Links With Icons Widget
A widget to display links with icons alongside.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 7
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Sep 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 4.4.34
- Downloads
- 34,546
Our analysis
AI-assistedLinks With Icons Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add a custom widget displaying links alongside icons. You can manage links directly within the widget settings in the WordPress admin, without needing a links manager or custom post types. The plugin uses the media library for image management, enabling you to upload and select images for your links.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their site’s sidebar with visually appealing links. It is particularly useful for those who prefer a straightforward way to display links with icons, and it allows for basic customisation through CSS.
Best for: This plugin suits users looking to display links with icons in their WordPress sidebar.
What it does well
- ✓Adds a custom widget for displaying links with icons
- ✓Links are managed directly within the widget settings
- ✓Uses the media library for image management
- ✓No need for a links manager or custom post types
- ✓Customisable with CSS for styling
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Data for excess links is permanently deleted if the number of links is reduced
Verdict
Links With Icons Widget provides a simple solution for adding icon-linked widgets, but its age may affect compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
ethanpil's own description of Links With Icons Widget, lightly tidied.
Links With Icons Widget adds a new custom widget which displays links with icons alongside. The links are dynamically added to each widget in the widget admin. This plugin does not use the links manager and does not create any custom post type to store the links. All data is self contained in each widget as widget option data. Images are added and managed using the media library and uploader.
Usage:
- In the WordPress admin, go to Appearance…Widgets
- Drag the “Links With Icons” widget to a sidebar
- Select the number of links the widget will display and save the widget.
- The widget will reload with the proper number of fields for the number of links needed.
- Fill out the data (URL, Title and Image) and save the widget.
- Viola! The widget now appears with your pretty icons.
Important Notes:
- The widget doesn’t care about icon / image size. You should probably keep it consistent (and small) so it will be pretty.
- If you reduce the number of links in a widget after it has been populated with data, the excess links data will be deleted forever.
- The default CSS class for the container UL is links-with-icons-widget
- Each link li has a class of link-with-icon
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You can style and override the defaults in your own custom css, like:
.links-with-icons { /* custom styles / }
.link-with-icon a { / custom styles / }
.link-with-icon img { / custom styles */ }
etc…
Fork away: https://github.com/ethanpil/wp-links-with-icons-widget
This WordPress plugin is brought to you by Los Angeles Web Design
Future Plans:
- Display the size of selected image in the widget under the preview
- Choose icon position for each link (left (default) or right side)