CSS to Change Button Text Natural Theme

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    au4504 · Member ·

    I want to change the “Learn More” text to “Hit Me With It” on the left button.

    I actually want each of the three buttons to say something different…

    But just focusing on the left one first

    I clicked “inspect” the left button here and entered in the text I want in the elements panel

    this is the element I tried to copy and just paste into Additional CSS in my customize appearance screen… I’m thinking I’m not typing the command right or something? Please help

    <a class=”button” href=”https://thefullspectrumonline.wordpress.com/bottom-line-up-front-bluf/?customize_changeset_uuid=a711765e-e921-4356-afa6-469a3e6fe2c0&amp;customize_messenger_channel=preview-0″ rel=”bookmark” title=”Permalink to Bottom Lines Up&nbsp;Front”>Hit Me With It</a>

    When I change the word in the inspect panel it changed on the page temporarily, but when I pasted that into Additional CSS it didn’t do anything.

    How do I make it work?

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    omkar800 · Member ·

    Hi there, thanks for the clear explanation, that really helps.

    What you’re running into here is a very common misunderstanding, so you’re not doing anything wrong 🙂

    The reason this isn’t working is that Additional CSS can only change styling (colors, spacing, fonts, etc.) — it can’t change the actual text or HTML content of a button.

    When you edited the text using Inspect, that change only happened temporarily in your browser. It doesn’t update the site’s source content, which is why nothing changed when you pasted it into Additional CSS.

    How to change the button text correctly?

    To permanently change “Learn More” to “Hit Me With It”, you’ll need to edit the block or page content, not CSS.

    Here’s what to do:

    1. Go to Pages → Home (or the page where the buttons appear)
    2. Click Edit
    3. Click directly on the left button
    4. Replace the button text with “Hit Me With It.”
    5. Update/save the page

    That will permanently change the text. About having different text on each button

    That’s absolutely possible; each button is its own block, so you can give each one different text by editing them individually in the editor.

    Why CSS can’t do this (quick explanation)

    CSS controls how things look, not what they say.
    So while CSS can change a button’s color or size, it can’t replace text like “Learn More” with something else.

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