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 your blog from anywhere on your site. You can link posts by adding a link to a piece of text or by adding a link to a button.
In this article, learn how to link:
Linking to a blog post from a text link
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 a blog post from a text link:
- Retrieve the live URL of the blog post:
- Go to your live site.
- Open the relevant blog post.
- Copy the URL.
- Go to your Editor and select the text box containing the text you want to link.
- 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 a piece of text hyperlinked.](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2019/11/14/15ce1b38-5e82-4375-9820-8df1b55d7d5e/7ade5129-bc0b-4cad-a06c-c33befcf6ac8.png)
Linking a blog post from a button
You can add a button that will link to a specific post on your blog. Readers can click on the button and it will bring them to the linked post.
To link a blog post from a button:
- Retrieve the live URL of the blog post:
- Go to your live site.
- Open the relevant blog post.
- Copy the URL.
- Open 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 a clickable button.](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab/13691038-5aa8-4672-9b95-348c0733cabc/2019/11/13/0a9f6497-5212-40c4-9202-da0579c8a318/6a41f65b-9249-4417-913e-b9e8b1fab6e6.png)
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