Title: Custom link text
Last modified: October 19, 2017

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# Custom link text

 *  Resolved [jwilker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwilker/)
 * (@jwilker)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-link-text/)
 * This is likely easier than I’m making it, but I’m not a wordpress dev so who 
   knows. I’d like to make a download link, that uses custom text, not the title.
   That way I can see the title in WP Admin and know what I’m looking at but can
   use a more user friendly bit of text for links.
 * I created a custom field called “link_text” but that’s about where my skills 
   end. I’ve read about adding a new download handler and adding it to the theme,
   etc. But have no real idea how to do that.
 * Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I’m not averse to coding so can do
   it, just don’t know my way around PHP/this plug-in.
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustom-link-text%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-link-text/#post-9728985)
 * Hey,
 * If you like to create a new content template to display all your download links
   in a certain way, you’ll want to use this: [https://www.download-monitor.com/kb/overriding-content-templates/](https://www.download-monitor.com/kb/overriding-content-templates/)
 * But if you simply want to control the link text of a download URL, you can add
   a default WordPress link in your content editor. Just make sure you point the
   link (the href) to the `/download/` URL of your download and it should all work.
 * Kind Regards,
 * Barry Kooij

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-link-text/#post-9728985)
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