Wix Blog: Adding Links to Text and Buttons in Blog Posts
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Linking to specific posts is a great way to direct visitors to a blog from anywhere on a site. You can link posts by adding a link to a piece of text or by adding a link to a button.
![A screenshot showing a piece of hyperlinked text in a blog post.](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2024/07/31/31fab400-e437-4815-84dd-757345aee0d7/122b80d2-a983-4c09-aec6-97a013674ed2.png)
In this article, learn how to link a blog post to a:
Linking text to a blog post
You can select a piece of text and add a link to it. Readers can click on the text and it will bring them to the linked blog post.
To link text to a post:
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Retrieve the live URL of the blog post:
- Go to the live site.
- Open the relevant blog post.
- Copy the URL.
- Go to your editor.
- Click the text you want to link.
- Click Edit text.
- Highlight the relevant text.
- Click the Link icon
.
- Select Web Address.
- Paste the blog post URL in the What's the web address (URL)? field.
- Select whether the external URL opens in a New Window or in the Current Window.
- Click Done.
![A screenshot showing the option to add a web address to a piece of text.](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2024/07/31/7dd0e443-3f10-4010-be1f-d39dac70dacb/2d326f77-2b7c-4dd3-ba8a-c5448998fbda.png)
Linking a button to a blog post
You can add a button that links to a specific post of the blog. Readers can click on the button and it will bring them to the linked post.
![A screenshot showing a hyperlinked button in a blog post.](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2024/07/31/8d674884-1acf-4bd5-bdf6-16afd33f2134/c9b645d0-e858-441e-95fb-d087a024262b.png)
To link a post to a button:
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Retrieve the live URL of the blog post:
- Go to the live site.
- Open the relevant blog post.
- Copy the URL.
- Go to your editor and navigate to the relevant page.
- Click the Add
icon on the left.
- Click Button.
- Click the button you want to add, or drag it to the relevant location.
- Click the Link icon
.
- Select Web Address.
- Paste the blog post URL in the What's the web address (URL)? field.
- Select whether the external URL opens in a New Window or in the Current Window.
- Click Done.
![A screenshot showing the option to add a web address to a button](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2024/07/31/cc62928e-8afa-45c6-88f1-055abe7348ed/dc27248b-84b4-4e82-86ea-e4cc00144bdc.png)
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