Gallery Custom Links
by Jordy Meow 4.7 (208 reviews)

Gallery Custom Links

Gallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.

Gallery Custom Links ranks #961 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #117 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 208 reviews, and was last updated Oct 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v2.3.6 Current Version v2.3.6
Updated 6 days ago Last Update on 30 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 4 days ago Last Refreshed on
#117 of 6,651 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads +262.6% this week Actively maintained
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Downloads
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Support Resolved
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Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7 (208 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7
208 reviews
Overall 94%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

  1. Gallery Custom Links [gallery-custom-links] < 2.2.6

    CVE-2025-60104 · Fixed in v2.2.6

  2. Gallery Custom Links [gallery-custom-links] < 2.3.4

    CVE-2026-107757 · Fixed in v2.3.4

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use galleries (native WP Gallery, Gutenberg, or Meow Gallery) and want individual gallery images to link to custom URLs. It solves the problem of hardcoding or scripting per-image links by adding Link URL and related fields to Media Library images and rewriting gallery output to use them.

  • Custom Link URL per image
  • Custom Link Target field
  • Link Rel field
  • Aria Label field
  • Automatic lightbox disabling
  • Multiple rewrite engines (HtmlDomParser, DiDom, Javascript)
  • Works with WP Gallery, Gutenberg, Meow Gallery
  • Filters to optimize and support more galleries

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Gallery Custom Links

Gallery Custom Links has 30,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Gallery Custom Links holds a 4.7 out of 5 star rating based on 208 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Gallery Custom Links is developed by Jordy Meow and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Gallery Custom Links requires WordPress 6.0 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.1 or newer.
Gallery Custom Links has been downloaded 1,067,152+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Gallery Custom Links is 2.3.6. It was last updated on October 30, 2026.
Yes. Gallery Custom Links is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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