WordPress gallery link by default to file

Hello,

You can access the default options page by going to https://yoursite/wp-admin/options.php and setting the “image_default_link_type” option to “file”.

Otherwise you can try the cleaner wordpress gallery plugin.

Hope that helps!

Thank you supportie for your reply. Have already tried options.php and changed the value to file but nothing happens. If I click on an image, I still get directed to the attachment page.

Any ideas why this might happen?

If I install cleaner gallery do I need to alter any of my shortcodes?

Try setting it to “none”

Thank you for your patience and for getting back to me, but regardless of what I enter in that field, nothing does change. I still get the gallery pictures link to the attachments page rather than pop-up in a lightbox (as it does if I specify link=”file”.

Sample: https://test3.glutenfreeclub.com/chipotle-cheese-crisps/ (gallery under the recipie)

How can I use the plugin you have described?

No problems. I’m guessing changing that option wont override your past images, it will act as default for future ones.

If you want to use the lightbox/colorbox with the cleaner gallery plugin, there are some detailed instructions here https://springthistle.com/updates/colorbox-with-wordpress/

If i install cleaner gallery will it interpret simple [gallery id's...] as link=”file”? I don’t want to edit 1000+ posts