WEBFI-WordPress-How to Add Anchor Links in WordPress (Step by Step)
If you’ve seen sites that have links in their longer articles to help users jump to the section they want to read then you know how helpful those can be. These can help with SEO as Google can show them below your search listings for easy navigation. In this video, we will explain what anchor links and show you how to easily add them in WordPress.
If you would like to see our written tutorial for this, you can find it here:
For the first method, is for sites using Gutenberg. Start by creating the first link by adding the text, highlighting it, and adding a pound sign (#) followed by the text want to add to it. For where you want the link to jump to you would want to select the header and in the advanced area add the text from the first link.
Should the block tell you it contains unexpected or invalid content you would want to click the Convert to HTML button for the anchor link to work. If the advanced area does not give you the option you would want to use the verticle dots for more options and edit as HTML. In the p area, you will want to add an id =”” with the text you want to link to within the quotation marks.
For those using the classic editor, you will want to click the text tab, go to the tag for the section you want the link to and add the ID the same way you would have in the previous section. Should you not want to do either of those methods and want WordPress to do the work for you, you can automatically add the anchor links using the Easy Table of Contents plugin found here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-table-of-contents/
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Clickbait ((just kidding) I thought you were going to talk about anchor as in the podcast hosting site and how to effectively add links or incorporate your podcast into your website seamlessly. This is also a good Video 😀
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Thank you for the nice video. However, I have a different application. I am building a page with 50-60 different articles and I don't want to have them all together. It will be a very long page. I created a sub-menu which will open specific text on page one at a time. This way I don't have an extremely long page. I also don't want to create a separate page for each article. I remember I use to do this, back in the days when html was the only way you create a website, with images. When you click on the link it will open a specific image. Please let me know if this is possible with Elementor
So confused. I don’t have the same side bar
I'm trying to jump down from a word in my opening paragraph to a table at the bottom but unable to figure it out. My table in html looks like this [table id=5 /] Any ideas?
I really liked your video because you solved my problem in 2 minutes. Thanks
Much much appreciated. but I'm totally a non techie is there any chance it can be done in elementor?
For some reason, the anchor is not exact, it seems to be stopping way below the header where my anchor was placed. How do I fix this?
The way you teach is so easy to learn 👏 when i do this and click on the link why does my link go 1 line too low?
Hi, how about with elementor? is there a tutorial
I love this video thanks so much for clearing the understanding path 🤩✨🙏✌️
i am looking for how to link wordpress to meister task ! can someone help me with that please !
Hello, I like your video however, in my WordPress, I am not seeing the same interface as you, for example, I don't see any advanced options such as HTML Anchor. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
thank you. Very good explanation
Love it. Thanks for the easy tutorial.
Thanks
What if I want to anchor a subscript number in the middle of a paragraph? Is it still possible?
You solved my problem in just a few seconds with this video. You deserve to be a billionaire 😂
Let's say I want to redirect someone to a paragraph on another website that is not mine. Can I generate an anchor link for that page?
life saver with the HTML codes! Thank you
dont work
Thank you so much! I applied it to my website. Great tutorial WPbeginner as usual!!
Thank you so much for showing how to do it in html!
I am making a custom return to top of page button. Is there an anchor for top of page? Also wondering if there is a way to link to prev/next posts without inserting individual URL I am trying to make custom prev/next post buttons and want to save time if possible.
finally I found this wpbeginner on YouTube. Your blog is really helpful and it always gives the strong answer whatever I need to search on google. thank you
Hi, I followed your tutorial. I notice that when I clicked the link, it jumped to the content without showing the heading title. I actually like to show the content with the heading title without scrolling up the page. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks. I wasn't getting it from some of the other articles, but your explanation finally made sense. Thanks!
This video explains it so easily! Thank you, really helped me out
Hey love, I don't have the anchor part on the left TT
thank you. but how can I change my existed link .like when I click on header -my account – register option it direct me to login page , but I want to add there register page link .can you help me please ?
THANK YOU SO MUCH
i cant believe i finally found this tutorial
Thank you for this video. It helped allot.
This really helped me….. No need for installing any plugins.
does this same process work with CTA buttons that I would want to scroll to a form on the same page?
Very helpful thank you 👍
THANK YOU!!!!! I was nearly in tears trying to solve this problem at work (I hadn't done it in so long!) and this was an AMAZING refresher. Thank you thank you thank you!
Thanks
Excellent, thank you so very much!
Is it possible make to anchor link to different post or page
Thanks
How do you add a link to your profile though?
Excellent video. Hoping to get your advice please. Can I set up an anchor link with one of my menu items, so instead of it going to another page it takes you to a specific spot on my homepage?
I was searching for anchored linking for a long time, but i did not know it's name Anchor link. Very helpful video thank you so much wp beginner
Hi. Does the link have to be o the same page? I want to create a kind of 'search page' with links that will take users to a number of locations. This so they can easily find specific content
Thank you!!!
Hi there, i can't seem to locate "HTML Anchor" anywhere in my WordPress. What does that mean and should I do? 😕 Thank you.
amazing thank you for showing how to code it too!
Thanks soooo much! This is what I exactly looking for!!!