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manifest / social / in-app-browser-redirect

In-App Browser Redirect – Open Social Media Links in Chrome or Safari

Open WordPress links from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other in-app browsers in Chrome or Safari. Android redirect and an iOS open-in-browser banner.

by Ali Nawaz · github.com/bealinawaz/in-app-browser-redirect · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/bealinawaz/in-app-browser-redirect/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/bealinawaz/in-app-browser-redirect ↗

Get visitors out of the Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Snapchat in-app browsers. On Android the plugin opens the current page in Chrome with an intent link; on iPhone, where websites cannot open Safari, it shows an accessible banner with instructions and a "Copy link" button. In-app browsers break logins, payments, cookies, and tracking, so this keeps social traffic converting.

Features

  • User agent detection in the browser (cache and CDN friendly) for Facebook (FBAN, FBAV, FB_IAB), Messenger, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok (musical_ly, BytedanceWebview), Snapchat, LINE, and X (Twitter) where detectable.
  • Android: intent://host/path?query#hash#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.android.chrome;S.browser_fallback_url=…;end, automatic or behind a button.
  • Loop protection: one automatic attempt per page and tab (session storage); without storage it never auto-redirects.
  • iOS: dismissible bottom banner with configurable text and a "Copy link" button. Respects prefers-reduced-motion.
  • Exclusions by post ID or path, plus the iabr_is_excluded filter.
  • About 5 KB of vanilla JavaScript, deferred, no jQuery. Banner CSS loads only when the banner is shown.
  • Test mode: ?iabr_test=ios or ?iabr_test=android shows the banner in any browser without redirecting.

Setup

  1. Activate the plugin. Defaults: all apps, automatic Android redirect, iPhone banner on.
  2. Adjust everything under Settings → In-App Browser.

Limitations

  • iOS cannot be forced to open Safari from an in-app browser.
  • Apps change their user agents; detection is best effort.
  • X (Twitter) on iOS uses a Safari view that reports itself as Safari.

Hooks

// Never run on WooCommerce checkout pages.
add_filter( 'iabr_is_excluded', function ( $excluded ) {
    return $excluded || ( function_exists( 'is_checkout' ) && is_checkout() );
} );

Project structure

in-app-browser-redirect.php       Plugin header and bootstrap
includes/class-iabr-settings.php  Settings defaults and sanitizing
includes/class-iabr-frontend.php  Enqueues the script with its settings, exclusions
includes/class-iabr-admin.php     Settings → In-App Browser screen and plugin links
assets/redirect.js                Detection, Android redirect, iOS banner
assets/banner.css                 Banner styles (loaded on demand)
uninstall.php                     Removes the settings

Custom development

Need landing pages that convert social traffic, checkout fixes for in-app browsers, or tracking that survives them? Hire Ali Nawaz for custom WordPress work.

License

GPLv2 or later. See LICENSE.