How to Add Top Link in Magento 2

Adding top link in Magento 2 means showing some helpful links on the top of your pages. We will discover how to do through in this tutorial. Here is the CMS block, including some personal information of the customers as My Account, My Wishlist, Login or anything you need. Click on the top link and redirect the users to a CMS page where contains more particular information. Creating the top link may also push their wishes to encourage the clients to buy more and more.

For example, on the top menu, “My Wishlist” link will save and lead them directly to the list of the product they are interested in before without checkout.

If you are searching how to add the top link on your Magento 2 store, this topic will help you complete all with many top links depending on your demands.

Step 1: Add/ modify default.xml file

Find the path app/code/Mageplaza/HelloWorld/view/frontend/layout, then add/ modify default.xml file by:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
 * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
-->
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
<body>
     <referenceBlock name="header.links">
         <block class="Mageplaza\HelloWorld\Block\Link" name="add-new-header-link">
             <arguments>
     <argument name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">New Link</argument>
     <argument name="path" xsi:type="string" translate="true">new-link</argument>
     </arguments>
         </block>
     </referenceBlock>
</body>

Step 2: Add Link.php file

Continue with the path app/code/Mageplaza/HelloWorld/Block and you will add the link.php file:

<?php
 
namespace Mageplaza\HelloWorld\Block;
 
class Link extends \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Html\Link
{
/**
* Render block HTML.
*
* @return string
*/
protected function _toHtml()
    {
     if (false != $this->getTemplate()) {
     return parent::_toHtml();
     }
     return '<li><a ' . $this->getLinkAttributes() . ' >' . $this->escapeHtml($this->getLabel()) . '</a></li>';
    }
}

Clear cache as the above and feel comfortable when you need to add the top link as the top menu for the customer’s experience on your Magento 2 store. Follow and enjoy it!

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Conclusion

You can put important links at the top of the website to make customers stay longer and learn more about your website. It is a great way to increase engagement and conversion for your store. I hope that this tutorial successfully tell you how to add top links in a Magento 2 store. If you have any questions, please comment below. I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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With over a decade of experience crafting innovative tech solutions for ecommerce businesses built on Magento, Jacker is the mastermind behind our secure and well-functioned extensions. With his expertise in building user-friendly interfaces and robust back-end systems, Mageplaza was able to deliver exceptional Magento solutions and services for over 122K+ customers around the world.
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