URL Control

Elementor URL control displays a URL input field with the ability to set the target of the link to _blank to open in a new tab and nofollow attribute.

The control is defined in Control_URL class which extends Control_Base_Multiple class.

Note that when using the control, the type should be set using the \Elementor\Controls_Manager::URL constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	url	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	true	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before, after and none. default will position the separator depending on the control type. before / after will position the separator before/after the control. none will hide the separator.
placeholder	string		The field placeholder that appears when the field has no values.
options	array	[ 'is_external', 'nofollow', 'custom_attributes' ]	An array of URL options to show. By default it shows all the options. But you can select which URL elements to show.
default	array		The field default values. $url (string) The URL. $is_external (bool) Whether to open the url in the same tab or in a new one. $nofollow (bool) Whether to add nofollow attribute. $custom_attributes (string) Custom attributes string that come as a string of comma-delimited key|value pairs.

Return Value

[
	'url' => 'https://your-link.com',
	'is_external' => true,
	'nofollow' => true,
	'custom_attributes' => '',
]

(array) An array containing the link data:

• $url (string) The URL.
• $is_external (bool) Whether to open the url in the same tab or in a new one.
• $nofollow (bool) Whether to add nofollow attribute.
• $custom_attributes (string) Custom attributes string that come as a string of comma-delimited key|value pairs.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls() {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'plugin-name' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'website_link',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Link', 'plugin-name' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::URL,
				'placeholder' => esc_html__( 'https://your-link.com', 'plugin-name' ),
				'default' => [
					'url' => '',
					'is_external' => true,
					'nofollow' => true,
					'custom_attributes' => '',
				],
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		if ( ! empty( $settings['website_link']['url'] ) ) {
			$this->add_link_attributes( 'website_link', $settings['website_link'] );
		}
		?>
		<a <?php echo $this->get_render_attribute_string( 'website_link' ); ?>>
			...
		</a>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template() {
		?>
		<a href="{{ settings.website_link.url }}">
			...
		</a>
		<?php
	}

}