{"id":156808,"date":"2025-02-20T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/secure-custom-fields\/features\/fields\/link\/link-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T04:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:17:55","slug":"link-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"scf-handbook","link":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/secure-custom-fields\/code-reference\/fields\/link\/link-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Link Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basic Setup<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Create a new Field Group<\/li>\n
  2. Add a Link field<\/li>\n
  3. Configure options:\n
      \n
    • Choose return format<\/li>\n
    • Set default value<\/li>\n
    • Configure display<\/li>\n
    • Enable\/disable features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Common Use Cases<\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. Navigation Elements\n
          \n
        • Menu links<\/li>\n
        • Call-to-actions<\/li>\n
        • Resource links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Content References\n
            \n
          • Related content<\/li>\n
          • External resources<\/li>\n
          • Document links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Tips<\/h2>\n
              \n
            • Validate URLs properly<\/li>\n
            • Consider link targets<\/li>\n
            • Use clear link text<\/li>\n
            • Check for broken links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":156807,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156808","scf-handbook","type-scf-handbook","status-publish","hentry","type-handbook"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scf-handbook\/156808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scf-handbook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/scf-handbook"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scf-handbook\/156808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156911,"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scf-handbook\/156808\/revisions\/156911"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scf-handbook\/156807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}