Title: Hyperlink Questions
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Hyperlink Questions

 *  [captainjane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/captainjane/)
 * (@captainjane)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/)
 * When I write, or others write a website addy in my blog, it does not show up 
   as a link, but as text. How can I get the site to automatically recognize hyperlinks?
 * I think I have the latest version, because I just downloaded a few days ago.

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 *  [mrkryptic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkryptic/)
 * (@mrkryptic)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/#post-536259)
 * If you use the visual editor you have to use the insert link button, otherwise
   use something like this:
 *     ```
       <a href="url here">url name</a>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [captainjane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/captainjane/)
 * (@captainjane)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/#post-536261)
 * Hi mrkryptic,
 * The visual editor is off. I’ve tried to put in anchor tags manually, but then
   the entire link disappears once it posts. It does work if I insert the addy into
   the “link” but I really don’t want to have to do that each time, because some
   of the addys are really long & the copy function doesn’t work in the link box.
 * I’ve been to other WP blogs, and when I post there my links show up as links 
   upon posting. There’s got to be a difference between their set-up and mine — 
   I can’t figure it out.
 *  Thread Starter [captainjane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/captainjane/)
 * (@captainjane)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/#post-536334)
 * Anybody? Help?
 *  [ivorylace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivorylace/)
 * (@ivorylace)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/#post-536670)
 * yeah, I didn’t have to go through all this code BS before (I don’t have a separately
   hosted WP blog, not the kind you have to download, just the online kind. This
   nonsense started within the last week, links that don’t ‘go’ anywhere, are just
   text. Links that suddenly look so long they scroll off the place where you write
   a post. I tried the “link” button above but that made the links disappear altogether.
   It’s doing it whether I use IE or Firefox. Thanks for any advice

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 * [hyperlinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hyperlinks/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ivorylace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivorylace/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-questions/#post-536670)
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