{"id":34011,"date":"2023-02-06T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=34011"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:46:59","slug":"create-anchor-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/create-anchor-links\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I create anchor links?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are anchor links?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your page is long, you may want to create links to specific headers or other parts of the page. These are called anchor links. They are essentially internal links within the page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Create links\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0g27hlrA4zM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating an anchor link<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First we\u2019ll create an anchor link, a spot where you can link to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select an element (widget, container, section).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the Advanced tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in a name in the CSS ID text box. This is the anchor name so it\u2019s best to keep it simple. Only letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores are allowed. Do <strong>not <\/strong>put a # before the name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Advanced-tab-advanced-section-marked.png\" alt=\"The Advanced tab with CSS id emphasized\" class=\"wp-image-34013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Advanced-tab-advanced-section-marked.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Advanced-tab-advanced-section-marked-130x300.png 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Find the CSS ID text box and name your anchor. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linking to the anchor link<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the text you want for the link.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the link icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you\u2019re linking to an anchor on the same page, simply enter # and then anchor name (e.g. #Intro). If the anchor is on a different page, enter the URL followed by # and then the anchor (e.g. www.mysite.com\/myarticle#Intro).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Creating-a-link-in-the-panel.png\" alt=\"The link menu in the panel. \" class=\"wp-image-34014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Creating-a-link-in-the-panel.png 407w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Creating-a-link-in-the-panel-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creating an anchor link in the panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-link-icon-on-the-canvas.png\" alt=\"Create an anchor link on the canvas\" class=\"wp-image-34015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-link-icon-on-the-canvas.png 336w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-link-icon-on-the-canvas-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You can also select text and create a link on the canvas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are anchor links? If your page is long, you may want to create links to specific headers or other parts of the page. These are called anchor links. They are essentially internal links within the page.&nbsp; Creating an anchor link First we\u2019ll create an anchor link, a spot where you can link to: Linking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65ba3392634cb03125ce9695"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1462],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editor-faqs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How do I create anchor links? | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about How do I create anchor links? in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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