wp_delete_link() WordPress Function

The wp_delete_link() function deletes a link from the WordPress database. This function takes a single argument, the link ID.

wp_delete_link( int $link_id ) #

Deletes a specified link from the database.


Parameters

$link_id

(int)(Required)ID of the link to delete


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Return

(true) Always true.


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Source

File: wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php

function wp_delete_link( $link_id ) {
	global $wpdb;
	/**
	 * Fires before a link is deleted.
	 *
	 * @since 2.0.0
	 *
	 * @param int $link_id ID of the link to delete.
	 */
	do_action( 'delete_link', $link_id );

	wp_delete_object_term_relationships( $link_id, 'link_category' );

	$wpdb->delete( $wpdb->links, array( 'link_id' => $link_id ) );

	/**
	 * Fires after a link has been deleted.
	 *
	 * @since 2.2.0
	 *
	 * @param int $link_id ID of the deleted link.
	 */
	do_action( 'deleted_link', $link_id );

	clean_bookmark_cache( $link_id );

	return true;
}


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Changelog

Changelog
VersionDescription
2.0.0Introduced.

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