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  marylandis · Member · Mar 27, 2015 at 6:24 pm

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  I want to link to another web site, but the link icon is grayed out so I can’t. What to do

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 27, 2015 at 9:06 pm

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  Hi!

  Can you make sure you’ve highlighted text to link? The link icon will be greyed out until you highlight text. Then, it should appear active!

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  marylandis · Member · Mar 27, 2015 at 9:21 pm

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  I don’t understand. Here’s what I want to do:

  At the end of my post, on a separate line, I want to put a link to a web page. Now what text, exactly, am I supposed to highlight. Where is it?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 27, 2015 at 11:16 pm

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  Hi!

  I think we’re talking about two different link variations.

  There are links that are embedded within the text. Those appear like this:

  http://d.pr/i/tZ8H

  For those types of links, you would need to type out a sentence of text that you want to link and then press the link button in the toolbar as explained here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/links/#creating-links

  However, if you just want the URL to be displayed like this:

  http://d.pr/i/1fcwI

  You can just copy and paste the link directly onto it’s own line. We’ll automatically link it for you. So, when the post is published, the link will be clickable.

  Does that help to clarify?

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  marylandis · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 12:37 pm

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  Yes, thank you. Got it! Mary

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 1:47 pm

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  Excellent Mary! Let us know if you need anything else.