A plugin which looks for <IMG> tags in the excerpt and, if found, wraps them with a link to the post permalink.
As of April 2026, Excerpt Image Link is a WordPress link plugin with 90 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 9.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.
A plugin which looks for <IMG> tags in the excerpt and, if found, wraps them with a link to the post permalink.
Helps with thumbnail images in the excerpt shown on the index page. There isn’t any rocket science here – it’s simply up to the post author to provide the image (and text) in the optional excerpt in WordPress’ write a post form. However, the “trick” bit is to make that thumbnail image a hyper-link to the post. I’ve done this with this simple WordPress plug-in.
| WordPress | 2.2+ requiredTested up to 2.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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