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title: "Inserting HTML and links in a Joomla 2.5 plugin settings page"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last article,..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/html-and-links/
date: 2012-06-21
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
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lang: en
---

# Inserting HTML and links in a Joomla 2.5 plugin settings page

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

In our last article, we showed you [how to use spacers](/support/edu/joomla/spacers/) in a Joomla 2.5 plugin’s XML file. Using spacer fields, you can add HTML to your plugin’s settings page.

## How to use Spacers to add HTML

The key to using HTML within a plugin is to change:

- > to >
- < to <

If we wanted to insert the following link into a plugin’s settings page:

InMotion Hosting provides the <a href=’https://www.inmotionhosting.com/joomla-hosting/best-joomla-hosting.html’>best joomla hosting</a>

… We would need to change the code to:

InMotion Hosting provides the &lt;a href=’https://www.inmotionhosting.com/joomla-hosting/best-joomla-hosting.html’&gt;best joomla hosting&lt;/a&gt;

## Example Spacer code that prints HTML

The following is the code we added to our plugin’s XML file and the results:

<field name=”great-joomla-hosting” type=”spacer” description=”InMotion Hosting provides joomla hosting” **label=”InMotion Hosting provides the &lt;a href=’https://www.inmotionhosting.com/joomla-hosting/best-joomla-hosting.html’&gt;best joomla hosting&lt;/a&gt;”** />

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