Title: Caption Linker
Author: weissmike
Published: <strong>May 2, 2013</strong>
Last modified: October 6, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Caption Linker

 By [weissmike](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weissmike/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/caption-links.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/)

## Description

Adds a new button to the media window and edit media screen that allow you to easily
insert links into the caption field.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Places the icon for link creation next to the caption field
 * [[
 * Prompts user for URL
 * [[
 * Prompts user for Link Text
 * [[
 * Asks if you would the link to open in the same window (Cancel = New Window)
 * [[
 * Inserts link in text box

## Installation

 1. Upload `caption-linker.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great tool!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-tool-297/)󠁿

 [weissmike](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weissmike/) September 3, 2016

The plugin author is handsome and can read good.

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Caption Linker” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ weissmike ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weissmike/)

[Translate “Caption Linker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/caption-links)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/caption-links/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/caption-links/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/caption-links/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/caption-links/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3

 * Add functionality to Image Details screen when editing images already placed.
 * Added option for target=”_blank”
 * Update screenshots, add plugin icon

#### 1.2

 * Switched to SVG icon to reduce dependancies
 * Icon courtesy of Open Iconic — www.useiconic.com/open

#### 1.1

 * Updated to utilize icon font
 * Links are now inserted at cursor

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/)
 * Tags
 * [caption](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/caption/)[file](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file/)
   [link](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/)[media](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)
   [upload](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/caption-links/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ weissmike ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weissmike/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caption-links/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://weissmike.com/)