“Discover the Ultimate Secret to Effortlessly Creating Eye-Catching Anchor Links in Your WordPress Site!”
OH MY GOODNESS, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANCHOR LINKS?! I MEAN, THEY ARE JUST THE COOLEST WAY TO LINK TO A SPECIFIC PART OF A WEBPAGE INSTEAD OF THE TOP. CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE THAT? THEY ARE TOTALLY A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY LONG ARTICLE OR PAGE WITH TONS OF CONTENT. AND THE BEST PART, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR AUDIENCE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING THEM TO NAVIGATE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT TO GO WITHOUT HAVING TO SCROLL THROUGH THE ENTIRE PAGE.
SO, IF YOU’RE USING WORDPRESS, YOU’RE IN LUCK! IT’S SUPER EASY TO CREATE ANCHOR LINKS WITH JUST A FEW SIMPLE STEPS. LET’S DIVE IN, SHALL WE?
CREATE THE ANCHOR
ALL RIGHT, LET’S START WITH THE FIRST STEP: CREATING THE ANCHOR. THIS IS WHERE WE MARK A SPECIFIC SECTION OR LOCATION ON A PAGE. TO CREATE AN ANCHOR IN YOUR WORDPRESS PAGE OR POST, FOLLOW THESE STEPS (IF YOU DARE):
1. OPEN THE PAGE OR POST WHERE YOU WANT TO CREATE AN ANCHOR/LINK.
2. PLACE YOUR CURSOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TEXT WHERE YOU WANT THE USER TO JUMP TO.
3. CLICK ON THE “ADD BLOCK” BUTTON (+) AND SELECT THE “HTML” BLOCK.
4. IN THE HTML BLOCK, TYPE THE FOLLOWING CODE:
BUT REMEMBER, YOU GOTTA REPLACE “YOUR_ANCHOR_NAME” WITH A NAME OF YOUR CHOICE. THIS NAME WILL BE USED AS THE LINK DESTINATION.
5. SAVE OR UPDATE YOUR PAGE/POST.
OH, BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! YOU COULD ALSO CREATE AN ANCHOR LINK WITHOUT THE HTML BLOCK BY USING A PLUGIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL WORDPRESS PLUGINS THAT MAKE IT EASY TO CREATE AN ANCHOR LINK. ONE POPULAR PLUGIN IS SIMPLE PAGE ANCHORS.
CREATE THE LINK
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT YOU’VE CREATED YOUR ANCHOR, THE NEXT STEP IS TO CREATE THE LINK THAT WILL TAKE USERS TO THE ANCHOR. TO CREATE A LINK, FOLLOW THESE STEPS (IF YOU DARE):
1. HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT THAT YOU WANT TO LINK.
2. CLICK ON THE “INSERT/EDIT LINK” BUTTON (THE CHAIN ICON) IN THE EDITOR TOOLBAR.
3. IN THE “LINK OPTIONS” DIALOG BOX, ENTER THE URL FOR THE PAGE/POST THAT CONTAINS THE ANCHOR FOLLOWED BY THE ANCHOR NAME YOU CREATED IN STEP 1 (E.G., WWW.YOURWEBSITE.COM/PAGE#YOUR_ANCHOR_NAME).
4. CLICK “APPLY” TO CREATE THE LINK.
TEST THE LINK
AND NOW, THE FINAL STEP: TESTING THE LINK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS CORRECTLY. FOLLOW THESE STEPS (IF YOU DARE):
1. SAVE OR UPDATE YOUR PAGE/POST.
2. VIEW YOUR PAGE/POST AND CLICK ON THE LINK YOU CREATED.
3. THE PAGE SHOULD SCROLL DOWN TO THE SECTION WITH THE ANCHOR YOU CREATED.
IF THE LINK WORKS CORRECTLY, WOOHOO! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CREATED AN ANCHOR LINK IN WORDPRESS.
CONCLUSION
ANCHOR LINKS ARE LITERALLY A GAME-CHANGER FOR YOUR AUDIENCE. BY USING ANCHORS, YOU CAN PROVIDE A SEAMLESS NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE FOR USERS TO EASILY FIND WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR WITHOUT ALL THE SCROLLING. AND THE BEST PART, CREATING ANCHOR LINKS IN WORDPRESS IS SO EASY, YOU CAN DO IT WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED. WELL, MAYBE NOT LITERALLY, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. FOLLOW THE STEPS AND WATCH YOUR WEBSITE TRANSFORM INTO A BURST OF PERPLEXITY AND AWESOMENESS.
