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title: "Lightbox opens the post page instead of the image"
date: 2026-09-06
author: "nK"
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# Lightbox opens the post page instead of the image

## Symptom

Clicking an item navigates to the post, although **Click Action** is set to Popup.

## Cause

A post opens in the lightbox only when it carries something the lightbox can show: a featured image, or the Video format with a Video URL. With Pro it can also be the Audio format, a Gallery, or a custom media set on the project.

A Media item behaves differently: when its own settings hold a custom URL, the item always links out, whatever the Click Action says.

## Fix

- Set a featured image on the project, or give it a format with its media filled in. See [Project Formats](https://www.visualportfolio.com/docs/projects/project-formats/).
- For a Media item, clear the custom URL in the item’s settings.

The setting itself is described on [Click Action](https://www.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/items-click-action/).