[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31467: Images should default to not linking

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#31467: Images should default to not linking
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 Reporter:  melchoyce    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Media        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui           |
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 For the reasons discussed in this Slack conversation:
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core-flow/p1424973816000003

 > In conversation with developers and users there is a general feeling of
 frustration about the default "link to" for images and image galleries
 being set to Attachment Page. Users generally don't understand what this
 is and few theme developers bother to build a template for it — @mor10

 > I would LOVE if the default link for images was none. That confuses my
 students every time. They add a picture and have no idea why it's linking
 to the Attachment page and what an attachment page even is. I think
 linking should take action, not unlinking — @liljimmi

 > same here. also there is an issue where i see people naming an image and
 a post the exact same slug and this shows the attachment page of the image
 instead of the post they were expecting. — @andrea_r

 I agree — changing the default to ''not'' link is the expected behavior
 for the vast majority of people. Let's turn off linking by default.

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