Jetpack Tiled Gallery block image links

Uses the existing Caption fields on WordPress and Jetpack gallery images to link them to a custom URL in their corresponding field.

add_filter( 'render_block', function( $block_content, $block ) {

	// Jetpack Tiled Gallery Block Only
	if( $block['blockName'] != 'jetpack/tiled-gallery' ) {
		return $block_content;
	}

	// Loop Image IDs
	foreach( $block['attrs']['ids'] as $post_id ) {

		// Get Caption And Ensure It's a URL
		$caption = wp_get_attachment_caption( $post_id );
		if( ! $caption || filter_var( $caption, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL ) === false ) {
			continue;
		}

		// Replace Image Tag With Anchor
		// Note We're Altering The Figure Tags To Iterate
		$block_content = preg_replace(
			'/' . preg_quote( '<figure class="tiled-gallery__item">' ) . '/',
			'<a href="' . $caption . '"><figure  class="tiled-gallery__item">',
			$block_content,
			1
		);
		$block_content = preg_replace(
			'/<\/figure>/',
			'</figure ></a>',
			$block_content,
			1
		);

	}

	// Return
	return $block_content;

}, 10, 2 );

Instructions for Jetpack Tiled Gallery block image links

  1. Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
  2. Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
  3. WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
  4. Copy and paste the code from the section above.
  5. Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
  6. Customize the code as desired.
  7. Add a meaningful title.
  8. Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
  9. Click “Save and Activate”.
  10. Test your site to ensure it works.
  11. Disable if any problems, or recover.
  12. Repeat for live environment.

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License

All code snippets are licensed GPLv2 (or later) matching WordPress licensing.

Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program as-is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

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