So I am using one of them cool new WP templates that come with an editor and all (Enfold, for this project).
I use the built-in enfold (avia layout builder) components to list blog posts in a certain area on my site. These posts only contain a url, so What I want to accomplish is to keep using the built-in components for listing the posts (links) but once a user clicks one of the post titles, they should be taken to the url of the post body instead of a page displaying that url in plain text.
I am using this setup in order for my users to be able to create these posts by the wordpress "publish by emailing" feature, otherwise I could probably have used a link plug-in instead.
Speaking of that, I am so sick of updating one million plugins all the time, so I don't want to bloat my WP install with a plugin for this purpose, and I don't want to pay anyone for writing such a plugin as well. And in my experience WP plugins have been a major security risk as well. So none of that.