How do I sort link categories in the sidebar?

  • Resolved zugu

    (@zugu)


    16 years, 9 months ago

    I just installed WordPress 2.5.1 and I created two link categories, one for sites I like, one for sites I dislike. Then I installed a widget-ready WordPress theme and added the “Blogroll” widget to the sidebar.

    The two link categories I created are now placed in the sidebar, but the “sites that I dislike” category appears first, followed by “sites I like”.

    How do I change the order so that “sites I like” will appear before the “sites I dislike” category? I could find no obvious way to do that.

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  • give me the link to the site …

    Actually, I think that this may help you …

    go to https://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

    You should see two category widgets on the right hand side of the CP.

    Drag the one that you’d like to be on top, up … or … Drag the one that you’d like to be on the bottom, down.

    Hope this helps.

    Thread Starter zugu

    (@zugu)

    There’s just one widget called “Links” with the description “Your blogroll”. When I drag it to the sidebar and save the layout, the link categories still can’t be ordered in any way.

    No matter how many link categories I create, I just can’t drag them selectively, they’re all contained in the “Links” widget and there’s no way for me to set the order.

    Thread Starter zugu

    (@zugu)

    Also, if it helps, my WordPress installation is set up at https://zugu.us . I reverted to the default WordPress theme, in order to keep everything as vanilla as possible. The behavior I described is the same for the default theme.

    Widgets are easy to use, but they have less flexibility than using coding such as wp_list_bookmarks. Since the link categories are listed by the default alphabetical order, you could rename the link categories, such as change dislike to loathe.

    Thread Starter zugu

    (@zugu)

    Thank you, iridax. The link you provided has extensive information about bookmark sorting.

    However, I find it too extensive. I only wish some easier alternative were implemented into the WordPress administration panel some day.

    Thanks everyone for the help.

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