Title: Hyperlink references?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Hyperlink references?

 *  Resolved [34503895](https://wordpress.org/support/users/34503895-1/)
 * (@34503895-1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/)
 * Hello, nice plug-in, though i wonder if it would be possible to hyperlink the
   URL’s, and on a second note to add additional the reference title?
 * Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/)

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 *  Thread Starter [34503895](https://wordpress.org/support/users/34503895-1/)
 * (@34503895-1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5247978)
 * I figured this plug-in “Autolink URI” automatically converts URI’s into hyperlinks.
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Cheret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcheret/)
 * (@markcheret)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248077)
 * Hi 34503895,
 * I’m happy you like our plugin.
 * As you’ve figured out correctly, our Plugin per se does not convert URLs to hyperlinks.
   If a URL is written in plain text with no markup (= the html a tag), there will
   be no hyperlink.
 * You can however properly use hyperlinks inside your footnotes.
    I would also 
   recommend going this way, as from an SEO perspective of things. I suppose the“
   Autolink URI” plugin creates a simple hyperlink without additional information
   which would help search engines to figure out the context of the hyperlink. Creating
   the hyperlink yourself, you could make sure all attributes are entered correctly,
   such as title and alt. Additionally, if you have external links, you want these
   links to open in new tabs, which can only be achieved by adding the target=”_blank”
   attribute to the hyperlink. Alternatively, you can use the WYSIWYG editor of 
   WordPress, which gives you this particular setting as an option, if you mark 
   a section of text and add a hyperlink that way.
 * I’m not sure, what you mean by adding an additional reference title…
 *  Thread Starter [34503895](https://wordpress.org/support/users/34503895-1/)
 * (@34503895-1)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248079)
 * Thanks Mark, yeah i figured out how to add additional information too, [http://spacealpha.com/symbiogenesis/](http://spacealpha.com/symbiogenesis/)
 * Great plug-in!
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Cheret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcheret/)
 * (@markcheret)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248080)
 * Yeah! You rock, dude.
 * Please consider a review of our plugin.
 * I’ll mark this topic as resolved. Feel free to open up a new topic anytime….
 * Cheers
    Mark
 *  [cgerace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgerace/)
 * (@cgerace)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248210)
 * Help for a novice!!! I would like to hyperlink my foot note, but what I read 
   above is like reading Greek. I am lost.
    Can I get an explanation for say, a 
   beginner in blogging, who is posting his first blog today? Thanks [http://www.foreignpolicyunderstood.com](http://www.foreignpolicyunderstood.com)
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Cheret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcheret/)
 * (@markcheret)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248211)
 * Hi cgerace,
 * thanks for reaching out here in the forums.
    To be honest, I’m not sure if your
   issue is plugin related or not. I can only point you to this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HnhaeBfExY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HnhaeBfExY)
   Which explains beautifully in a video, what I told above in “greek”.
 *  [cgerace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgerace/)
 * (@cgerace)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-references/#post-5248212)
 * Thanks, the video was very helpful.

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