Social Icons Blocks > link attributes rel values inconsistencies

[Marc-pi]

Description

When Open in New Tab setting is active, the rel values are set to noopener nofollow

3 issues here :

• the default value with target blank must be noreferer noopener
• it is a non sense to apply the nofollow value (SEO wise) : it must be user's choice to use such a negative value (for crawlers)
• when overidding the rel attributes value through the advanced setting, the rel value are cumulative, so there is no way to remove the nofollow value.

Solution : improve the link settings accordingly with the rework related to link component (after the 6.3 release)

see #53566
see #50891
ping @getdave / @richtabor / @ellatrix

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Just add the block within your template (ex: TT2/TT3)
2. Activate the Open in New Tab setting
3. Observe the source code

Environment info

• TT3/TT3
• WP 6.3
• Gutenberg 16.4.0

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

Yes