Title: Inserting link in button shortcode
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Inserting link in button shortcode

 *  Resolved [TheLins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelins/)
 * (@thelins)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-link-in-button-shortcode/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m sorry if this is an utterly stupid question – I am utterly new to WordPress,
   being a writer by trade.
    I am using Paradise theme, which supplied shortcodes,
   inc ones for buttons, like so:
 * [btn url title align=left target] Button Text [/btn]
 * My issue is that I don’t know where to insert a hyperlink in this. If I try either
   side of “Button Text”, it knocks the coloured button background off, and anywhere
   else seems not to work.
 * I strongly suspect I’m being a bit of a div, but any help would be greatly appreciated!
 * Thanks,
    Linsey

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-link-in-button-shortcode/#post-2038170)
 * i don’t know the theme, but from a logical point of view, i would try:
 * `[btn url="http://yourlink" title align=left target] Button Text [/btn]`
 * as this is a commercial theme, have you tried to ask at the forum of your theme
   seller?
 * imho, any premium theme with options should have a read-me page to explain how
   to use them.
 *  Thread Starter [TheLins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelins/)
 * (@thelins)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-link-in-button-shortcode/#post-2038176)
 * Hi there,
 * Thankyou SO much – this is indeed the correct code. Sorry I couldn’t work that
   out.
 * Yes, the instruction pages are a little thin, but they *do* have their own support
   forum, which I forgot about too.
 * Thanks for not laughing at my question 🙂

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-link-in-button-shortcode/#post-2038176)
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