Force images added to post to point to the file itself WordPress
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For a blog, many authors keep forgetting to link to the file instead of an attachment when adding images to their post. I'm using the Lightbox 2 plugin and want all images in a post to open in a gallery lightwindow. However, since the users are linking to an attachment the "automate' isn't working. Is there a function to make all images point to the original and would this work with Lightbox 2?
Thanks in advance!
Answers (2)
Julio Potier answers:
Hello
I'm the author of lightbox 3, don't use lightbox 2 anymore.
There is a CSRF & XSS vulnerabilities inside.
I invite you to post your demand on my post on my blog.
Old plugin : http://www.boiteaweb.fr/lightbox-2-9-2-2859.html
New plugin : http://www.boiteaweb.fr/plugin-wordpress-lightbox-3-2855.html
See you
ps : your "problem" exists in my 3.0 too i think :]
Richard M. answers:
There is a hidden options page in WordPress under http://yoursite/wp-admin/options.php
On that endless list of undocumented options you can set a value for "image_default_link_type". You may want to set it to "file" (without the quotes) to link all your images by default to the original image.
Caroline Keim comments:
But this is just from here on out, correct? There's over 400 posts that need fixing.
Any suggestions?
Richard M. comments:
Try adding this to your functions.php file in your theme:
<? update_option('image_default_link_type' , 'file'); ?>
Caroline Keim comments:
Unfortunately doesn't swap out the old ones.
Richard M. comments:
One moment - going to test something
Richard M. comments:
You can update your database - if you do a search for attachment you'll find that your wp_posts table has images set as <a rel="attachment - you can find and replace the anchor tags
Caroline Keim comments:
What would the query look like? I think that's probably the best way to do it. Thanks!
Caroline Keim comments:
I realized a query may not work in the database since all images will point towards themselves. Thoughts?