How To Automatically Make URL Clickable in WordPress

There are times we need to put a URL in our WordPress content and make this content clickable.

We need to add the link manually or use the WYSIWG menu. And this is real pain if we must do this each time we add a URL.

Did you know that, WordPress offers a function to make these tedious jobs easier? All we need to do is activate the function and let WordPress do all the jobs

The Functions is make_clickable() and you can find out more

To use this functions automatically is easier, we only need added extra code on functions.php to filter post_content().

1 add_filter('the_content', 'make_clickable');

That’s it, now your Post Content URL will be automatically clickable. This functions convert URI, www, ftp, and email addresses.