Custom Link Widget

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1. ★★★★★ caspixel

   12.1y ago

   I was looking for a widget to replace the “Blogs I Follow” widget on a WordPress.com site and this was perfect. No coding necessary, so it will be easy for my client to add more links themselves. A really great widget. Thank you.

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2. ★★★★★ onlyarethusa

   12.7y ago

   Was struggling to add a link in a sidebar and failing miserably. Added your plugin and it worked like magic. *mwah* Thank you so much for this!

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3. ★★★★★ Coraux

   12.8y ago

   thanks

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4. ★★★★★ John Conner

   13.2y ago

   There should be a reason for creation of a plugin and what I expect from a link widget plugin is a wide variety of options for style and beautification of links in widget area (like animated up-down rollover or css stylish hover). This plugin shows links in a very basic html way and made a distortion in widgets’ area which I could put my links easier using WP text widget and the below code (as many as I need): your front-end title here</

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5. ★★★★★ alexiev.ca

   13.6y ago

   Great plugin, very easy to use and extremely useful. Thank you once again! Really appreciated

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6. ★★★★★ therealmace

   13.6y ago

   Nothing more to say

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7. ★★★★★ LekLek

   13.7y ago

   I tested the widget (with one link) at the bottom of my sidebar—and the footer widgets, footer ads, etc all moved off to the right, as if they were suddenly stuck into the sidebar. Not sure what the coding problem is, but it freaked me out.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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1. 2024-08-17 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Widget Context 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A

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Custom Link Widget: 1K+ active installs, 3.7★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-link-widget