Title: Display Links by Category
Author: Aleksandar Arsovski
Published: <strong>November 25, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 5, 2011

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# Display Links by Category

 By [Aleksandar Arsovski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alekarsovski/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/display-links-by-category.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-links-by-category/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-links-by-category/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-links-by-category/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-links-by-category/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/display-links-by-category/)

## Description

This plugin allows users to display their WordPress links by category through custom
fields.

The following gives a step-by-step setup overview:

 1.  Enable the plugin (check the installation tab)
 2.  Go to the page/post where you’d like to place your links/blogroll
 3.  Make sure that Custom Fields are visible (on the edit page or post page click 
     on the “Screen Options” in the top right and make sure “Custom Fields” is checked
     off)
 4.  Under CUstom fields click on the enter new link
 5.  Enter an ID in the “Name” field – the plugin uses the ID “display_links” as a 
     default
 6.  Enter the category name of the links you’d like to display in the “Value” field
 7.  Click on the “Add Custom Field” button
 8.  Enter the following shortcode into the post content area or the widget area you
     prefer: `[links_by_cat field_id="(ID previously entered in Name field goes here)"]`
 9.   * Note that if you used “display_links” in the Name field, you do not need to
        enter the “field_id” parameter in the shortcode and can simply do: `[links_by_cat]`

The shortcode also supports many other parameters for ordering and structuring your
links. All parameters on the list (except “category”) found on the following page
are available: https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_bookmarks#Parameters

Other parameter example:

    ```
    [links_by_cat orderby="rating"] -- This is an example using the orderby parameter from the list. The links will now be ordered by their rating.
    ```

#### Added in 1.0.1:

The ability to display all categories has been added to the shortcode. Simply add:
[
links_by_cat display_all]

Many bug fixes have also been introduced in version 1.0.1 as well, so please upgrade.

Currently, only one category is supported per Custom Field entry; however, I am 
looking to update the plugin soon so that it supports multiple categories.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload the “display-links-by-category” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Add new custom fields where needed (full details in “Description” tab)
 4. Use the shortcode in any page, post or widget area where you wish your links to
    appear

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Display Links by Category” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Aleksandar Arsovski ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alekarsovski/)
 *   [ Enej Bajgorić ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enej/)
 *   [ ubcdev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ubcdev/)
 *   [ ctlt-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ctlt-dev/)

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### Interested in development?

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check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/display-links-by-category/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Addded the option to choose to display all categories
 * Bug fixes (ex: if category name is wrong, all categories used to display – now,
   none are displayed)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 * Tags
 * [blogroll](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blogroll/)[bookmarks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bookmarks/)
   [links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/)[shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-links-by-category/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Aleksandar Arsovski ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alekarsovski/)
 *   [ Enej Bajgorić ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enej/)
 *   [ ubcdev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ubcdev/)
 *   [ ctlt-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ctlt-dev/)

## Support

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