{"id":16358619,"date":"2023-08-10T01:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_article&#038;p=16358619"},"modified":"2024-11-04T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T08:08:10","slug":"link-editing","status":"publish","type":"helphub_article","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/link-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Link control"},"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>Use the links control to change how links are supposed to behave when interacting with the block editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you need to add a block with a hyperlink \u2014 a good example is the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/paragraph-block\/\">paragraph block<\/a>.<\/p>\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\">Adding links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, insert a hyperlink with the link icon. You can also use the <kbd>Ctrl+K<\/kbd> (or <kbd>\u2318+K<\/kbd>) keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking on the link icon will open a dialog box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can type in the URL of the page you want to link to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the Search text box to search for pages on your own website. If you start typing a keyword into the Search text box, WordPress will list content titles on your website that match the keyword. This is helpful for on-site link building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2023\/08\/link-control-6.7.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:&nbsp;<\/strong>If you already have the URL of the website you want to link to in the clipboard, highlight the text, you want to make into a link and use <kbd>Ctrl+V<\/kbd> (or <kbd>\u2318+V<\/kbd>) to add the hyperlink to the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"877\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-7.png\" alt=\"Example of how to open the link on a new tab.\" class=\"wp-image-16359522\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-7.png 877w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-7-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-7-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Open in new tab<\/strong> toggle switch allows you to control where the new page should open. By default, the switch is set to <strong>off<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>off<\/strong>&nbsp;opens in the same browser tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>on<\/strong>&nbsp;opens in a new browser tab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This toggle option is also available when you open the link editing panel. Open the <strong>Advanced <\/strong>menu and you will see the same toggle switch as well as the <strong>nofollow<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-8.png\" alt=\"Link editing panel with the advanced options displayed\" class=\"wp-image-16359524\" style=\"width:519px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-8.png 861w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-8-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2024\/01\/image-8-768x735.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page explains how you can use the links control in WordPress to change how links behave when interacting with the block editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false},"category":[83,80],"class_list":["post-16358619","helphub_article","type-helphub_article","status-publish","hentry","category-block-editor","category-customization"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/16358619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helphub_article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16358619"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/16358619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16365252,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/16358619\/revisions\/16365252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16358619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=16358619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}