Gallery Custom Links
Gallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.
4.7(205 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Gallery Custom Links is a WordPress links plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 205 reviews. It has been downloaded 948K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 23% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Broken Link Checker.
4.7/5205 reviews
30K+active installs
0%resolved
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Gallery Custom Links allows you to link images from galleries to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others. The official page is here: Gallery Custom Links.
Usage
Two fields are added to your images, in your Media Library: Link URL and Link Target (but also, Link Rel and Arial Label). If, at least, the Link URL is set up, this image will link to that URL every time it is used within a gallery. Lightbox will be automatically disabled for those images.
To do this, the Gallery Custom Links needs to analyze/rewrite your content. Depending on your WordPress, you can pick the most appropriate method (known as engine).
- HtmlDomParser: Very reliable. It will rewrite your HTML so that the links are hardcoded.
- DiDom: Same as HtmlDomParser but faster. How…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
One of the most useful plugins!
by minionion·2 weeks ago
This plugin covers a shortfall in what should really be part of the way WP gallery works. It’s SO common with my clients to want to link an image to something other than a bigger version of itself that this is necessary on practically every site I build. With this plugin, it “just works” to link logos to their related external websites, advertising to a “more info” page, event details to a registration form, and so much more… You really need this one!
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by kuauka07·3 weeks ago
Todo perfecto… recomendable!
Fantastic plugin!
by siobhanmuir·2 months ago
I love this plugin! I was using SiteOrigin to post images of other books related to a book page, and it kept failing with each new “update.” This plugin makes the tools I already have so very useful and saves me a lot of time and headaches. Totally recommend it.
Excellent plugin
·11 months ago
Does the job
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by misterdaco·11 months ago
useful, straightforward, very good, Thanks !
Download Trends
Today: 106Yesterday: 119This week: 771Period total: 162K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
77.1%
v2.1
11.6%
v2.0
6.9%
Other
4.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2.9 (2026/02/25)
- Fix: Ensure plugin settings now save and update correctly.
- Update: Improve multisite compatibility.
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