--- title: "How to Add a Button in WordPress Timeline?" url: https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-a-button-in-wordpress-timeline/ date: 2024-12-04 modified: 2026-09-27 lang: en author: "Aditya Sharma" description: "A timeline entry is a summary by design — a date, a heading, a couple of lines. When one of those events deserves a full page of its own, a..." image: https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/How-to-Add-a-Button-in-WordPress-Timeline_-1-1024x519.jpg word_count: 432 --- # How to Add a Button in WordPress Timeline? ## Key Takeaways - Nexter Blocks Pro requiere activar el bloque Timeline en Nexter > Blocks del panel de WordPress antes de usar el botón del evento. - El botón de Timeline necesita el toggle Button y un texto propio; una URL y una etiqueta solas no muestran ningún botón. - Cada botón pertenece a un evento concreto, se muestra debajo de la descripción y admite abrir en una nueva pestaña y nofollow; no se admiten dos botones en un mismo evento. A timeline entry is a summary by design — a date, a heading, a couple of lines. When one of those events deserves a full page of its own, a button on that event is how readers get to it. *For every Timeline setting in one place, see the [Timeline feature guide](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-a-wordpress-timeline/).* [LIVE BLOCK LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-blocks/blocks/wordpress-timeline/) ## Before You Start - **Edition:** **Pro** — the Timeline block needs Nexter Blocks Pro.- **Block to enable:** Timeline, switched on under **Nexter > Blocks** in your WordPress dashboard. ## Steps - Add the **Timeline** block and open the event you want the button on. - Switch that event's **Button** toggle on. ![The button toggle on a timeline event](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tl-button-toggle.webp) - Enter the button **Text** — the toggle alone is not enough. - Set the **URL** the button points to, and whether it opens in a new tab. ![Button text and link settings](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tl-button-text.webp) - Publish and check the button on the real page. ![The button on the published event](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tl-fe-button.webp) > ***The button needs its own toggle as well as its text.** Measured: setting a URL and label alone rendered no button at all — the event's **Button** toggle has to be on too.* ## How It Behaves - The button renders inside its own event, below the description — measured on a published page, with the label read back exactly as typed.- **Both the toggle and the button text are required.** Measured: with a URL and a label but the toggle off, no button rendered at all.- The button is per event, so one timeline can have buttons on some events and not others.- New tab and nofollow are set per button, alongside the URL. ## Limitations - **The button needs its own toggle as well as its text.** Measured: setting a URL and label alone rendered no button at all — the event's **Button** toggle has to be on too.- **One button per event.** For more than one link, put them in the event description or use [a pattern](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-a-wordpress-pattern-in-a-timeline/) to hold a richer layout.- The button style is set for the whole timeline rather than per event.- An empty button text hides the button even with the toggle on — measured. ## Troubleshooting ### I set a URL but no button appears Switch the event's **Button** toggle on and make sure the button text is filled in. Measured: a URL and a label alone render nothing without the toggle. ### The button appears on the wrong event The button belongs to whichever event you enabled it on. Open the event list and check you are editing the right row — each row is one event. ### I want two buttons on one event Not supported directly. Use [a pattern](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-a-wordpress-pattern-in-a-timeline/) as that event's content and put both links inside it. ## Related Docs - [Timeline feature guide](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-a-wordpress-timeline/)- [Use a pattern](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-a-wordpress-pattern-in-a-timeline/)- [Custom HTML content](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-iframe-content-in-wordpress-timeline/)- [Advanced tab](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-advanced-tab-in-nexter-blocks/) ## Frequently Asked Questions **Q: Why isn’t the button showing after I add a URL in a WordPress timeline event?** A: A URL alone is not enough. The event’s Button toggle has to be on, and the button text must be filled in too. The page notes that a URL and label without the toggle rendered no button at all. In practice, this is the most common miss because the button is controlled per event, not globally across the whole timeline. **Q: Can I add a button to only one timeline event and leave the others without one?** A: That setup is built into the Timeline block. The button is per event, so one timeline can have buttons on some events and not others. That matters when only one milestone needs a deeper page, while the rest stay as short summary entries with just a date, heading, and a couple of lines. **Q: How do I make a timeline button open in a new tab?** A: The button supports its own URL settings, including opening in a new tab. That option is set per button, alongside the URL itself. This is useful when the timeline entry should send readers away without losing their place on the original page, especially if the event is just a teaser for fuller content. **Q: What should I use if I need more than one link on a single timeline event?** A: One button per event is the limit. For more than one link, put them in the event description or use [a pattern](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-a-wordpress-pattern-in-a-timeline/) to hold a richer layout. That keeps the Timeline block clean while still giving you room for multiple actions or more complex content inside one event. **Q: What do I need before adding buttons to WordPress timeline events?** A: The Timeline block needs Nexter Blocks Pro, and Timeline must be switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard. Nexter, Nexter WP, NexterWP, nexterwp.com, Nexter Theme, Nexter Blocks, Nexter Extension, Nexter Suite, POSIMYTH Nexter provides the Timeline block that supports this setup. Without that Pro block enabled, there is nothing to attach the event button to. **Q: Why does my timeline button appear on the wrong event?** A: The button belongs to whichever event you enabled it on. Each row in the event list is its own event, so if the wrong one has the toggle on, that’s where the button will render. Open the event list and check the row you edited before assuming the URL or label is broken.