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Add text and image links

Learn how to add and edit links in your WordPress blog.

Article ID: SLN29445

In WordPress, you can add a link to text and images in your Posts and Pages. 

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Add a text link

  1. Sign in to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Navigate to the Post or Page where you wish to add the link.
  3. On the Edit page, highlight the text and click the Link icon.
    The highlighted text and the link icon.
  4. In the dialog text field, type or paste the link URL.
    Enter a URL or Search.
    Or search for another page in your blog to link the text to.
    Search for Blog Link.
  5. For more options, toggle the Link options:
    • Choose if you want the link to Open in new tab.
    • If Search engines should ignore the link. 
    • Choose if you want the link marked as Sponsored.
    Link Options.
  6. Click the Save draft link to save your changes, click the Preview link to preview your changes, and Publish when ready.
    The Save Draft and Preview link and Publish button.

Add an image link

  1. Sign in to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Navigate to the Post or Page where you wish to add the link.
  3. On the Edit page, click the image you wish to add the link to and click the Link icon.
    The selected image and the link icon.
  4. In the dialog text field, type or paste the link URL and click the Apply icon. You can also link to the Media File or Attachment Page.
    The Insert/edit link.
    Or search for another page in your blog to link the image to.
    Link Search.
  5. For more options, click the Link settings button:
    • Choose if you want the link to Open in new tab. This option will autofill the LINK REL field.
    • Manually enter an optional LINK REL or LINK CSS CLASS.
    Link Settings.
  6. Click the Save draft link to save your changes, click the Preview link to preview your changes, and Publish when ready.
    The Save Draft and Preview link and Publish button.

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