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title: "How to Add Advanced Buttons in WordPress?"
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date: 2024-11-28
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description: "Do you want to add attractive buttons to your WordPress website? With the Advanced Button block from The Nexter Blocks, you can add different stylish call-to-action buttons to your WordPress..."
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# How to Add Advanced Buttons in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Blocks Advanced Button block adds multiple pre-designed button styles, including Style 23 with extra text and hover text on some styles.
- Nexter Blocks lets the Advanced Button block open a FancyBox popup by enabling the Enable Pop on Click toggle.
- Nexter Blocks Advanced Button block includes accessibility and styling controls such as an Aria Label field, icon type, maximum width, interval shake animation, and content hover effect.

Do you want to add attractive buttons to your WordPress website? With the Advanced Button block from The Nexter Blocks, you can add different stylish call-to-action buttons to your WordPress website.

[LIVE BLOCK LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-blocks/blocks/wordpress-advanced-button/)

## Required Setup

- Make sure the default WordPress Block editor is active. 

- You need to have the [Nexter Blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor/) plugin installed and activated.

- Make sure the Advanced Button block is activated. To verify this, visit Nexter → Blocks → and search for Advanced Button and activate.

## Learn via Video Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rqU3Z3ZILc&t

## How to activate the Advanced Button Block?

Go to 

- **Nexter **→ **Blocks **

- **Search **the block name and** turn**** on the toggle**.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nexter-Blocks-Advanced-Button-Activate.png)

## Key Features

- **Multiple button styles **- You can choose from multiple unique pre-designed button styles.

- **Change button text on hover** - With some buttons you can change button text on hover. 

- **Fancy Box popup** - You can [open a fancy box popup with a button click](https://nexterwp.com/docs/open-a-modal-popup-on-button-click-in-wordpress/).

## How to Use the Advanced Button Block?

Add the Advanced Button block to the page. 

Then click on the **Design from Scratch** button to design the layout from scratch.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-design-type-1024x190.png)

> *Note: By clicking on the Import Pre-Designed Template button, you can [import a preset template](https://nexterwp.com/docs/import-templates-in-nexter/#Import-Preset-Designs-for-Specific-Blocks-in-Nexter) and customize it as per your requirements.*

### Content

From the **Select Style **section under the **Content** tab, you can choose from a range of styles.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-layout-style-new.png)

In the **Title** field, you can add the button text. 

On some button styles, you’ll see a **Hover Text** field to show a different text on hover.

For the **Style 23** button, you can add extra text to the button, like this -

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-style-23-demo.png)

From the **Alignment** section, you can align the button.

Then, in the **Link** field, you can add a link for the button. If you use the PRO version of the Nexter Blocks, you can dynamically add a link by clicking on the cylindrical icon.

### Icon

From the **Icon Type**, you can add an icon or image to the button.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-icon-section-new.png)

### Modal Popup

By enabling the **Enable Pop on Click **toggle, you can open a fancy box popup on click.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-modal-popup-section-new.png)

### Accessibility

In the **Aria Label** field, you can add text to improve accessibility for users with disabilities.

## How to Style the Advanced Button Block?

To style the Advanced Button block, you’ll find all the options under the **Style** tab.

**Button** - From here, you can manage the button text typography, color, background, icon color, padding, border, border radius, box shadow, etc.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-button-style-new.png)

**Icon** - From here, you can manage the button icon position, size, and spacing.

**Extra Options** - Here you’ll find some extra options to style the button further.

- **Maximum Width** - From here, you can manage the button width.

- **Interval Shake** - From here, you can [add an interval shake animation to a button](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-interval-shake-animation-to-wordpress-button/).

- **Content Hover Effect** - From here, you can add a button hover effect.

**FancyBox Option** - You’ll see this option when the FancyBox toggle is enabled in the Layout tab. From here, you can manage the fancy box popup overlay color and width.

Advanced options remain common for all our blocks, you can explore all it options from here.

[View Advanced tab tutorial.](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-advanced-tab-in-wordpress/)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Why isn't the Advanced Button block showing up in WordPress?**
A: The block has to be active in two places: the default WordPress Block editor must be enabled, and the Nexter Blocks plugin must be installed and activated. Nexter, Nexter WP, NexterWP, nexterwp.com, Nexter Theme, Nexter Blocks, Nexter Extension, Nexter Suite, POSIMYTH Nexter also requires the Advanced Button block itself to be turned on under Nexter → Blocks. If it still does not appear, the usual miss is leaving the block disabled even though the plugin is installed.

**Q: Can I use the Advanced Button block with a preset template instead of building from scratch?**
A: The workflow supports both approaches. The page says you can start with Design from Scratch or import a preset template using the Import Pre-Designed Template button. That matters if you want a faster starting point, since preset designs can save time before you customize text, alignment, link, and styling. Nexter Blocks also points to [import a preset template](https://nexterwp.com/docs/import-templates-in-nexter/#Import-Preset-Designs-for-Specific-Blocks-in-Nexter) for block-specific designs.

**Q: What kinds of button effects does the Advanced Button block support?**
A: The block includes multiple button styles, hover text on some styles, and a Fancy Box popup triggered by click. It also supports an interval shake animation and content hover effect in the Style tab. That gives you more than a basic CTA button because you can use motion and hover states to draw attention without adding custom code. For popup behavior, see [open a fancy box popup with a button click](https://nexterwp.com/docs/open-a-modal-popup-on-button-click-in-wordpress/).

**Q: How do I make an Advanced Button open a popup on click?**
A: The Modal Popup option is built into the block through the Enable Pop on Click toggle. When that toggle is enabled, the button opens a fancy box popup on click. That is useful when you want the button to trigger content instead of sending users straight to a link. The page also calls out Fancy Box popup as one of the key features, so this is part of the block’s native behavior rather than an add-on.

**Q: What should I use for accessibility when adding an advanced button?**
A: The Aria Label field is there for accessibility, and it matters when the visible button text alone does not fully describe the action for users with disabilities. In practice, this helps screen readers understand what the button does without guessing from styling or icon-only content. If you add an icon or image through Icon Type, an Aria Label becomes even more important because visual cues are not enough for assistive tech.

**Q: How do I style an Advanced Button in WordPress without custom CSS?**
A: Most of the styling lives under the Style tab. The Button section covers typography, color, background, icon color, padding, border, border radius, and box shadow. The Icon section handles position, size, and spacing, while Extra Options includes Maximum Width, Interval Shake animation, and Content Hover Effect. If FancyBox is enabled in Layout tab settings, you also get FancyBox Option controls for overlay color and width.