Newman

Blogroll Fun uses a subscription to a free service that allows it to easily determine the last update time and the last post for all of the links in your blogroll without slowing down the loading time of your blog. It allows you to choose if you want to display this information in your blogroll or not. It simply replaces the standard wordpress link widget while providing additional functionality.
Blogroll Fun can be compared to the feed reading blogroll. However, unlike feed reading blogroll the last post information is sent to your blog and stored with your blogroll. It does not rely on your visitors to load this information, or any javascript tricks.
Settings can be updated by going to manage, widgets, then edit on the links widget.
Currently, no ads are being delivered through this plugin.

TheFreeWindows

Blogroll Dropdown is a widget that places your blogroll links as a dropdown box helping you to save space in your widget area. Since the Link Manager is by default disabled in newer versions of WordPress, Blogroll Dropdown will activate it again to let you manage your links.
The plugin lets you select which links category you’d like publish as a dropbox. Alternatively you can publish all your links regardless of categories.
Blogroll Dropdown is a modification of the seemingly abandoned H. T. Si’s Dropdown Links Widget, making it possible to eliminate the Widget title and have the default option to link to a custom URL instead of being blank and confusing your visitors.
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<li>Check also the <a href="https://www.thefreewindows.com/28779/blogroll-links-dropdown-list-free-plugin-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">home page of Blogroll Dropdown</a> for more information or support.</li>
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Blogroll Fun – Show Last Post and Last Update Time vs Blogroll Dropdown Links