xenograg

rajivpant

<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>


StefanMz

<p>Grouped Links Widget can use any number of widget instances to group links by their associated link categories. This adds a bit more CMS functionality to WordPress.</p>
<p>If the blogroll is grouped into link categories and each category contains internal tag references, then you can flexibly group link categories and put these link groups into your sitebar(s). This, of course, works with traditional external links put in a blogroll too.</p>
<p>Each group of link categories can be sorted by name acending or decending. If simple sorting doesn’t fit to your desired order to be appear in the sidebar, then create more than one link group and place them in the sidebar as you wish.</p>
<p>In order to adapt Grouped Links Widget to different HTML theme codes, HTML tags can be set for each link group and for each title within the link group. However, default values should work with most themes.</p>
<p>Grouped Links Widget is a simple widget, it mainly uses wp_list_bookmarks. Version 2.0 was completely refactored in order to adapt to the new WordPress 2.8 multi widget technique. If you want to add more functionality, don’t hesitate to modify the code. 😉</p>
<p>Grouped Links Widget’s homepage: <a href="http://groupedlinks.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://groupedlinks.wordpress.com/</a></p>


Grouped Links Widget

Grouped Links Widget can use an unlimited number of widget instances to group links by their associated link categories.

Blogroll Links vs Grouped Links Widget