Use the destination that belongs to each image context
A featured image serves different jobs on a single page, in a Query Loop and in a classic archive. The plugin applies a surface-specific link rule instead of forcing one destination everywhere.
Choose the single-content destination
On posts and pages, link the featured image to the full-size file by default or select the supported attachment/no-link behavior.
Open the Query Loop post
Link a Query Loop featured image to the post represented by that loop item.
Respect theme ownership
Leave classic-theme archive thumbnails to the theme when another anchor could create invalid nesting.
Choose it when the problem is this specific
- Single-content featured images need a deliberate file, attachment or no-link destination.
- Query Loop images should open the represented post.
- You want both behaviors without editing theme templates.
Know the boundary
Theme and builder markup varies. The plugin deliberately leaves classic archive links to the theme, so verify every template where a featured image appears.
Start with the smallest safe setup
- Install and activate the current WordPress.org release.
- Choose the supported single-content destination and check a Query Loop with featured images.
- Verify classic archive templates separately and confirm that no nested link is created.
Check requirements and ownership
- Published posts with featured images.
- A supported WordPress or Query Loop rendering surface.
- Current compatibility details from the WordPress.org plugin page.
The release page is the authority for current package and compatibility details. The public source shows the behavior you are installing.
Give each featured-image surface the destination it actually needs
Control single content and Query Loops while leaving classic archive anchors with the theme that owns them.