[Resolved] Create a jump link using an element anchor

[Robert]

I am trying to create a link on a post to another post that will jump to the heading I want to reference. I see the anchor in generatepress but when I append #anchor to the end of the URL it doesn’t work. What am I missing here?

[David]

Hi there,

does the Heading have a HTML Anchor attribute ( ID ) attached to it ? As i cannot see that it on the link your provided.

[Robert]

Yes, in the GP advanced menu for the heading block I see the html anchor. Is this all I need or do I also need something else?

[Ying]

Hi Robert,

I don’t see the anchor either on the link you provided.

Can you take a screenshot of the GB headline block where we can see the anchor is set?

Let me know.

[Robert]

Sure, here you go.

[Robert]

Just wanted to check in on this one.

[Ying]

I’m sorry for the late reply, the last reply from you has slipped from our system.

So I checked this H2 element, but seems the anchor didn’t add to the HTML: https://www.screencast.com/t/7TFWzFuU3

Can you clear cache and disable cache plugin to test?

[Robert]

I saved this page again as-is and it is working now. I wonder if it was because this page was published prior to generatepress being installed?

[Ying]

That should not matter, as the anchor feature is from WP, it should work in all WP themes.

Glad it’s working now 🙂

[Author]

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