Auto-Link Caption to Same URL As the Image’s Link

Add link-the-caption as Additional CSS Class on image block. Caption should contain no other links.

// Auto-link image caption to the same URL as that to which the image has been linked
jQuery(document).ready(function( $ ) {

   $('.link-the-caption').each( function() {

      let image_link = $(this).attr('href');
      let image_caption = $(this).next().html();

      $(this).next().html('<a href="'+image_link+'">'+image_caption+'</a>');

   });

});

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