Title: Link Text issue
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Link Text issue

 *  Resolved [ilduc944](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilduc944/)
 * (@ilduc944)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-text-issue/)
 * Hi. I’ve read other threads which seem too relate to my issue but the suggestions
   made do not fix the issue. I want to add a link so I highlight the text I want
   to use. I then click the ‘link’ button, add the URL and update the ‘link text’
   box. What used to happen was that the highlighted word I use as a link remained
   unchanged to the reader and when the link was hovered over the link text would
   appear. Now what happens is that entering anything in the ‘link text’ box changes
   the words on the site page and there is no link text box when a reader hovers
   over a link.
 * I’m running latest WP and latest TinyMCE Advanced and didn’t have this issue 
   before. I now cannot properly add links or edit the ones I already have. Please
   help.
 * Thanks Dave.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/)

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 *  Thread Starter [ilduc944](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilduc944/)
 * (@ilduc944)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-text-issue/#post-6089265)
 * In fact I just noticed that if I want to edit an existing link there is no link
   text option available at all!
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-text-issue/#post-6089267)
 * The thing that shows in the tooltip when hovering over a link is the Link Title.
   In WP 4.2 they removed it from the standard link dialog.
 * The Link Text is what is shown in the post. So, of course if you change it, it
   changes what’s in the post.
 * Since you’re using TinyMCE Advanced, go into its settings and check the box for**
   Link (replaces the Insert/Edit Link dialog)** and you’ll get the Title field 
   back.
 *  Thread Starter [ilduc944](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilduc944/)
 * (@ilduc944)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-text-issue/#post-6089287)
 * Hi Mark. Thanks for such a fast response. I now understand the difference between
   link text and link title, so a good thing for me to learn there. WP removed the
   link title – weird!
 * But you’ve obviously sorted t out and ticking the box has restored the link title
   and more. Really good plugin by the way and seems to be getting better all the
   time, despite WPs best efforts to screw it up!
 * Thanks again.
 * Dave.
 *  [craigqts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigqts/)
 * (@craigqts)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-text-issue/#post-6089611)
 * For anyone else banging their head on this, it looks like the fix only works 
   in the visual editor, not in the text editor. Still it’s a fix and I’m happy 
   for it. Thank you!

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