Can I set/edit a default link for an image in media lib?

[dev]

I uploaded to Media Library a plain old Amazon "buy" button.

I did not set a 'custom link' at that time. I set it to 'none.'

I inserted the button on a bunch of pages... a lot of them... and set the link to the page on Amazon I want to go to if clicked.

Now I find I have to change the link and the only way I know is to go to EVERY page and edit that button-image.

Is there any way to set a 'default' link to an image button... set it once globally?

A plugin or PHP code in functions?

It would save me a ton of time?

Thanks.

[AnitaC]

I use this plugin for most of my website development project.

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[dev]

The plugin only works with a gallery, as I understand it. And with 3.9 who knows were galleries have gone to?

I have these Amazon buttons insered in lots of pages and sidebars (at bottom) and if I throw in a [gallery] shortcode it works but it kind of throws off the spacing and I think I'd have to put in a ton of CSS to align it right. And besides, I would have to put in the short code on every page. If I'm going to do that I may as well just edit each Amazon button!

Do you have stronger magic for me?

Thanks.

[AnitaC]

I've used that on individual images. So I am not sure what you read - but if you install it and then look at an individual image - you will see "Gallery Image" and where to place the URL. You don't have to have a gallery for that to work. They probably should change that name on there.

That's about all I have. Maybe someone else has a better way.

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[dev]

I don't think it works with 3.9 (at least not with the old Agency theme)

I edit the image in Media Lib. and add the Gallery Link.

Using Insert Media I put the pix into my page.

When I go to 'edit' pix, none of the plugin add-on areas are shown (under advanced)

I think it has something to do with the new media editing stuff that WP put in for 3.9.

It only works if I put in a [gallery] shortcode in the page... which is what I don't want to do.

Thanks anyway.

[essaysnark]

This is definitely stronger magic:

https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

[dev]

This is a well-known tool and I use it when migrating WP sites from one domain to another.

But if you have a image button (i.e. Buy from Amazon) on the site now and it is NOT linked... what would you search and replace?

I've looked high and low and can't find a solution. I'm going to have to go into every page and change (edit) each button with the link to the Amazon page. It's not that big a deal... but I was hoping to find a better solution.

[essaysnark]

Why can't you search/replace the entire img src block? If it's not linked now, then just add the full anchor tag in the 'replace' part. Not seeing why that wouldn't work.

[dev]

I dumped the database and did a search on "amazon'. Here is a slice of the output:

sed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src="http://buildwealthandspenditall.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/smashword.png" alt="smashword" width="126" height="40" />\r\n\r\n<img src="http://buildwealthandspenditall.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/amazon.png" alt="amazon" width="120" height="42" />','default-sidebar','','inherit','open','open','','58-revision-v1','','','2014-04-26 05:40:35','2014-04-26 

perhpas if I replaced:

src=\"http://buildwealthandspenditall.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/amazon.png

and put an href in there...

it might work. Or I'd screw up the database! (Yeah, keep a copy!)

The way that WP serializes it's data in the database, you are just asking for problems messing with it externally.

[essaysnark]

The way that WP serializes it’s data in the database, you are just asking for problems messing with it externally.

Which is the whole point of that tool that I linked to.

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