Maarten

Apprique

The plugin re-enables the Link Manager in WordPress and provides the shortcode ‘links’. This shortcode displays a list of all links having specified characteristics, for example a link category name in your post. By default it includes a Facebook Like button for every link, but this can be easily disabled.
The plugin supports a customizable template for showing links. This enables you to use the shortcode to display links in any format you like, for example in a list or a table, with or without link images, etc. All relevant properties of a link are supported and listed on the Settings page of the plugin.
The typical format for the short code is
<blockquote>
[links option1=”x” option2=”y” etc…]
</blockquote>
The following options are available:
<ul>
<li>fblike: Show the facebook Like button (default ‘1’, to disable set to any value other than ‘1’).</li>
<li>fbrecommend: Show the Facebook Recommend botton (default ”, to enable set to ‘1’).</li>
<li>orderby: Order the links by (default ‘name’). Use ‘order’ to order links by order specified with ‘My Link Order’ plugin.</li>
<li>order: How to order, ASC or DESC (default ‘DESC’).</li>
<li>limit: Limit the number of links shown (default ‘-1’, which means no limit). </li>
<li>category: Comma separated list of link category ID’s.</li>
<li>category_name: Category name of a catgeory of links to show. Overrides category parameter.</li>
<li>hide_invisible: Hide links marked as not visible (default ‘1’, yes).</li>
<li>include: Comma separated list of numeric link IDs to include. If ‘include’ is used, the category, category_name, and exclude parameters are ignored. </li>
<li>exclude: Comma separated list of numeric link IDs to exclude.</li>
<li>search: Shows all links matching this search string. It searches url, link name and link description.</li>
<li>links_per_page: To paginate lists of links. How many links to show per page. Below the links a pagination will be shown.</li>
<li>links_list_id: A unique identifyer on a page for the shortcode at hand. Mandatory in case ‘links_per_page’ is used to paginate. Optional to define custom styles for this id using css. </li>
<li>class: A class that can be inserted using the links template. You could for example use <div class=”[class]”> in the template to attache different style to different instances of the short code.</li>
<li>alttext: An alternative text that will be displayed if the shortcode does not return any links.</li>
</ul>
Dafault options can be changed on a ‘Links Shortcode’ page in the Settings menu.
Example:
<blockquote>
[links category_name=”Blogroll”]
</blockquote>
Using the customizable template, all properties of a link can be displayed. An example template is included. This template uses the Name, Web Address, Description and Rating of your links. The Name will link to the Web Address.
If the Name starts with a date, formatted as: yyyy-mm-dd followed by ‘:’, a separate property for the date is available.
Templates are fully customizable. For more information see http://www.apprique.com/community/wordpress-plugins.
Please note that the Description of a link has a limited length, but the WordPress UI does not show this. After saving changes to a Link in the Links section, WordPress only saves the first 255 characters. This has nothing to do with this Plugin.

Links shortcode

The plugin provides the shortcode 'links'. This shortcode shows all links having specified characteristics, following a specified template.

DanFoster

gastronomicslc

<h4>Tracking clicks</h4>
Track The Click helps website owners better understand how site visitors interact with links on their site. The main function of the plugin is to track clicks as they occur on a WordPress website in real time. Track The Click uses client side Javascript to record all outbound click events and record them to a local database. Once the data is recorded, Track The Click offers a number of views, to interpret and analyze the click behavior.
<h4>Why track outbound clicks?</h4>
Improve affiliate link performance
By tracking and recording where and how your visitors click and leave your site, you can optimize your website and pages for increased affiliate revenue.
Demonstrate advertising value
If you have website sponsors or advertisers, the external click data can be invaluable. Your clients might not be sophisticated enough to check their own website analytics, so you can provide them with the data yourself; how well did the ad perform, how many users left your sites for theirs through the ad in question? From that they can develop a Return On Investment number for the cost of your campaign.
See where your site visitors go next
If the bulk of your visitors are leaving your website for a specific destination, maybe there’s room for extra content on your own site. Why send your traffic elsewhere if you can meet your visitors’ needs yourself?
See which pages are driving external traffic
Using the Track The Click plugin you can review which of your website’s posts and pages are sending the most external traffic. These may be potential sources of new affiliate revenue.
<h4>Why Track The Click?</h4>
Simple. Easy. Quick.
Once you install the plugin you can begin tracking clicks within 60 seconds. You don’t need to subscribe to our site, our newsletter, or any other signup form. Download, install, start.
Made by bloggers for bloggers
We made the plugin because we were also frustrated by the lack of ways of track clicks on our sites. Track The Click is the result of that frustration.
Free and lightweight
The basics of the plugin are 100% free. The plugin is also made with site speed first and foremost in mind. We won’t add 1000s of lines of bloated code to your website.
Data insights
We’re constantly working to show you as much data around your link click as possible. What time of the day was the click? What page did the click leave on, what was the anchor of that click? We’re always looking to add more and more data.
<h4>Core features</h4>
The basic functions of the plugin are free, these include:
<ul>
<li>Unlimited link click tracking</li>
<li>Local tracking and reporting of clicks</li>
<li>No limit on storage of link click data</li>
<li>Track outbound link clicks in all areas of your site: header, body, widgets and footer</li>
<li>Two standard views</li>
</ul>
The free version comes with two views. Each view represents a different way to see your outbound link profile. The two free views are the link and domain view as follows. The standard free view is the link view. For every outbound click on your WordPress website this shows:
<ul>
<li>Link URL</li>
<li>Anchor text of the link clicked</li>
<li>Post or page on your website where the link occurred</li>
<li>Total of link clicks in specified time period</li>
</ul>

Links shortcode vs Track The Click