[Resolved] Link to media file

[Bernhard]

Hello,
is there a simple way to set the link to media file in the new image block?

It’s because I start to substitute the WP image block with the GP image block and all other settings like padding, image size on different devices etc I can simply copy and paste but I do not find how to set the link to media file, beside inserting the image URL one by one.

[David]

Hi there,

select the GB Image Block, enable the Dynamic Data options, and set:

Data source: Current Post ( default value)
Image source: do not select anything
Link source: Single Image

[Bernhard]

Hi David,
this works so far, thank you :).

There is a little problem: when “dynamic data” is switched on, in the image block settings section the fields alt text and title attribute disappear. Looking into the code editor, the tags are there.

[Fernando]

Hi Bernhard,

Yes, they disappear by default if dynamic data is enabled. The alt text is dynamically taken from the image meta.

[Bernhard]

Hi Fernando,
I made now a test and I see the title tag in the editor, but when the post is published it shows “post name image number”.
In the first grid are 3 dynamically addressed posts, in the second grid a query.
https://imgur.com/a/3FlukBA

[David]

If you check the Image in the Media Library – does it contain any values for the alt and title there ?

[Bernhard]

Hi David,
yes, you can see in the screenshot made with the Gutenberg editor, when hovering over the images the title tags pop up.

[Bernhard]

I checked with the developer tools and the alt tag is there but the title tag is missing. Maybe that’s the way it’s meant to be. I disabled now in Rankmath the option to substitute missing title tags and it’s ok for me now. Nothing pops up on hover over the image.
Thank you for your help 🙂

[David]

Thanks for letting us know.
I’ll take a look into the missing Title Tag, and whether its something we should add a filter for.

Glad to hear its working as you require it!!

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