Nikolay Grachev
--- a/extlink.js
+++ b/extlink.js
+        return !(drupalSettings.data.extlink.extTargetNoOverride && link.matches('a[target]'));
+      });
+
+      // Add target attr to open link in a new tab.
+      external_links.forEach(function(link, i) {
+        external_links[i].setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+      });

      // Add noopener rel attribute to combat phishing.
-      $(external_links).attr('rel', function (i, val) {
+      external_links.forEach(function (link, i) {
+        var val = link.getAttribute('rel');
        // If no rel attribute is present, create one with the value noopener.
        if (val === null || typeof val === 'undefined') {
-          return 'noopener';
+          external_links[i].setAttribute('rel','noopener');
--- a/extlink.js
+++ b/extlink.js
      // Add noopener rel attribute to combat phishing.
-      $(external_links).attr('rel', function (i, val) {
+      external_links.forEach(function (link, i) {
+        var val = link.getAttribute('rel');
        // If no rel attribute is present, create one with the value noopener.
        if (val === null || typeof val === 'undefined') {
-          return 'noopener';
+          external_links[i].setAttribute('rel','noopener');
+          return;
        }
        // Check to see if rel contains noopener. Add what doesn't exist.
        if (val.indexOf('noopener') > -1) {
          if (val.indexOf('noopener') === -1) {
-            return val + ' noopener';
+            // Add noopener.
+            external_links[i].setAttribute('rel',val + ' noopener');
--- a/extlink.js
+++ b/extlink.js
          target = 'follow';
        }
        if (val.indexOf(target) === -1) {
-          return val + ' nofollow';
+          // Add nofollow.
+          external_links[i].setAttribute('rel',val + ' nofollow');
--- a/extlink.js
+++ b/extlink.js
        }
-        return val;
      });
    }

    if (drupalSettings.data.extlink.extNoreferrer) {
-      $(external_links).attr('rel', function (i, val) {
+      external_links.forEach(function (link, i) {
+        var val = link.getAttribute('rel');
        // When the link does not have a rel attribute set it to 'noreferrer'.
        if (val === null || typeof val === 'undefined') {
-          return 'noreferrer';
-        }
-        if (val.indexOf('noreferrer') === -1) {
-          return val + ' noreferrer';
+          external_links[i].setAttribute('rel','noreferrer');
--- a/extlink.js
+++ b/extlink.js
+      if (class_name !== '0') {
+        $links_to_process[i].classList.add(class_name);
+      }
+
+      // Add data-extlink attribute.
+      $links_to_process[i].setAttribute('data-extlink', '');
+
+      var $link = $links_to_process[i];
+      // Create an icon element.
+      var iconElement;
      if (drupalSettings.data.extlink.extUseFontAwesome) {
+        iconElement = document.createElement('span');
+        iconElement.setAttribute('class', 'fa-' + class_name + ' extlink');
        if (class_name === drupalSettings.data.extlink.mailtoClass) {
-          $link[icon_placement]('<span class="fa-' + class_name + ' extlink"><span class="' + drupalSettings.data.extlink.extFaMailtoClasses + '" aria-label="' + drupalSettings.data.extlink.mailtoLabel + '"></span></span>');
+          iconElement.innerHTML = '<span class="' + drupalSettings.data.extlink.extFaMailtoClasses + '" aria-label="' + drupalSettings.data.extlink.mailtoLabel + '"></span>';