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How to Upload & Link Documents in WordPress

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Normally we bloggers like to just insert pictures into our blogs and call it a day… but sometimes images aren’t enough and we want to give followers a white paper, eBook, PDF or Word document that users might find useful. Even if you don’t have a blog many have found WordPress to be a highly functional platform to use for static websites as well.

Beginners using WordPress may have been able to figure out how to add pictures to their pages and blog post but are still trying to understand how to upload docs and then link them into your content. For instance, just recently I was working on a clients webpage and he wanted a downloadable version of his employment application on his employment page.

I’m going to show you just how to upload documents to WordPress and then link the documents to content on your site, allowing your users to download those documents for use. Surprisingly, it is very simple.

How to upload and link documents

Go to your WordPress Dashboard
Click “Add New” under “Media”
Add to the media library
Upload the document you want to link in your text
Upload New Media
Once done, click the “show” link
After you upload click "Show"
Look for and copy the URL
Click and copy the URL
Now go to your page or post that has the content you want to link this document to for download
Click edit
Click Edit
Find the text you want to link and highlight it
Once you have highlighted click the “insert/edit link” button (see image below)
Insert edit/link button
The “insert/edit link” window will open, paste (or ctrl – v) the link you copied above in step 5
Insert URL in the "Edit/Link Window"
Click “add link” then update your post or page and your done
After you have finished go test your blog post or page to ensure your downloadable link will work

I hope this short tutorial on how to link content to a downloadable document using the WordPress platform is helpful.

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