Blogroll Links

Blogroll Links is a WordPress plugin that displays your site’s link bookmarks (formerly called “blogroll”) within posts and pages using a simple shortcode.

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.

Features

• Display links by category using the category slug
• Customizable sorting (by name, URL, rating, or ID)
• Honors link visibility settings (show/hidden)
• Respects target window settings for each link
• Displays link descriptions and images if available
• Works with WordPress’ built-in Links Manager
• Supports XFN (XHTML Friends Network) relationship tags
• Full PHP 8+ compatibility
• Secure: Protected against SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF attacks

Usage

Add this shortcode to any post or page:

[blogroll-links categoryslug="my-links"]

Full Shortcode Options

[blogroll-links categoryslug="my-links" sortby="link_name" sortorder="asc"]

Parameters

• categoryslug – The slug of the link category to display (required)
• sortby – Sort field: link_name, link_url, link_rating, link_id (default: link_name)
• sortorder – Sort direction: asc or desc (default: asc)

Examples

Display friends’ websites sorted by name:
[blogroll-links categoryslug=”friends” sortby=”link_name” sortorder=”asc”]

Display resources sorted by rating (highest first):
[blogroll-links categoryslug=”resources” sortby=”link_rating” sortorder=”desc”]

Display social media profiles:
[blogroll-links categoryslug=”social-profiles”]

Live Examples

See this plugin in action:

• www.rajiv.com/friends/ – Social networking links with XFN tags
• www.rajiv.com/charity/ – Charitable organizations list

Credits

Thanks to Dave Grega and Adam E. Falk (xenograg) for their contributions to this code.

Version 3.0 was modernized using Synthesis Coding with Claude Code – a human-AI collaborative development approach.