WordPress V5.0+Template Tag Reference Guide as of Version 5.2

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Links Manager Tags

Get Bookmarkget_bookmark();

Retrieve Bookmark data based on bookmark link ID.

<?php get_bookmark($bookmark, $output, $filter); ?>

$bookmark

Integer • Default: none

The bookmark link ID.

$output

String • Default: 'OBJECT'

(Optional) Either 'OBJECT', 'ARRAY_N', or 'ARRAY_A constant.

$filter

String • Default: 'raw'

(Optional)

Get Bookmark Fieldget_bookmark_field();

Retrieve Bookmark data based on bookmark link ID.

<?php get_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark, $context); ?>

$field

String • Default: none

The name of the data field to return.

$bookmark

Integer • Default: none

The bookmark ID to get field.

$context

String • Default: 'display'

(Optional) The context of how the field will be used.

Get Bookmarksget_bookmarks();

This function returns an array of bookmarks found in the Administration > Links > Edit panel. This Template Tag allows the user to retrieve the bookmark information directly.

$args = array(

'orderby'

'name',

'order'

'ASC',

'number'

null,

'limit'

-1,

'category'

'category_name'

'hide_invisible'

true,

'show_updated'

false,

'include'

'exclude'

'search'

);

<?php get_bookmarks($args); ?>

orderby

String • Defaults to 'name' unless you pass the value of '' (empty), in which case it sets to 'id'

Value to sort bookmarks on.. Valid options:

'id'
'url'
'name' - Default
'target'
'description'
'owner' - User who added bookmark through bookmarks Manager.
'rating'
'updated'
'rel' - bookmark relationship (XFN).
'notes'
'rss'
'length' - The length of the bookmark name, shortest to longest.
'rand' - Display bookmarks in random order.

order

String • Default: 'ASC'

Sort order, ascending or descending for the orderby parameter. Valid values:

ASC
DESC

limit

Integer • Default: -1 (all bookmarks)

Maximum number of bookmarks to display.

category_name

String • Default: ''

Category name of a catgeory of bookmarks to retrieve. Overrides category parameter.

hide_invisible

Boolean • Default: true

True causes only bookmarks with link_visible set to 'Y' to be retrieved.

show_updated

Boolean • Default: false

True causes an extra column called "link_category_f" to be inserted into the results, which contains the same value as "link_updated", but in a unix timestamp format. Handy for using PHP date functions on this data.

include

String • Default: (all Bookmarks)

Comma separated list of numeric bookmark IDs to include in the output. For example, 'include=1,3,6' means to return or echo bookmark IDs 1, 3, and 6. If the include string is used, the category, category_name, and exclude parameters are ignored.

exclude

String • Defaults to (exclude nothing)

Comma separated list of numeric bookmark IDs to exclude. For example, 'exclude=4,12' means that bookmark IDs 4 and 12 will NOT be returned or echoed.

search

String • Default: ''

Searches link_url, link_name or link_description like the search string.

WP List Bookmarkswp_list_bookmarks();

Displays bookmarks found in the Administration > Links panel. This Template Tag allows the user to control how the bookmarks are sorted and displayed. NOTE: wp_list_bookmarks() intended to replace the deprecated Template tags get_links_list() and get_links().

$args = array(

'orderby'

'name',

'order'

'ASC',

'limit'

-1,

'category'

'exclude_category'

'category_name'

'hide_invisible'

true,

'show_updated'

false,

'echo'

true,

'categorize'

false,

'title_li'

__('Bookmarks'),

'title_before'

'<h2>',

'title_after'

'</h2>',

'category_orderby'

'name',

'category_order'

'ASC',

'class'

'linkcat',

'category_before'

'<li id=%id class=%class>',

'category_after'

'</li>'

);

<?php wp_list_bookmarks($args); ?>

orderby

String • Default: 'name'

Value to sort bookmarks on. This can be a COMMA separated list of values. Defaults to 'name' unless you pass the value of '' (empty), in which case it sets to 'id'. Valid options:

'id'
'url'
'name' - Default
'target'
'description'
'owner' - User who added bookmark through bookmarks Manager.
'rating'
'updated' Note: the link_updated field does not track local modifications. It tracks when whatever the link points to is updated via remote requests to pingomatic.
'rel' - bookmark relationship (XFN).
'notes'
'rss'
'length' - The length of the bookmark name, shortest to longest.
'rand' - Display bookmarks in random order.

order

String • Default: 'ASC'

Bookmarks display sorting order, ascending or descending as defined in the 'orderby' parameter. Valid values: 'ASC' or 'DESC'.

limit

Integer • Default: -1

Maximum number of bookmarks to display. Default is -1 (all bookmarks).

exclude_category

String • Default: (no categories excluded)

Comma separated list of numeric Category IDs to be excluded from display.

category_name

String • Default: (all Categories)

The name of a Category whose bookmarks will be displayed. If none is specified, all Categories with bookmarks are shown.

hide_invisible

Boolean • Default: true

Should bookmark be displayed even if its Visible setting is No. Abides by admin setting (true) or does not abide by admin setting (false).

show_updated

Boolean • Default: false

Should the last updated timestamp be displayed (true) or not (false). Note that link_updated does not track local modifications. It tracks when whatever the link points to is updated via remote requests to pingomatic.

echo

Boolean • Default: true

Display bookmarks (true) or return them for use by PHP (false).

categorize

Boolean • Default: true

Bookmarks should be shown within their assigned Categories or not.

title_li

String • Default: '('Bookmarks')', which displays "Bookmarks" (the ('') is used for localization purposes)

