Bluehost Web Hosting Help

WordPress: Adding a Link

This article will show you how to create a link in your posts or pages on your WordPress site. Often, you may need to link to an external source or want to share another page with your viewers. Here's how.

  1. Open the post or page you want to edit so that you have the text editor open. Type the word or phrase that you want to use for the link. Select the words that you want to represent the actual link.
  2. With that selected, click the Link icon in your toolbar.
  3. A window will appear where you can enter your link. Enter the URL and Title of the link you are creating. You can also choose whether you want the link to open in a new window or tab. It is also an option to link to other pages or posts on your site.
  4. Once you have entered the information for your link, click Add Link.
  5. Make sure to update your page or post, then you can view the article and test out your link.
Knowledgebase Article 54,744 views bookmark
share
Share or save this via:
tags:


Was this resource helpful?
Helpful Unhelpful


Did this resolve your issue?
Solved Unsolved


Please add any other comments or suggestions about this content:





Recommended Help Content

Logging in and Using WordPress: Installing Plugins

Install Plugins These steps will help you install and select a WordPress plugin for your blog. Inside the WordPress Dashboard, select the Add New link from the Plugins menu. You can search for a plug

How To Install A New WordPress Theme - Manual Theme Installation

Install Themes These steps will help you install and select a WordPress theme for your blog. Inside the WordPress Dashboard, select the Add New Themes link in the Appearance Menu. You can search for

WordPress Access with Maestro

You will be given a WordPress Administrator role once the site owner accepts your request. This article explains what level of access you will be provided once verified.

Related Help Content

How To Migrate An Existing Wordpress.com Site

If you have a WordPress blog hosted on WordPress.com, you can easily export it and import it to WordPress that is installed on your hosting account with bluehost. Login to the WordPress Data

Change WordPress URL's With WordPress Tools

This article will explain how to change the Site URL or Home URL setting in WordPress. This may be useful if you have moved your WordPress site or are planning to move your WordPress site.

Login to WordPress with WordPress Tools

This article will explain how to login to a WordPress site using WordPress tools.

How to Add Websites with Maestro

Your Maestro dashboard only allows you to house sites you host with us. This article explains how to pull these sites into and request the ability to manage them from a single dashboard.

How To Install WordPress - WordPress Installation Guide

Learn how to use WordPress, WordPress started as just a blogging system, but has evolved to be used as full content management system and so much more through the thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes now available.

Facebook API Change - oEmbed

On October 24, a Facebook API change will cause unauthenticated Facebook and Instagram links across the web to break. This article explains how to fix broken links and continue to use oEmbed.

WordPress Creating Editing Removing posts

How to use the Posts feature of the WordPress Dashboard

Managing Themes and Plugins with WordPress Tools

This article will explain how to manage WordPress plugins and themes using WordPress Tools.