How to add hover effects to links in Posts in Divi.

Sep 22, 2019 | Divi Tips | 2 comments

Hey everyone welcome back to another Tutorial on SamarJ. Hope you’re all set.

And in today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how to add Hover effects to the links in your Post’s content with Some CSS. Well, Let’s Get Started.

Well If you like writing posts with Divi Builder (like me) then grab the code for Divi Builder. And if you like to write posts with Standard(Gutenberg, Classic) then grab code from the Standard editor box.

Hover Effect #1

For Divi Builder

.et_pb_text_inner a {
  transition: background-size .4s ease !important;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 92%, #0000ff 0) center center/0% 75% no-repeat !important;
  cursor: pointer !important;
  color: #0000ff!important;
}
.et_pb_text_inner a:hover {
  background-size: 100% 100% !important;
}
.et_pb_text_inner a:active {
  background-size: 80% 100% !important;
}

For Standard editor

.et_pb_post .entry-content a {
  transition: background-size .4s ease !important;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 92%, #0000ff 0) center center/0% 75% no-repeat !important;
  cursor: pointer !important;
  color: #0000ff!important;
}
.et_pb_post .entry-content a:hover {
  background-size: 100% 100% !important;
}
.et_pb_post .entry-content a:active {
  background-size: 80% 100% !important;
}

Preview

Hover Effect #2

For Divi Builder

.et_pb_text_inner a  {
   /* RESET */
   text-decoration: none;
   line-height: 1;
   position: relative;
   z-index: 0;
   display: inline-block;
   padding: 5px 5px;
   overflow: hidden;
   color: #333;
   vertical-align: bottom;
   transition: color .3s ease-out;
}
.et_pb_text_inner a::before {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
   z-index: -1;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   transform: translateY(calc(100% - 2px));
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   background-image: linear-gradient(60deg, #64b3f4 0%, #c2e59c 100%);
   transition: transform .25s ease-out;
}

.et_pb_text_inner a:hover { 
   color: #fff; 
}
.et_pb_text_inner a:hover::before {
   transform: translateY(0);
   transition: transform .25s ease-out;
}

For Standard editor

.et_pb_post .entry-content a  {
   /* RESET */
   text-decoration: none;
   line-height: 1;
   position: relative;
   z-index: 0;
   display: inline-block;
   padding: 5px 5px;
   overflow: hidden;
   color: #333;
   vertical-align: bottom;
   transition: color .3s ease-out;
}
.et_pb_post .entry-content a::before {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
   z-index: -1;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   transform: translateY(calc(100% - 2px));
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   background-image: linear-gradient(60deg, #64b3f4 0%, #c2e59c 100%);
   transition: transform .25s ease-out;
}

.et_pb_post .entry-content a:hover { 
   color: #fff; 
}
.et_pb_post .entry-content a:hover::before {
   transform: translateY(0);
   transition: transform .25s ease-out;
}

Preview

Hover Effect #3

For Divi Builder

.et_pb_text_inner a {
  display: inline-block;
  color: #0000ff;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.et_pb_text_inner a::after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: #0000ff;
  transition: width .3s;
}

.et_pb_text_inner a:hover::after {
  width: 100%;
}

For Standard editor

.et_pb_post .entry-content a {
  display: inline-block;
  color: #0000ff;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.et_pb_post .entry-content a::after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: #0000ff;
  transition: width .3s;
}

.et_pb_post .entry-content a:hover::after {
  width: 100%;
}

Preview

And there you go awesome links hover effects to your post’s content with few lines of CSS. Just make sure to paste CSS in Divi > Theme Options > Custom CSS Box.

That’s it for this tutorial hope you found it helpful and if any of these effects won’t work for you just leave a comment below and I’ll try to help you as soon as possible.

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Written by : Samar Jamil

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2 Comments

Shakeel Anjum on September 29, 2019 at 9:16 am
Wow, a very nice and useful trick to add hover effects to links.
I’m currently using it on my blog how2wp.com.
Thank you so much, Samar, for such an awesome tutorial.
– Shakeel
- Samar Jamil on September 29, 2019 at 9:21 am
  Hi Shakeel.
  Thanks for your comment. Hope you loved it.