how to change image link in "a" tag to <img>

One of the WordPress plugins renders the uploaded image as a link:

<a href="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" target="_blank" aria-label="new">news-paper.png</a>

I want to convert it to an tag with JavaScript so that the link is displayed as an image

Solution

Not super familiar w/ Wordpress so there may be an easier way, but you could convert that link into an image by...

Changing the <a ... tag to an <image ... tag :

<image src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" target="_blank" aria-label="new"/>

adding an image via JS based off that value

    function add_google_logo() {     show_image("https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png", 276,110, "Google Logo");
    }


    function show_image(src, width, height, alt) {
        var img = document.createElement("img");
        img.src = src;
        img.width = width;
        img.height = height;
        img.alt = alt;
        document.body.appendChild(img);
    }

<button onclick="add_google_logo();">Add Google Logo</button>

^ completely ripped from this post: How to display image with JavaScript?