rajivpant

xenograg

<p>Blogroll Links is a WordPress plugin that displays your site’s link bookmarks (formerly called “blogroll”) within posts and pages using a simple shortcode.</p>
<p>For people who maintain their website or blog using the WordPress content management system, Blogroll Links uses WordPress’ built-in Links feature and presents links to friends’ pages, resources, and social networking profiles.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display links by category using the category slug</li>
<li>Customizable sorting (by name, URL, rating, or ID)</li>
<li>Honors link visibility settings (show/hidden)</li>
<li>Respects target window settings for each link</li>
<li>Displays link descriptions and images if available</li>
<li>Works with WordPress’ built-in Links Manager</li>
<li>Supports XFN (XHTML Friends Network) relationship tags</li>
<li>Full PHP 8+ compatibility</li>
<li>Secure: Protected against SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF attacks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Add this shortcode to any post or page:</p>
<pre><code>[blogroll-links categoryslug="my-links"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Full Shortcode Options</h4>
<pre><code>[blogroll-links categoryslug="my-links" sortby="link_name" sortorder="asc"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>categoryslug</code> – The slug of the link category to display (required)</li>
<li><code>sortby</code> – Sort field: link_name, link_url, link_rating, link_id (default: link_name)</li>
<li><code>sortorder</code> – Sort direction: asc or desc (default: asc)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p><strong>Display friends’ websites sorted by name:</strong><br />
    [blogroll-links categoryslug=”friends” sortby=”link_name” sortorder=”asc”]</p>
<p><strong>Display resources sorted by rating (highest first):</strong><br />
    [blogroll-links categoryslug=”resources” sortby=”link_rating” sortorder=”desc”]</p>
<p><strong>Display social media profiles:</strong><br />
    [blogroll-links categoryslug=”social-profiles”]</p>
<h4>Live Examples</h4>
<p>See this plugin in action:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rajiv.com/friends/" rel="nofollow ugc">www.rajiv.com/friends/</a> – Social networking links with XFN tags</li>
<li><a href="https://www.rajiv.com/charity/" rel="nofollow ugc">www.rajiv.com/charity/</a> – Charitable organizations list</li>
</ul>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Thanks to Dave Grega and Adam E. Falk (xenograg) for their contributions to this code.</p>
<p>Version 3.0 was modernized using <a href="https://rajiv.com/blog/2025/11/09/synthesis-engineering-with-claude-code-technical-implementation-and-workflows/" rel="nofollow ugc">Synthesis Coding</a> with Claude Code – a human-AI collaborative development approach.</p>


dyersorg

<p><a href="http://www.dyers.org/blog/better-blogroll-widget-for-wordpress/#changelog" title="Better Blogroll Change log" rel="nofollow ugc">Changelog</a></p>
<p>The Better Blogroll widget for WordPress allows you to display a configurable number of random links from your WordPress blogroll. This should help to combat link blindness while still letting you to share the link love with more of your favorite blogs.</p>
<p>Some Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Links can be sorted randomly, by title, or by rating.</li>
<li>The number of links shown is configurable.</li>
<li>Categories from which links are shown is configurable.</li>
<li>Links can be set to “nofollow” if your links are coming from paid sources.</li>
<li>Capable of Displaying XFN Data.</li>
<li>Displays image links, text links, or both.</li>
<li>Links can be in a single list or separated by category.</li>
<li>Can display each link’s category or rating to its right.</li>
<li>The description of each link appears in a tool tip.</li>
<li>Allows you to show an explanation that the list is a rolling blogroll.</li>
</ul>


Better Blogroll

Allows you to display a configurable number of random links from your Wordpress blogroll

Blogroll Links vs Better Blogroll