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How to add a Hyperlink to your WordPress Website

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You will often want to link to an external website or an internal web-page.
To do this, follow these simple steps.

Write the words & hyperlink

Step 1: On the page, write the words you want to hyperlink.

e.g.  CLICK HERE TO CONTACT US, or SEE INTERVISION DESIGN’S WEBSITE

Then highlight these words and click on the CHAIN ICON at the top of the text box:

Hyperlinks in the WordPress WYSIWYG editor

A box will appear.

Step 2: Paste the URL of the INTERNAL PAGE or the URL of the EXTERNAL WEBSITE into the box

Paste in your URL

And click on the ARROW (apply).

Open in a new window if it is an external URL

If you are hyperlinking to an external URL, you want it to open in a new window.
Click on the pencil to make the COG appear, then click on the cog:

Wordpress Settings Cog appears

This will open a box – tick the box to OPEN IN A NEW TAB:

Tick to open in new tab

Click UPDATE.

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