{"id":16357027,"date":"2023-05-19T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_article&#038;p=16357027"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:56:34","slug":"home-link-block","status":"publish","type":"helphub_article","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/home-link-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Link block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/blocks\/\">Go to the list of Blocks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Home Link<\/strong>&nbsp;block allows you to automatically add a link to your site&#8217;s homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: the&nbsp;<strong>Home Link<\/strong>&nbsp;block is only available as a sub-block of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/navigation-block\/\" data-type=\"helphub_article\" data-id=\"15191692\">Navigation<\/a>&nbsp;block<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to add the Home Link block<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a&nbsp;<strong>Home Link&nbsp;<\/strong>block, you first need to add a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/navigation-block\/\" data-type=\"helphub_article\" data-id=\"15191692\">Navigation<\/a>&nbsp;block in a post or Site Editor. There are three ways you can use to add a&nbsp;<strong>Home Link<\/strong>&nbsp;block once you add a Navigation block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the&nbsp;<em>Navigation<\/em>&nbsp;block contextual menu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>by converting an existing block<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the sidebar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the&nbsp;<em>Navigation<\/em>&nbsp;block selected, click on the (<strong>+<\/strong>) icon in the sidebar, and either select the&nbsp;<em>Home link<\/em>&nbsp;block from the list of your recently used blocks or click on&nbsp;<em>Browse all<\/em>&nbsp;to show all the available blocks and select it from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232058336-08886952-5922-4bf4-ab6c-d50932c1e819.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232058336-08886952-5922-4bf4-ab6c-d50932c1e819.gif\" alt=\"Adding the Home Link from the sidebar\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the Navigation Block <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the&nbsp;<em>Navigation<\/em>&nbsp;block selected, click on the (<strong>+<\/strong>) icon inside the&nbsp;<em>Navigation<\/em>, and either select the&nbsp;<em>Home link<\/em>&nbsp;block from the list of your recently used blocks or click on&nbsp;<em>Browse all<\/em>&nbsp;to show all the available blocks and select it from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232063559-0d1d7d56-21db-4c04-87bd-f339e681096e.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232063559-0d1d7d56-21db-4c04-87bd-f339e681096e.gif\" alt=\"Adding the Home Link from the Navigation Block \" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By converting an existing block<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Select an already-existing sub-block inside the&nbsp;<em>Navigation<\/em>&nbsp;block and click on the icon to the left of the&nbsp;<em>Drag<\/em>&nbsp;tool, which represents the actual sub-block. Select the&nbsp;<em>Home link<\/em>&nbsp;block from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232065572-0d6b6269-7fd6-436f-ba2a-c287245763f4.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/68744851\/232065572-0d6b6269-7fd6-436f-ba2a-c287245763f4.gif\" alt=\"Adding the Home Link by converting an existing block\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5f5fa\">Refer to this article for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/adding-a-new-block\/\">detailed instructions on adding blocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block toolbar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each block has its own toolbar, which contains unique controls that let you customize or configure the block. The&nbsp;<em>Home Link<\/em>&nbsp;block has the following options on its toolbar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Block toolbar for the home link block\" class=\"wp-image-16357030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM.png 308w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transform to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.45.31-PM.png\" alt=\"Transform toolbar for the home link block\" class=\"wp-image-16357031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.45.31-PM.png 331w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.45.31-PM-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can transform your&nbsp;<em>Home Link block<\/em>&nbsp;to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/custom-link-block\/\" data-type=\"helphub_article\" data-id=\"16278661\">Custom Link<\/a> block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Block moving tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Block moving tools for the home link block\" class=\"wp-image-16357032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM-1.png 308w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.44.25-PM-1-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can reorder&nbsp;<em>Home Link block<\/em>&nbsp;inside a&nbsp;Navigation&nbsp;block. Use the toolbar to&nbsp;<em>move<\/em>&nbsp;the items&nbsp;<em>left and righ<\/em>t or&nbsp;<em>drag&nbsp;<\/em>them to a new position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text formatting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic&nbsp;Text formatting&nbsp;is available for all&nbsp;<em>Home Link<\/em>&nbsp;blocks. Select your title (or a part of it) to make it&nbsp;<em>Bold, Italic<\/em>, or&nbsp;<em>Strikethrough<\/em>, or turn it into an&nbsp;<em>Inline image<\/em>&nbsp;to cover your link with an image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-19-at-12.50.04-PM.png\" alt=\"Block text formatting for the home link block\" class=\"wp-image-16357033\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Options&nbsp;<\/strong>section opens block settings and a button to move to the&nbsp;<em>parent Navigation field<\/em>&nbsp;section to update it. You can also&nbsp;<em>copy, duplicate, lock<\/em>, or&nbsp;<em>remove your Home Link<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details about&nbsp;<strong>More options<\/strong>&nbsp;can be found in this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/more-options\/\">support article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each link has its&nbsp;<strong>Block settings<\/strong>&nbsp;you can access by clicking the&nbsp;<strong>settings&nbsp;<\/strong>button on the upper-right corner of the editor or via&nbsp;<strong>Options&nbsp;<\/strong>in the toolbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Typography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Home Link&nbsp;<\/em>block provides typography settings to change the font family, appearance, line height, letter spacing, decoration, letter case, and font size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details refer to this support article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/typography-settings-overview\/\">Typography settings overview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dimensions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> <\/strong><em>Home Link&nbsp;<\/em>block provides dimension settings options to width.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details refer to this support article: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/dimension-controls-overview\/\">Dimension settings overview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advanced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Advanced<\/strong>&nbsp;section has the&nbsp;<strong>Additional CSS classes(es)<\/strong>&nbsp;option. You can integrate your custom style into a&nbsp;<em><em>Home<\/em> Link<\/em>&nbsp;block by inserting your CSS Class name into this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"changelog\" class=\"wp-block-group changelog has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#dce5ec\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Changelog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Created 2023-05-19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go to the list of Blocks The&nbsp;Home Link&nbsp;block allows you to automatically add a link to your site&#8217;s homepage. Note: the&nbsp;Home Link&nbsp;block is only available as a sub-block of the&nbsp;Navigation&nbsp;block How to add the Home Link block To add a&nbsp;Home Link&nbsp;block, you first need to add a&nbsp;Navigation&nbsp;block in a post or Site Editor. 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