diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
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+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
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+<!-- layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html -->
+<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"
+   {{ with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
+   {{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}
+     target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
+   {{ end }}
+>
+{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>