Link

Purpose

The Link builds on top of the WP_Object field, which allows editors to select various types of objects. In addition to that, in the Link field, editors may also simply enter a custom URL instead of selecting an object.

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Options

The Link field builds on top of the WP Object field, inheriting many of its options:

• Types
• Hiding and showing filters
• Modifying filters
• Button text

Output Format

Even though the Link field works on top of the WP Object field, because of the type of saved data there are no output options. Both get_value and the_value will return a URL if something is selected.

Usage

You can use the normal field name, as well as <field_name>_target for retrieving values. Using only the field name will return the URL, while using the target will return either _self or _blank.

<a href="<?php the_value( 'button_link' ) ?>" target="<?php the_value( 'button_link_target' ) ?>">
    Click me!
</a>