Title: Adding a link into posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding a link into posts

 *  [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/)
 * I have been using the chain icon to add links into my posts. Upon using this 
   function, it shows up as a link (i.e. blue and underlined) on the ‘edit post’
   page, but upon publishing, the link is missing. Where the link should be there
   is just normal text. Any ideas/help please anyone?

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 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282020)
 * It could be a CSS issue. It’s possible that in your theme’s CSS the links are
   not specified to look any different than the normal text. Just a guess.
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282021)
 * Many Thanks for the suggestion Jonas, but upon trying to click where the link
   should be, there is no link there. Any other ideas?
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282030)
 * What happens if you look in the HTML editor rather than Visual? Is the link code
   there?
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282093)
 * Yes the link code is there. I have also tried entering the html code myself, 
   but all to no avail.
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282094)
 * Ah, for some reason, when I click ‘read more’ the text then becomes a link. But
   until I click ‘read more’ the text is just normal text without being a link. 
   Please view [http://www.manzatela.com](http://www.manzatela.com) to see what 
   I mean. In the very bottom post entitled ‘And all in an ethical fashion’, in 
   the sentence, ‘please visit our responsible volunteering page…’ the text ‘responsible
   volunteering’ should be a link.
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282132)
 * That is because you are displaying the_excerpt. When you click through to the
   single post, the link should work.
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282134)
 * So, you can display the_content instead of the_excerpt or insert HTML code into
   the excerpt dialog box instead of leaving it blank.
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282232)
 * OK, great, it sounds like you have a solution! Unfortunately, I am a bit of a
   novice when it comes to all of this. Could you please advise me on how to show
   the_content instead of the_excerpt. I really appreciate your help with all of
   this!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282233)
 * Edit your theme’s index.php template file and replace `<?php the_excerpt();?>`
   with `<?php the_content();?>`.
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282234)
 * Thanks for the help esmi, unfortunately this line of code isn’t in my index.php
   template. Might it be written another way, or in another template?
 *  Thread Starter [BennoH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bennoh/)
 * (@bennoh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-link-into-posts/#post-2282235)
 * Might it be this line of code in functions.php? I don’t want to randomly start
   editing…
 * include(‘functions/better-excerpts.php’);

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