Gallery Custom Links

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ bartict

   2mo ago

   This was the only way I could get from a homepage gallery of thumbnail images to an expansion page for each including other several elements. I don’t know why this isn’t a standard feature in WP. Reliable. I can’t get the site editor to turn off the carousel function of the gallery that appears between the click and the page this plugin takes you to, but that is a problem with the editor, not the plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ mabkenward

   4mo ago

   Simple to use and effective. I use it on just about every image on all my websites. So much better than clicking on some text.

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3. ★★★★★ minionion

   5mo 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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4. ★★★★★ kuauka07

   6mo ago

   Todo perfecto… recomendable!

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5. ★★★★★ siobhanmuir

   7mo 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.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   1.3y ago

   Does the job

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7. ★★★★★ misterdaco

   1.4y ago

   useful, straightforward, very good, Thanks !

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8. ★★★★★ cafelog

   1.6y ago

   Lo he estado usando por varios años en un par de webs y hace todo lo que promete y jamás he tenido un problema con el.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.3.1 Add: Option to skip linking when the target URL matches the current page. 🎵 Discuss with others about Gallery Custom Links on the Discord . 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here . Thank you! 🥰 If you want to h 2.3.1
2. — Version 2.3.0 Fix: Ensure plugin settings now save and update correctly. Update: Improve multisite compatibility. 🎵 Discuss with others about Gallery Custom Links on the Discord . 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here . Than 2.3.0
3. — Version 2.2.8 Fix: Corrected deprecated button classes. 2.2.8
4. — Version 2.2.6 Fix: Resolved DiDom engine crash when parent element is a Document object. Fix: Addressed security vulnerabilities by implementing input sanitization and output escaping. 2.2.6
5. — Version 2.2.5 Update: Fresh components. Update: Updated Common library. 2.2.5
6. — Version 2.2.4 Update: Common libraries have been updated to improve stability and performance. 2.2.4

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Gallery Custom Links <= 2.2.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-26 CVE-2025-60104 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.5 Patched in 2.2.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 7 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-21 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-06-20 30K+ → 40K+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2025-06-15 40K+ → 30K+ down after 777 days in tier
4. 2023-04-30 50K+ → 40K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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• PixTypes 9K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B

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Gallery Custom Links: 30K+ active installs, 4.7★ (206 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gallery-custom-links