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Link Library

v7.7.3
by Yannick Lefebvre · 4.7 (96 reviews)

The purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.

10K+ active installs Updated Jan 20, 2025 Tested to 6.5.5
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About Link Library

This plugin allows you to create a page on your website that displays a list of all the link categories you have defined in the WordPress administration, along with the links in those categories. You can customize the display by selecting which categories to show or hide. The plugin also offers features like search functionality, user submission forms, and RSS feed generation. You can try it out in a demo version of WordPress and find more information and support on the plugin's website.

Screenshots

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Frequently asked questions

What is the primary purpose of the Link Library plugin?
The Link Library plugin allows you to create a page on your website that displays a list of link categories and all links defined within those categories from your WordPress administration's Links section.
Can I control which link categories are displayed?
Yes, users can select a subset of categories to be displayed or hidden. It also offers a mode to show only one category at a time, loading others via AJAX or HTML Get queries.
Does Link Library support user submissions?
Yes, it can display a form to accept user submissions, which the site administrator can moderate before listing the new entries.
Can Link Library generate an RSS feed?
Yes, it can generate an RSS feed for your link collection to inform people about new additions.
How does Link Library handle displaying content on pages?
The plugin uses the filter method to add content to pages and includes a configuration page under admin tools to manage various output settings. This allows for an unlimited number of different configurations for displaying links on different WordPress site pages.

Changelog

7.7.3

  • Fixed potential security issue

7.7.2

  • Fixed potential security issue

7.7.1

  • Added way to export all links to OPML format under Global Options

7.7

  • Fixes for potential security issues

7.6.11

  • Fix to avoid PHP warning

7.6.10

  • Fixed to previous checkin to restore compabitility with older versions of WordPress

7.6.9

  • Added check to see if current page is login page and exit plugin if it is

7.6.8

  • Fix to retain comments in Stylesheet editor

7.6.7

  • Fix for potential security issue
  • Fix for large description field in link editor showing bad HTML
  • Fix for taglistoverride not working when pagination is enabled

7.6.6

  • Fixes to restore user link submission capabilities

7.6.5

  • Link editor now automatically shows most used tag list

7.6.4

  • Fixes for potential security vulnerabilities
  • Admin notices now only displayed on Link Library pages
  • Potential fix for issue with categorylistoverride introduced with last version

7.6.3

  • Fix to allow categorylistoverride to work correctly when library is configured to show a single library at a time

7.6.2

  • Added new function to only show link with specific text as part of their URL

7.6.1

  • Fixes for potential security vulnerabilities

7.6

  • Fixes for potential security vulnerabilities

7.5.13

  • Fix for hierarchical list of categories in add link form

7.5.12

  • Added missing parameters for iframe white listing

7.5.11

  • Added iframe to white list of HTML tags for configuration options
  • Enabled embed shortcodes inside of large description fields

7.5.10

  • Added option to suppress linklist div from output

7.5.9

  • Fixed admin stylesheet to avoid conflict with default editor

7.5.8

  • Fix to allow WordPress embed shortcodes to work when used in full-page content

7.5.7

  • Correction for PHP warnings when visiting admin pages

7.5.6

  • Correction for PHP warnings around $excludetagoverride

7.5.5

  • Correction to allow table tags in advanced configuration table

7.5.4

  • Correction to allow HTML tags in Single Item Layout editor

7.5.3

  • Link Library now respects categorylistoverride and excludecategoryoverride when displaying results with “Combine all results without categories” option activated

7.5.2

  • Added query variable to show upgrade tools for legacy 6.0 users migrating to current versions of the plugin

7.5.1

  • Renamed one of the column of category CSV export to match import template

7.5

  • Add ability to import list of categories from a CSV file

7.4.19

  • Translation update

7.4.18

  • Restored plugin book section

7.4.17

  • Added option to schedule automatic generation of missing thumbnails

7.4.16

  • Added new configuration section under Global Options > Import/Export Links to be able to schedule automated import of links
  • Added missing files for pop-dialog functionality introduced in 7.4.15
  • Modified link search when displaying categories to search in content and not only link title
  • Removed some leftover debug functions

7.4.15

  • Added new mode for user link submission form to only display button and have form appear in pop-up dialog

7.4.14

  • Added missing / characters when displaying list of categories in permalink mode and in breadcrumbs

7.4.13

  • Added new option to specify page containing category list when using HTML Get + Permalinks switching method with breadcrumbs

7.4.12

  • Update to allow for translation of text that was previously hard-coded
  • Updated french translation

7.4.11

  • Modified form validator script to allow for empty e-mail addresses in user link submission form if field set to Show and not Required

7.4.10

  • Fix to allow non-admin users to be able to see edit links on Link Library visitor-facing pages

7.4.9

  • Added new display mode for category list ([link-library-cats]) called Simple Divs

7.4.8

  • Added option to [link-library-filters] shortcode to display apply button (showapplybutton)

7.4.7

  • Fix for display of hierarchical categories in [link-library-cats] shortcode

7.4.6

  • Relaxed HTMl tags parsing for custom field before and after content

7.4.5

  • Further refinement of accepted HTML tags for advanced configuration table

7.4.4

  • Fixes for warnings in usersubmission.php

7.4.3

  • Further refinement of accepted HTML tags for advanced configuration table

7.4.2

  • Implemented some accessibility functions in tag filter
  • Fixed advanced table to accept HTML values once again

7.4.1

  • Security fixes
  • Added support for WPGraphQL

7.4

  • Corrected PHP warning in render-link-library-addlink-sc.php

7.3.21

  • Fix for AJAX category switching when using New editor on some themes
  • Additional fixes for [link-library-cats] shortcode for sites with hierarchical categories