Text for the heading of the links list. Only used when categorize it set to 0 [false] (else the category names will be used instead). If 'title_li' is set to null (0) value, no heading is displayed, and the list will not be wrapped with <ul>, </ul> tags (be sure to pass the categorize option to 0 [false] to make this option take effect).

title_before

String • Default: '<h2>'

Text to place before each Category description if 'categorize' is true, or text defined in "title_li" if 'categorize' is false.

title_after

String • Default: '</h2>'

Text to place after each Category description if 'categorize' is true, or text defined in "title_li" if 'categorize' is false.

category_orderby

String • Default: 'name'

Value to sort Categories on. Valid options:

'name' - Default
'id'
'slug'
'count'
'term_group' (not used yet)

category_order

String • Default: 'ASC'

Sort order, ascending or descending for the category_orderby parameter. Valid values: ASC or DESC

class

String • Default: 'linkcat'

The class each category li will have assigned to it.

category_before

String • Default: '<li id="[category id]" class="linkcat">'

Text to place before each category.

category_after

String • Default: '</li>'

Text to place after each category.

show_private

Boolean • Default: false

Should a Category be displayed even if the Category is considered private. Ignore the admin setting and show private Categories (true) or do NOT show private Categories (false).

include

String • Default: (all Bookmarks)

exclude

String • Default: (exclude nothing)

Comma separated list of numeric bookmark IDs to exclude. For example, 'exclude=4,12' means that bookmark IDs 4 and 12 will NOT be returned or echoed.

before

String • Default: '<li>'

Text to place before each bookmark.

after

String • Default: '<li>'

Text to place after each bookmark.

link_before

String • Default: none

Text to place before the text of each bookmark, inside the hyperlink code.

link_after

String • Default: none

Text to place after the text of each bookmark.

between

String • Default: '\n' (newline)

Text to place between each bookmark/image and its description.

show_images

Boolean • Default: true

Whether images for bookmarks should be shown (true) or not (talse).

show_description

Boolean • Default: false

Should the description be displayed (true) or not (false). Valid when show_images is false, or an image is not defined.

show_name

Boolean • Default: false

Displays the text of a link when true. Works when show_images is true.

show_rating

Boolean • Default: false

Whether rating stars/characters should be displayed (true) or not (false).

Add a Trailing Slashuser_trailingslashit();

Retrieve trailing slash string, if blog set for adding trailing slashes. Conditionally adds a trailing slash if the permalink structure has a trailing slash, strips the trailing slash if not. The string is passed through the ‘user_trailingslashit’ filter. Will remove trailing slash from string, if blog is not set to have them.

<?php user_trailingslashit($string, $type_of_string); ?>

$string

String • Default: None

URL with or without a trailing slash.

$type_of_string

String • Default: None

The type of URL being considered (e.g. single, category, etc) for use in the filter.

Edit the Post Linkedit_post_link();

Displays a link to edit the current post, if a user is logged in and allowed to edit the post. Can be used within The Loop or outside of it. If outside the loop, you'll need to pass the post ID. Can be used with pages, posts, attachments, and revisions.

<?php edit_post_link($link, $before, $after, $id); ?>

$link

String • Default: __('Edit This')

The link text.

$before

String • Default: None

(Optional) Text to put before the link text.

$after

String • Default: None

(Optional) Text to put after the link text.

$id

Integer • Default: None

(Optional) Post ID

Edit the Tag Linkedit_tag_link();

Displays a link to edit the current tag, if the user is logged in and allowed to edit the tag. It must be within The Loop.

<?php edit_tag_link($link, $before, $after, $id); ?>

$link

String • Default: __('Edit This')

The link text.

$before

String • Default: None

(Optional) Text to put before the link text.

$after

String • Default: None

(Optional) Text to put after the link text.

$tag

Integer • Default: None

(Optional) Current tag ID

WordPress V5.0+Template Tag Reference Guide as of Version 5.2

Links Manager Tags

Get Bookmarkget_bookmark();

$bookmark

Integer • Default: none

$output

String • Default: 'OBJECT'

$filter

String • Default: 'raw'

Get Bookmark Fieldget_bookmark_field();

$field

String • Default: none

$bookmark

Integer • Default: none

$context

String • Default: 'display'

Get Bookmarksget_bookmarks();

orderby

String • Defaults to 'name' unless you pass the value of '' (empty), in which case it sets to 'id'

order

String • Default: 'ASC'

limit

Integer • Default: -1 (all bookmarks)

category

String • Default: ''

category_name

String • Default: ''

hide_invisible

Boolean • Default: true

show_updated

Boolean • Default: false

include

String • Default: (all Bookmarks)

exclude

String • Defaults to (exclude nothing)

search

String • Default: ''

WP List Bookmarkswp_list_bookmarks();

orderby

String • Default: 'name'

order

String • Default: 'ASC'

limit

Integer • Default: -1

category

String • Default: (all Categories)

exclude_category

String • Default: (no categories excluded)

category_name

String • Default: (all Categories)

hide_invisible

Boolean • Default: true

show_updated

Boolean • Default: false

echo

Boolean • Default: true

categorize

Boolean • Default: true

title_li

String • Default: '__('Bookmarks')', which displays "Bookmarks" (the __('') is used for localization purposes)

title_before

String • Default: '<h2>'

title_after

String • Default: '</h2>'

category_orderby

String • Default: 'name'

category_order

String • Default: 'ASC'

class

String • Default: 'linkcat'

category_before

String • Default: '<li id="[category id]" class="linkcat">'

category_after

String • Default: '</li>'

show_private

Boolean • Default: false

include

String • Default: (all Bookmarks)

exclude

String • Default: (exclude nothing)

String • Default: '('Bookmarks')', which displays "Bookmarks" (the ('') is used for localization purposes)