If your WordPress theme does not automatically link featured images to full articles, then you can try this method. Simply add this code to your theme’s functions file.
function wpe_autolink_featured_images( $html, $post_id, $post_image_id ) {
If (! is_singular()) {
$html = '<a href="' . get_permalink( $post_id ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( get_the_title( $post_id ) ) . '">' . $html . '</a>';
return $html;
} else {
return $html;
}
}
add_filter( 'post_thumbnail_html', 'wpe_autolink_featured_images', 10, 3 );