# Markdown links to anchors not working?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-to-anchors-not-working/150175>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 2, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-to-anchors-not-working/150175 "2020-05-02T13:08:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Paul\_King](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paul_king/32/165426_2.png) [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-to-anchors-not-working/150175/3 "2020-05-02T15:05:39Z")

</div>

> [@xrav3nz](#):
>
> As [Deep Linking to Headings (Anchors)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deep-linking-to-headings-anchors/47552) mentions, there is no standard markdown way of creating a heading with an anchor.
> 
> I’m afraid you’ll have to use HTML:

thanks xrax3nz  
That is what I am resorting to right now as it happens - but if you check out the markdown in the standard Terms of Use page of this forum, the syntax looks quite different. Trying to understand why

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-to-anchors-not-working/150175)._