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Free Plugin by Jan Teriete v2.2

Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds

Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar widget

Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds

The facts

Rating
5★ from 1
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
3 Aug 2013
Added
Mar 2010
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
WP 3.4.2
Downloads
53,388

Our analysis

AI-assisted

The Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display recent posts from your blogroll links in a sidebar widget using RSS feeds. It works without Javascript or AJAX, relying instead on the WordPress standard links database. You can customise various settings, such as the number of items displayed, link categories, and item order.

This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their site's sidebar with dynamic content from their blogroll. It requires correct RSS addresses to function properly, so users must ensure these are set up in the Links Subpanel.

Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to showcase blogroll content in their sidebar.

What it does well

  • Displays recent posts from blogroll links
  • Customisable settings for display options
  • Works without Javascript or AJAX

Where it falls short

  • Requires correct RSS addresses to function
  • Last updated in August 2013, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions

Verdict

The Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds offers a straightforward way to display blogroll posts but may have limitations due to its last update and dependency on correct RSS addresses.

From the developer

Jan Teriete's own description of Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds, lightly tidied.

This WordPress Widget allows you to display the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds as a sidebar widget.
The Plugin works without Javascript and without AJAX. It uses the WordPress standard links database and honors the
visible and target settings as defined for each link (private links are not shown, links are displayed in the same or
in a new window as specified). The Plugin is easy to install, the Widget is simple to use and highly customizable.
You can simply switch on / off, select or type in the various configurations and settings.

You can configure this Widget in the WordPress Appearance Widgets SubPanel as follows:

  • add an own title to the sidebar widget
  • define how many items you want to display
  • choose the link category of the items (all links or one of your link categories)
  • select the item order (link name ascending, link name descending, link id ascending, link id descending, random order)
  • show the images entered to the respective links or let the plugin generate website thumbnails (via m-software.de) – NOT RECOMMENDED, as this service does not work properly anymore!
  • define the image size
  • show blogroll links
  • add the ‘rel=nofollow’ attribute to the blogroll links
  • define how many feed post links you want to display
  • choose if you want to shorten the feed post link text and define the length in characters
  • add the ‘rel=nofollow’ attribute to the feed post links
  • show feed post excerpts
  • define how many characters of the feed post excerpt you want to display

Before using the Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds make sure, that you have entered the right RSS Addresses to your links in the Links
Subpanel. Otherwise this Plugin will not work correctly. No item is shown when no RSS Address is entered! With this you
have a further possibility to configure the Widget output. When you do not enter a RSS Address to a link, it will not be
displayed in the Widget.

Alternative to the WordPress Appearance Widgets SubPanel you can add and configure the Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds directly
in your theme file (e.g. sidebar.php). For details please see the installation tab.

Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds requires WordPress Version 2.8 or higher

Available Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Italian – Thanks to talksina
  • French – Thanks to Maître Mô
  • Belorussian – Thanks to Marcis G.
  • Bulgarian – Thanks to Web Geek

Read the full description on the official page →

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