Make Image Attachments Default Link To Original Image

After 6 months you may not need this anymore but I found the solution: There is a hidden options page in WordPress under https://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.

Other options are “” (leaving it blank) and “post”. The latter one links to the permalink. The blank value is said to not link images by default but for me it defaulted to the permalink.

Thanks to https://blog.aizatto.com/2010/05/04/changing-default-wordpress-media-link-url/

Regards

Thanks for the info znoob. Not sure if Supermerlion used it, but I appreciate you posting it.

“image_default_link_type” needs to be set to “none” to make it left blank by default.