How to Add Links in WordPress
Jayla Nelson
30 steps
2 minutes
Tarleton
Page Within Your Website
1
To create a link to another page within your site, highlight the text you want to turn into a link and select the "chain" icon
2
Copy/Paste the URL of the page on your website into the link box and select "Press ENTER to add this link". NOTE: since this link is within the site we are editing, the link does not open in a new tab
Page Within Tarleton
3
To add a link to a page that is on Tarleton's website but not one that you are working on, highlight the text that you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
4
Copy/Paste the URL of the website you want to link to. In this case, I added a link to the President's website. It's within Tarleton but it's not part of the WordPress Training website, so I selected the "Open in new tab" field.
5
Click "Press ENTER to add this link"
Page on the Internet
6
To add a link to another page on the Internet, highlight the text that you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
7
Copy/Paste the URL of the website you want to link to. In this case, I added a link to Google's homepage. It's not apart of anything related to Tarleton so I selected the "Open in new tab" field.
8
Click "[https://www.google.com](https://www.google.com) Press ENTER to add this link URL"
External Media
9
To link to an image or document outside of your website, first type the words that you want to become the link.
10
Navigate to the media you want to link (I am going to [https://www.tarleton.edu/policy/](https://www.tarleton.edu/policy/) )
11
Click on the media you want, open it, and get the URL of the document.
12
You can also right-click on the link and select "Copy link address" from the drop-down
13
Back in the editor, highlight the text you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
14
Paste the URL you copied above into the link box. Click the "Open in new tab" field since the media lives outside of your website.
15
Click "Press ENTER to add this link"
Internal Media
16
Click "Media" from the dashboard
17
Click on the media you want to add
18
Click "Copy URL to clipboard" (if you do not see this, select "More Details")
19
Highlight the text you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
20
Copy/Paste the URL you grabbed above into the link box and select "Press ENTER to add this link" to submit it. NOTE: Since this is a media item hosted within the WordPress Training website, we do not select "Open in new tab"
Emails
21
Type the email you want to link to (if the box of users appears, just click the left or right arrows to make it disappear)
22
Highlight the email text and select the "chain" icon
23
WordPress *should automatically format the highlighted email into an email link for you. If it does not, type "mailto:" and paste the email immediately after "mailto:"
Phone Numbers
24
Type the phone number you want to add a link to
25
Highlight the text, copy it, and select the "chain icon"
26
Type "tel:+1" followed by the phone number you want it to call "Press ENTER to add this link"
Reminder! The URL format and rules for media, pages, phone, and email stay the same when using buttons. For more information on buttons, please see the "Types of Blocks" page.
Editing/Removing Links
27
Click the URL you want to remove
28
Simply click the "chain" icon to unlink the text. "Unlink" should appear when you hover over the icon
29
Click on the link you want to edit
30
Select the pen icon to edit the URL. Please note: sometimes the URL is very long and doesn't fit onto the popup. If this is case, use the scroll bar underneath the URL so find the "Edit" icon
How to Add Links in WordPress
Jayla Nelson
30 steps
2 minutes
Tarleton
Page Within Your Website
1
To create a link to another page within your site, highlight the text you want to turn into a link and select the "chain" icon
2
Copy/Paste the URL of the page on your website into the link box and select "Press ENTER to add this link". NOTE: since this link is within the site we are editing, the link does not open in a new tab
Page Within Tarleton
3
To add a link to a page that is on Tarleton's website but not one that you are working on, highlight the text that you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
4
Copy/Paste the URL of the website you want to link to. In this case, I added a link to the President's website. It's within Tarleton but it's not part of the WordPress Training website, so I selected the "Open in new tab" field.
5
Click "Press ENTER to add this link"
Page on the Internet
6
To add a link to another page on the Internet, highlight the text that you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
7
Copy/Paste the URL of the website you want to link to. In this case, I added a link to Google's homepage. It's not apart of anything related to Tarleton so I selected the "Open in new tab" field.
8
Click "[https://www.google.com](https://www.google.com) Press ENTER to add this link URL"
External Media
9
To link to an image or document outside of your website, first type the words that you want to become the link.
10
Navigate to the media you want to link (I am going to [https://www.tarleton.edu/policy/](https://www.tarleton.edu/policy/) )
11
Click on the media you want, open it, and get the URL of the document.
12
You can also right-click on the link and select "Copy link address" from the drop-down
13
Back in the editor, highlight the text you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
14
Paste the URL you copied above into the link box. Click the "Open in new tab" field since the media lives outside of your website.
15
Click "Press ENTER to add this link"
Internal Media
16
Click "Media" from the dashboard
17
Click on the media you want to add
18
Click "Copy URL to clipboard" (if you do not see this, select "More Details")
19
Highlight the text you want to become the link and select the "chain" icon
20
Copy/Paste the URL you grabbed above into the link box and select "Press ENTER to add this link" to submit it. NOTE: Since this is a media item hosted within the WordPress Training website, we do not select "Open in new tab"
Emails
21
Type the email you want to link to (if the box of users appears, just click the left or right arrows to make it disappear)
22
Highlight the email text and select the "chain" icon
23
WordPress *should automatically format the highlighted email into an email link for you. If it does not, type "mailto:" and paste the email immediately after "mailto:"
Phone Numbers
24
Type the phone number you want to add a link to
25
Highlight the text, copy it, and select the "chain icon"
26
Type "tel:+1" followed by the phone number you want it to call "Press ENTER to add this link"
Reminder! The URL format and rules for media, pages, phone, and email stay the same when using buttons. For more information on buttons, please see the "Types of Blocks" page.
Editing/Removing Links
27
Click the URL you want to remove
28
Simply click the "chain" icon to unlink the text. "Unlink" should appear when you hover over the icon
29
Click on the link you want to edit
30
Select the pen icon to edit the URL. Please note: sometimes the URL is very long and doesn't fit onto the popup. If this is case, use the scroll bar underneath the URL so find the "Edit" icon
