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WordPress Questions and Answers › Problem with link text color?
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Hudson asked 8 months ago

When I add a hyperlink to a word, the word then does not show on the page unless you hover over it. How do I fix this so the word shows and the link is active?

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Shawn Hesketh answered 8 months ago

Hi Hudson,

It sounds like you're correctly creating the link, but your theme styles are causing that link to appear in white (effectively making it invisible) until/unless you hover your mouse over the link.

Every WordPress theme has a stylesheet that contains CSS — a set of instructions that tell web browsers how to render the page, including fonts, colors, layouts, and more. Nearly every stylesheet includes colors for text links, and usually a different color for the hover effect when you mouse over a link.

What theme are you currently using on your site?

And if you're willing to share a link to your site — preferably to a page or post where you've created a link — we can get a better picture of what's happening.

I'll be standing by to help!

Hudson replied 8 months ago

Hi Shawn,
The website was created by Packerland and they are using a customized theme.
Here is the link to the page with the most problems:
https://jastaffalumninetwork.org/newsletters/

The other occurrences are individual words on various pages.
Hud

Shawn Hesketh replied 8 months ago

Hmm… here’s what I see when I visit that page:

https://www.wp101.me/llu0LD8p

There don’t apepar to be any links that only appear when hovered over. Can you help me identify one of the problematic links?

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