How to Insert an Anchor Tag in WordPress

Visual Editor

• 1). Type a word, phrase or sentence you want to convert to a link in your WordPress post. Click and drag the mouse over the text entry to highlight it.
  
  
• 2). Click "Insert/Edit link" to open the links dialog box.
  
  
• 3). Type in or paste the URL into the "Link URL" text box, then click "Insert" to insert the anchor tag into the post.
  
  

HTML Editor

• 1). Click the "link" button to open a message prompt.
  
  
• 2). Type in or paste the URL into the text box, then click "OK" to have WordPress insert the HTML code to open the anchor tag.
  
  
• 3). Type a word, phrase or sentence you want to use as the link in the post. Click the "/link" button to have WordPress insert the closing anchor tag.