7.3.20

  • Fixes for [link-library-cats] shortcode for sites with hierarchical categories

7.3.19

  • Fixed additional french translations
  • Changed colors of Submit and Reset buttons in stylesheet editor
  • Added new option under search tab configuration to suppress output if no results are found

7.3.18

  • Fixed issue introduced in 7.3.16

7.3.17

  • Modified to allow excludecategoryoverride to work with sub-categories in [link-library-cat] shortcode

7.3.16

  • Added parameter to [link-library-cats] shortcode called parent_cat_id. Should be set to empty “” if using categorylistoverride and only specifying sub-categories
  • Corrected some errors in French translation

7.3.15

  • Corrected error message when running empty cat link checker and none are found

7.3.14

  • Added two new types of link checking tools: Check Secondary Links and Check image links

7.3.13

  • Added new tool under Global Options > Import/Export to export list of categories with IDs

7.3.12

  • Add general option to show excerpt section in link editor

7.3.11

  • Fix to allow single quotes in empty search results message field

7.3.10

  • Fix for error when displaying part of the Global Options section
  • Updated promotional section in Global Options page with newest book published

7.3.9

  • Additional improvements to link creation page display on mobile devices

7.3.8

  • Brought back mechanism to help with large imports from pre-6.0 versions to current revisions.

7.3.7

  • Improved display of link creation page on mobile devices

7.3.6

  • Fix for item sorting with publication date

7.3.5

  • Additional fixes for featured item sorting

7.3.4

  • Fixed problem with quotes getting escaped in library-specific stylesheet editor

7.3.3

  • Fixed problem with featured links not longer appearing ahead of other link when ordering by title and having specified articles to be ignored

7.3.2

  • Fixed problems with new option to ignore specific articles introduced in version 7.3 beta 2

7.3.1

  • Added extra field to Link Library widget to allow users to select category(ies) to be displayed

7.3

  • Official 7.3 version containing all features from beta 1 to 4

7.3 Beta 4

  • Added CSS rules for new visibility toggle buttons

7.3 Beta 3

  • Added new option when displaying categories as visibility toggles to add show all and hide all buttons

7.3 Beta 2

  • Added new global option to specify articles to be ignored when sorting links by title

7.3 Beta 1

  • Added support to use post categories instead of Link Library categories
  • Added support to use post tags instead of Link Library tags

7.2.9

  • Fixed additional potential security issues

7.2.8

  • Fixed potential security issues in plugin admin section

7.2.7

  • Increased character limit for user form fields from 255 to 1024 characters

7.2.6

  • Further fixes for hide donation and display of new feature box

7.2.5

  • Fixes around Hide donation option and display of new feature box

7.2.4

  • Added new option in search section to look for results in all categories even if library is configured to display from a subset of categories
  • Fix block_categories editor warnings for deprecated filters

7.2.3

  • Fixed issue with displaying library count for library other than #1

7.2.2

  • Fix for list of categories in user-submission form when using hierarchical categories
  • Fix for PHP warning when displaying link count

7.2.1

  • Add support for WordPress mshots thumbnail generator

7.2.0

  • Links can now be sorted by number of hits in admin

7.1.9

  • Added new options to only display links that are updated/new and to specify for how many days links should be considered as updated/new

7.1.8

  • Fix to only make clear: both div display after categories when rendering category list using block editor

7.1.7

  • Fix to make RSS feed only accessible when option to publish it is actually checked

7.1.6

  • Fixed for RSS Feed Checking tool

7.1.5

  • Added new RSS Feed checking tool under Link Checking Tools

7.1.4

  • Remove current page number link from pagination

7.1.3

  • Additional fix for updated tag
  • Fix for pagination system

7.1.2

  • Changed updated tag to use publication date to determine if it’s displayed

7.1.1

  • Fix in Link Library Broken Link Checker
  • Fix for pagination links in HTML GET + Permalink mode

7.1.0

  • Added new [rss-library] shortcode to display a combined RSS library feed from all links
  • Enhanced bookmarket to grab selected text as new link description as well as get RSS feed link. If more than one link is found, asks the user which one to use.
  • Improved breadcrumb generation code so that the last part of the breakcrumb does not have a link. Also fixed links for sub-categories.
  • Fix for PHP installations that don’t support short array syntax

7.0.8

  • Add support for taglistoverride parameter in link-library-cats shortcode
  • Add parameter to override tag list in Link Library Category block

7.0.7

  • Fix to avoid masonry layout becoming a single column when first item is hidden
  • Added a new option to Categories tab in Library Configuration to hide empty categories from category list

7.0.6

  • Fixed [link-library-cats] shortcode to react to tag selection
  • Fix for duplicate link checker where it was previous showing items from other post types with same name as links

7.0.5

  • Improved broken link checker to report on the type of redirection that took place

7.0.4

  • Added option to include links in main site RSS feed
  • Added option in RSS feed configuration to select displaying the link updated date value or the publication date

7.0.3

  • Corrected problem with duplicate detection when using bookmarklet

7.0.2

  • Added labels in user-submission form for accessibility
  • Removed unnecessary file

7.0.1

  • Fix to avoid duplicate media library entries for link images
  • Fixed issue with pagination when filtering by link tags
  • Fix to show sub-categories in user-form when no top-level categories are selected
  • Bump up copyright version
  • Add missing styling for block editor warning box
  • Fix issue where link tags not displayed if option to suppress empty output is selected

7.0

  • New admin icon for Link Library using dashicons
  • Fix for better match of duplicate links entered through bookmarklet
  • Updated new feature pop-up

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