diff --git global.wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/rosetta/front-page.php global.wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/rosetta/front-page.php
index 435d4d4..de76768 100644
--- global.wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/rosetta/front-page.php
+++ global.wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/rosetta/front-page.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if ( false === $latest_release && $rosetta->rosetta->get_latest_release() ) :
 		</a>
 		<?php echo esc_html( $item->post_title ); ?>
 		<br />
-		<a class="showcase-url" href="<?php echo esc_url( $url ); ?>" rel="nofollow"><?php _e( 'Visit the site &rarr;', 'rosetta' ); ?></a>
+		<a class="showcase-url" href="<?php echo esc_url( $url ); ?>" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><?php _e( 'Visit the site &rarr;', 'rosetta' ); ?></a>
 	</li>
 <?php
 	endforeach;
diff --git wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/page-home.php wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/page-home.php
index a226d3f..b377bf7 100644
--- wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/page-home.php
+++ wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/page-home.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ get_header();
 
 							<?php $wpsc_url = esc_url( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'domain', true ) ); ?>
 							<?php if ( $wpsc_url ) : // make sure the URL is valid (esc_url will return an empty string if not) ?>
-							<a href="<?php echo $wpsc_url; ?>" class="wpsc-linkout">
+							<a href="<?php echo $wpsc_url; ?>" class="wpsc-linkout" target="_blank">
 								<?php echo str_replace( parse_url( $wpsc_url, PHP_URL_SCHEME ) . '://', '', untrailingslashit( $wpsc_url ) ); ?>
 								<span class="linkout-symbol"><?php _ex( '&#10162;', 'linkout symbol', 'wporg-showcase' ); ?></span>
 							</a>
diff --git wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/sidebar-right.php wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/sidebar-right.php
index 2715bb1..a54d256 100644
--- wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/sidebar-right.php
+++ wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-showcase/sidebar-right.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 		<div class="col-3 rightsidebar">
 			<div class="rightsidebarwrapper">
 			<div class="currentSiteRating">
-				<p class="button"><a href="http://<?php get_site_domain( false ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Visit Site', 'wporg-showcase' ); ?></a></p>
+				<p class="button"><a href="http://<?php get_site_domain( false ); ?>" target="_blank"><?php _e( 'Visit Site', 'wporg-showcase' ); ?></a></p>
 
 				<?php wp_flavors(); ?>
 				<br />