--- title: "Thumbnail Custom External Links" id: "176504" type: "knowledgebase" slug: "thumbnail-custom-external-links" published_at: "2019-06-27T13:59:59+00:00" modified_at: "2026-07-21T10:39:48+00:00" url: "https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/thumbnail-custom-external-links/" markdown_url: "https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/thumbnail-custom-external-links.md" excerpt: "Your gallery thumbnails do not need to point to the full size images as a gallery usually does. You can also setup a gallery to point to your own custom URL’s (these can be internal or external links – it’s..." taxonomy_knowledgebase_cat: - "Look & Feel" --- [Look & Feel](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/) # Thumbnail Custom External Links ## Related Articles - [Responsive Image Gallery Layout](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/responsive-image-gallery-template/) - [Image Viewer Gallery Template](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/image-viewer-gallery-template/) - [Masonry Image Gallery Layout](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/masonry-image-gallery-template/) - [Justified Gallery Layout](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/justified-gallery-template/) - [Portfolio Gallery Layout](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/simple-portfolio-gallery/) - [Single Thumbnail Gallery Template](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/single-thumbnail-gallery-template/) - [Appearance Settings](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/appearance-settings/) - [Hover Effects Settings](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/hover-effects-settings/) - [Thumbnail Captions Settings](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/captions-settings/) - [Paging Settings](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/paging-settings/) - [Advanced Settings](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/advanced-settings/) - [Adding Loaded Effects](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/adding-loaded-effects/) - [Adding HTML Captions](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/adding-html-captions/) - [Using the FooGallery Lightbox](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/foogallery-lightbox/) - [Carousel Gallery](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/carousel-gallery/) - [Password Protection](https://fooplugins.com/documentation/foogallery/appearance-foogallery/password-protection/) **Need more help?** Browse all documentation or open a support ticket. [All docs](/documentation/) [Support](/support/) Your gallery thumbnails do not need to point to the full size images as a gallery usually does. You can also setup a gallery to point to your own custom URL’s (these can be internal or external links – it’s up to you!) Included in FooGallery Free and PRO ## See custom gallery links in action Custom external links are available in FooGallery Free, so thumbnails can send visitors to any page or URL without an upgrade. [See custom links](/wordpress-gallery-custom-links/) [Get FooGallery Free](/foogallery-wordpress-gallery-plugin/) Follow these steps to get this working: 1. Edit the gallery of your choice. 2. Under the Gallery Items metabox, make sure you are on Manage Items and not the Gallery Preview. You will know you are in the right place, if you see an “i” when you hover over a thumb (see Image below). ![Edit image by clicking on 'i' in Manage Items tab](https://fooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image-38.png) 1. Click the “i” for each thumb you want to define a custom URL for. The media modal will popup and you can edit the image attributes in the right sidebar. Scroll down and you will find “Custom URL” and “Custom Target”. [https://fooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CustomURL.png](https://fooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CustomURL.png) **Image 2** 1. Edit the custom URL to be the external/internal custom URL of your choice. 2. Edit the custom Target if you want the link to open in a new tab or redirect the current page that the user is visiting. 3. Close the media modal popup when you are done editing all the attachments you wish. 4. Scroll down to the Gallery Settings metabox and locate the “Link To” setting. Change it to “Custom URL” (see Image 3 below). [https://fooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Link-to-customer-url.png](https://fooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Link-to-customer-url.png) 1. Save your gallery and you are done! 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