This is a widget that brings up a little preview of a site into the sidebar. If you want to use this in a widget-less / static sidebar, give <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogintroduction-wordpress-plugin/" title="blogintroduction-wordpress-plugin">blogintroduction-wordpress-plugin</a> a chance. The link is chosen by random out of the links in the WordPress link-manager. You can specify a single link-category or use all categories for the random-link-base.
You can also decide to show invisible/private links. This is for the case you want to show links as a preview you don’t want to show in the linkroll.
If you want and if there is a description for the link done in the link-description-field it would be shown.
A refreshing via AJAX could be enabled with a specific time (in seconds) when the next thumbnail would be loaded.
This widget uses the <a href="http://www.websnapr.com/" title="Website Thumbnais For Your Site" rel="nofollow ugc">websnapr</a>-Service for generating the thumbnail-images. Keep their <a href="http://www.websnapr.com/terms/" title="General Terms and Conditions for Websnapr" rel="nofollow ugc">term of use</a> in mind. You should get an API-Key for free from there to use this widget and get more then 80 snapshots per hour, with key it would be about 340 per hour (250.000 a month).
Since Version 0.3.0 you could also use the image-link stored in the link-manager for containing the link to the preview-image. If no link is given the widget would use websnapr as fall back.
If you want to translate the plugin, feel free to do it! Since Version 0.2.0 the Output is fully internationalized.
To see the widget working in a production-environment, visit the <a href="http://blog.huebel-online.de/" title="Blog of Kim Huebel" rel="nofollow ugc">author’s blog</a>.
If you want to leave a feedback, feel free to do this on the <a href="http://blog.huebel-online.de/blogintroduction-wordpress-widget/" title="Home of blogintroduction-wordpress-widget - Blog of Kim Huebel" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin’s homepage</a> of the author’s blog. Though the pages are in german, comments in english are wellcome, too.

blogintroduction

Shows a thumbnail of a blogroll/linkroll-entry by random

bonboarding

This plugin links your WordPress site to Bonboarding, a no-code platform designed to accelerate digital adoption by crafting engaging onboarding experiences for your users. Whether it’s in the WordPress admin or on public pages, guide your users through your platform effortlessly.
<a href="https://bonboarding.com/demo" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo</a> – check what you can do with Bonboarding.
With Bonboarding, you can: 
– Create personalized onboarding tours without writing a single line of code. 
– Design visually captivating pop-ups, tooltips, and interactive guides that blend seamlessly with your site’s design. 
– Target the right users and deliver the right content at the right moment with powerful targeting rules. 
– Analyze user behaviors, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve the onboarding process with insightful analytics. 
– Highlight new features with in-app announcements to keep users updated and engaged.
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Easily Add Product Tours to Your WordPress Site" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-dHK7aiBHE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<h3>3rd Party Service</h3>
The plugin connects your WordPress site to <a href="https://bonboarding.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Bonboarding</a>, a no-code platform designed to accelerate digital adoption by crafting engaging onboarding experiences for your users. 
Using this plugin will send requests to Bonboarding’s servers so it can deliver the product tours to your users.
Learn more about Bonboarding’s <a href="https://bonboarding.com/legal/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms</a> and <a href="https://bonboarding.com/legal/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.

Bonboarding

Create stunning product tours to enhance user adoption and engagement with Bonboarding.

blogintroduction vs Bonboarding