Posted 2 years ago #
Hi all!
Im setting up a new site and I want a widget in my sidebar for "Latest news"-links. This is links to external news-sites. I want the latest published link to be on top and thereafter, but I havent found any plugin or "hack" to do the job. Is there anybody who know how to do this?
Use Link Categories to organise your links to external sites then use the dropdown in the native Links widget to limit the link display to your chosen link category.
Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks, but does it sort the links by date?
Posted 2 years ago #
Please somebody!? Im lost!
Look at the template tag, wp_list_bookmarks(), and the orderby= argument.
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Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks! But theres no 'date'-option in 'orderby'?
From http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_bookmarks
orderby
(string) Value to sort bookmarks on. This can be a COMMA separated list of values. Defaults to 'name' unless you pass the value of '' (empty), in which case it sets to 'id'. Valid options:* 'id'
* 'url'
* 'name' - Default
* 'target'
* 'description'
* 'owner' - User who added bookmark through bookmarks Manager.
* 'rating'
* 'updated'
* 'rel' - bookmark relationship (XFN).
* 'notes'
* 'rss'
* 'length' - The length of the bookmark name, shortest to longest.
* 'rand' - Display bookmarks in random order.
If you are using Widgets, then you may need a PHP Code Widget and craft your own code into that widget.
Posted 2 years ago #
I might be blind, but I didnt find it earlier, and I cant see it now...orderby what?
Probably want to use id and order=DESC.
Is there an option for using post date in orderby?
Posted 2 years ago #
Been struggling with that too. The IDs are created in the order posted and that works good for me.
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