Title: Image Link Insertion Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Image Link Insertion * [thegeekreviews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegeekreviews/) * (@thegeekreviews) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/) * I’m having some trouble with the image links once I insert them into my posts– I use the built-in functions of the editor to change where the link points as attached to the image, but once it’s published, it reverts back to pointing to the Archives page and a direct link to the image – this is an issue, as I am linking images to an external site. * What I don’t understand is why I got one to work just fine, and now the second one isn’t working – I’ve even manually edited the HTML, and it’s STILL not taking the change once it’s published. It’s very aggravating. * Anyone have any suggestions? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409765) * Turn off the wysiwyg editor admin -> users -> scroll to bottom left. Also uncheck the box for “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” admin- > options -> writing * Thread Starter [thegeekreviews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegeekreviews/) * (@thegeekreviews) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409768) * Option to “Correct XHTML” is already unselected, and I just made the change to the user and see what happens. * I honestly don’t understand why it would keep reverting, since the first post worked just fine, and now it doesn’t want to – the links themselves are generated by Amazon and appear to conform to all of the XHTML stanrdards. * Thread Starter [thegeekreviews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegeekreviews/) * (@thegeekreviews) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409770) * And I just tried to edit the post without the WYSIWYG editor, made the change directly to the HTML – save and go back, and the damn thing has reverted AGAIN. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409784) * Ahhh,,,didn’t know you were doing adsense. You could probably benefit from these topics: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/22218?replies=18](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/22218?replies=18) Plugins: [http://www.acmetech.com/blog/2005/07/26/adsense-deluxe-wordpress-plugin/](http://www.acmetech.com/blog/2005/07/26/adsense-deluxe-wordpress-plugin/) [http://www.philhord.com/phord/adsense-inline-with-wordpress-blog-posts/](http://www.philhord.com/phord/adsense-inline-with-wordpress-blog-posts/) [http://www.optiniche.com/blog/24/amazing-new-adsense-plugin-for-wordpress/](http://www.optiniche.com/blog/24/amazing-new-adsense-plugin-for-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [thegeekreviews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegeekreviews/) * (@thegeekreviews) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409802) * I’m not doing Adsense – I’m simply taking a picture (of a book) and linking to the coresponding page on Amazon – with a referrer link. * Nothing special about it, should just be a straight forward IMG SRC tag with a A HREF wrapper, right? Well, it keeps undoing my changes and it’s getting annoying. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-409806) * Give an example (here) of what you’re doing – and what you’re ending up with? * Be sure to enclose your examples with backticks (`) so the forum software here doesn’t try to process it. 🙂 * Thread Starter [thegeekreviews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegeekreviews/) * (@thegeekreviews) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-410008) * `` * WordPress sees fit to replace whatever I’m placing with whatever it F’n feels like putting in there – usually a link to the archives page – which is unacceptable. * [Drawer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drawer/) * (@drawer) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-410118) * This blogger may have been doing something similar to what I need to do. I have 2 book covers in my page, or a post. I need them to link to Amazon to buy my books. But when I change the image url, inside my post, the image itself disappears( since it was linked to mysite.wordpress, etc.) * I bet there is a simple way to link an image to another place, but I haven’t found it. Also, if I could change the image url, wouldn’t that help for tags? Has anyone done this? Here is the page: [http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/about-2/](http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/about-2/) * [Drawer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drawer/) * (@drawer) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-410120) * Can someone please tell me how to make an image link to another url? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-410121) * Can someone please tell me how to make an image link to another url? * the same way its always been done?? * `` * [Drawer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drawer/) * (@drawer) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-link-insertion/#post-410122) * So it turns out that I can’t do it in Write View mode, which is the obvious place, but I can do it in Code mode, where there is also a link button as the one in the reply box below. That’s simple. Now I have helped future readers. * Thanks. But why the attitude, whooami? Everyone that comes to these boards is confused, unhappy, frustrated, sad, humble, and embarrassed that they couldn’t figure out a problem on their own. Many many members have searched for hours, days, or in my case, sometimes weeks, trying to learn, trying to figure out something without asking for help. * Your sarcastic reply is unnecessary. 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