Single posts and pages
Choose the destination for an individual featured image
Match the image link to what visitors need after they click.
Full-size image file
Choose the full-size image file when visitors need to inspect the original media. On single posts and pages, this is the default when the displayed image is not already full size.
Attachment page
Choose the attachment page when the media record and its WordPress context matter more than opening the file alone.
No link
Leave the image unlinked when it should stay passive. The plugin also leaves an image unlinked when it already displays its full-size file, so it does not open the same file again.
Archive and loop ownership
Preserve the link structure around archives and loops
Featured images can add a useful destination without taking ownership from a component that already provides one.
1
Query Loop blocks
In a Query Loop, the featured image links to the represented post by default. Turn that link off when the loop item should not create a post route.
2
Classic theme archives
If a classic theme may wrap an archive thumbnail in its own post link, the plugin leaves the thumbnail markup to the theme.
3
Existing image links
If a theme or block already links the featured image, the plugin leaves that anchor unchanged to avoid duplicate or nested links.
Settings
Set the rule, then check the resulting visitor path
Configure the supported surfaces in WordPress, then verify the routes visitors will encounter.
1
Select affected content
In Settings > Clickable Featured Image, choose the eligible public post types with featured-image support.
2
Set individual destinations
For single posts and pages, choose the full-size image file, attachment page, or no link.
3
Set archive and loop destinations
Choose whether archive and Query Loop images link to the represented post’s permalink or have no link.
4
Verify the three surfaces
Open an affected single view, Query Loop, and classic archive. Confirm each route and verify that any existing anchor remains one anchor.
Lightbox compatibility
Use a lightbox for the overlay, not Clickable Featured Image
The full-size image destination gives a lightbox plugin the URL it needs to open.
Clickable Featured Image makes the image clickable; it does not provide the overlay or modal. Front-end JavaScript loads only for the supported lightbox compatibility bridge.
Runtime requirements
Dependencies
Install these runtime requirements before activating the plugin.
5.4 or later
WordPress 5.4Provides featured-image storage, rendering hooks, Query Loop blocks, permissions, and the Settings API.
7.4 or later
PHP 7.4Provides the required server runtime.
Install and configure
Download the plugin and set its link rules
Download Clickable Featured Image, activate it in WordPress, and apply the destinations that fit your single views, archives, and Query Loops. Then check one of each supported surface so the visitor paths match the rules you chose.