Add a web address link inside a 'Widget'

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  dicky68 · Member · Aug 28, 2016 at 11:24 pm

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  I am trying to add a ‘link’ to a web address inside a widget box. It’s possible on a normal page of course but I want to add a link from a widget. There does not seem to be a suitable ‘Widget’, and there are several, that allows that function. This is a free website, maybe thats the problem….

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  houstonweaver · Member · Aug 29, 2016 at 12:19 am

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  Yes, you can do that by using a text widget.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

  And this document shows you how to add a link.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/beginning-html/#adding-a-link

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  dicky68 · Member · Aug 29, 2016 at 7:26 pm

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  Sorted! Thank you, easy when you know how. Around four hours wasted when you don’t…….!

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  houstonweaver · Member · Aug 29, 2016 at 10:16 pm

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  Glad you got it sorted out!