedin") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on linkedin"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on linkedin"
         href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url={{ $pageurl }}&amp;title={{ $title }}&amp;summary={{ $title }}&amp;source={{ $pageurl }}">
         <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </a>
     {{- end }}
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "reddit") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on reddit"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on reddit"
         href="https://reddit.com/submit?url={{ $pageurl }}&title={{ $title }}">
         <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     </a>
     {{- end }}
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "facebook") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on facebook"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on facebook"
         href="https://facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u={{ $pageurl }}">
         <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     </a>
     {{- end }}
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "whatsapp") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on whatsapp"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on whatsapp"
         href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text={{ $title }}%20-%20{{ $pageurl }}">
         <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     </a>
     {{- end }}
     {{- if (cond ($custom) (in $ShareButtons "telegram") (true)) }}
-    <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on telegram"
+    <a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share {{ $title | plainify }} on telegram"
         href="https://telegram.me/share/url?text={{ $title }}&amp;url={{ $pageurl }}">
         <svg version="1.1" xml:space="preserve" viewBox="2 2 28 28" height="30px" width="30px" fill="currentColor">
             <path
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
         </svg>
     </a>
     {{- end }}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/social_icons.html b/layouts/partials/social_icons.html
index 3f8d6a35..958a8590 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/social_icons.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/social_icons.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="social-icons">
     {{- range . }}
-    <a href="{{ trim .url " " }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer me" title="{{ (.title | default .name) | title }}">
+    <a href="{{ trim .url " " }}" rel="noopener noreferrer me" title="{{ (.title | default .name) | title }}">
         {{ partial "svg.html" . }}
     </a>
     {{- end }}