Link View

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ xmetman

   6.4y ago

   Hi I can see you’ve put a lot of work into this widget but at the moemnet it only partially works. As far as I can see it adds two separate widgets in the WordPress widgets window (1) Links (2) LinkView (1) Links works fine but the links are separated by a line and a gap that take up a lot of screen height and are not what I want. (2) LinkView works fine as long as you don’t assign a short code. If you do add a shortcode [linkview] or [linkview cat_filter=’Links”] for example your WordPress site freezes when it gets to draw the widget on screen. As far as I can see if you haven’t added a category then no links are displayed only the title. I’m confused – why are they are two widgets? At the moment your widget has a problem and is just limping along. Why don’t Jetpack create a simple widget to allow you to create a simple list of links – what’s so difficult? Obviously I am in a very small minority that thinks this functionality is important.

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2. ★★★★★ jphogannet

   6.6y ago

   This plugin has been my go to to manage links for my WordPress sites for a long time. I really appreciate all it does for me. It makes adding links into pages simple and straightforward and allows me to change links in one place and update everywhere that link appears in a fell swoop. Awesome!

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3. ★★★★★ hernanitavares

   7.7y ago

   I want to see the list with shortcodes… Normally under the link “about Linkview” there is a mention: “Below you can find tables with all supported attributes, their descriptions and available options” But there is nowhere a table to be seen at that page. Sad, I hope this will get fixed very soon. When it is fixed I’ll give it a 5 star rating! This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by hernanitavares.

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4. ★★★★★ psike64

   9.7y ago

   That is exactly I was looking for

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5. ★★★★★ gijsvanberne

   9.9y ago

   Plugin does as promised on the box. Nice link lists with user (client) friendly admin, intuitive category and link management, seamless custom post feel. Outputs raw classed and divved html with optional(!) user-css. Perfect for custom theme integration. Wut? Style raw output myself? No css bloat? A rarity indeed. Thank you dev!

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6. ★★★★★ maxwellss

   10.3y ago

   Does exactly what it says on the box. Simple enough documentation. Made the task of creating a links strip on a site homepage very easy. Thanks.

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7. ★★★★★ notjustpcs

   10.4y ago

   We’ve tried a lot of these, and this one is as simple and effective as it gets. Thanks very much!

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8. ★★★★★ mbollini

   11.1y ago

   Hi all! Searched for some days for a good Links Directory Plugin that allows multi column lists of links. Finally I found LinkView and….it really WORKS!!!!! MultiColumn works FINE and it’s really nice looking. Simple and clean. 5 stars for you guys!!! Take up your good work

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.

1. Medium · 6.4 Link View <= 0.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-08-25 CVE-2025-48110 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.8.0 No patch available
2. Medium · 4.4 Link View <= 0.8.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-08-19 CVE-2025-49039 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.8.0 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-15 800+ → 700+ down after 226 days in tier
2. 2025-12-01 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-11-30 800+ → 900+ up after 7 days in tier
4. 2025-11-23 900+ → 800+ down after 132 days in tier
5. 2025-07-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 7 days in tier
6. 2025-07-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-07-06 1K+ → 900+ 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).

• H Hierarchical Link Categories 80+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
• Open Link 图链 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• L Link Manager 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• A Autologin Links 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Simple Keyword to Link 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Eazy Enable Blogroll 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D

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Link View: 700+ active installs, 4.7★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/link-view