[Waiting for user confirmation] Adding a dynamic link to some text

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[Saul Baizman]

Hi there,

I'm having trouble adding some content to the output of a view. Please refer to the attached screenshot.

What I'd like to do is display the text "Read More" and have this text link to the current post in the view's loop. It's trivial to add the dynamic link as the full URL (via the Single Field block), but I don't want the full URL to be visible. I attempted to add a Classic block and then use a snippet of code like so

<em><u>hidden link</u></em> 

but that didn't work, either. I also couldn't use a Paragraph block and reference an inline field.

Can you provide guidance for how to accomplish this task?

Thank you.

Saul

[Christopher Amirian]

Hi Saul,

Two ways to do this.

1. Button block (no code)

Inside the View Loop, add a Button block. Set its text to "Read More". In the block settings, open the URL field and switch it to a dynamic source, then pick the post URL. The link follows each item in the loop and the URL is never shown.

The same dynamic URL option is available on the Heading and Fields and Text blocks if you prefer those.

2. HTML block (your approach, with one change)

Your code is correct, but it needs an HTML block, not a Classic block. Add an HTML block inside the View Loop and paste:

<em><u>hidden link</u></em>

I tested this and it outputs the right permalink for every item.

A note on `[wpv-post-link]`: it has no text attribute, so it always uses the post title.

That is why it cannot give you "Read More".

Thanks.