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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Make clicking an image link to outside URL?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [DaOne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daone/)
 * (@daone)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/#post-1620043)
 * Two weeks later and I finally figured it out. Dumb luck is a good thing.
 * 1. From within the visual editor, click on the image and click the Edit icon.
   
   2. Near the bottom of the resulting window, click NONE for URL. That will make
   the internal URL disappear. 3. Back in the visual editor, click the image and
   then click the LINK icon above and paste in the URL you want to link to. Define
   target. 4. Click the Update button. 5. Go to the live page and refresh, then 
   click the image. It should take you to the desired URL.
 * This is screwy and counterintuitive, but it that’s the way it works.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Make clicking an image link to outside URL?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [DaOne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daone/)
 * (@daone)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/#post-1619872)
 * Thanks for the response, Kapil.
 * Currently, clicking the photo link on the live site does pop a new tab and that’s
   where the photo resides on my very bare page.
 * As I understand it, the Advanced Settings tab displays where WordPress goes to
   retrieve the image (within the WordPress installation—wp-content/uploads/etc).
 * Unfortunately, entering different URLs in the “Link URL” field does not help.
 * Thanks for trying.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Make clicking an image link to outside URL?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [DaOne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daone/)
 * (@daone)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-clicking-an-image-link-to-outside-url/#post-1619838)
 * Thanks for the quick response, James. What happens when I do this is that the
   field takes the new URL and I click Update. Then I click the page update button
   and check the site live. Instead of linking to the new URL, a new page within
   my site is opened with everything else stripped out except the nav, header and
   photo.
 * When I return to the visual editor and edit the photo, the URL I just put in 
   has been replaced with the original URL, which looks like this: [http://www.jetheaddev.com/wordpress/company/lodging/residence-inn](http://www.jetheaddev.com/wordpress/company/lodging/residence-inn)
 * I’ve done this 20 times, always with the same result. I’m beginning to feel like
   the mouse who keeps pressing the bar long after the food has run out. 🙁
 * Thanks.

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