Adding a link to my blog post

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  bonitaapplecrumb · Member · Jan 13, 2016 at 5:27 pm

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  I’m having trouble adding a link to my blog post, it’s so frustrating! Please show me the way

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  kulash · Member · Jan 13, 2016 at 8:19 pm

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  Here’s a support page with plenty of screenshots and instructions: https://en.support.wordpress.com/links/

  You’ll be looking at the 2 methods underneath “Creating Links in the Visual Editor”, i.e. Method One: Copy and Paste and Method Two: The Link Button.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2016 at 8:24 pm

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  May I please add to this thread.

  For embedding links in post and pages this is the general link model:
  <a href="URL HERE">Highlighted anchor text here</a>

  This is the visual result – it’s not actually linked here in the forum.
  Highlighted anchor text here

  1. In the Visual editor type the relevant descriptive anchor text you want to link to first. Note that “click here” is not a good choice, relevant anchor text matters. ;)
  https://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/relevant-anchor-text-matters/

  2. Then use your mouse to highlight that anchor text. (If you don’t highlight the anchor text the chain icon will remain grayed out and not be usable.)

  3. Next click the chain icon in the editor and proceed to create the link.