wp_list_bookmarks() WordPress Function

The wp_list_bookmarks() function is used to list your bookmarks in your Wordpress blog. You can use this function to list all of your bookmarks, or you can use it to list only certain bookmarks.

wp_list_bookmarks( string|array $args = '' ) #

Retrieve or echo all of the bookmarks.


Description

List of default arguments are as follows:

These options define how the Category name will appear before the category links are displayed, if ‘categorize’ is 1. If ‘categorize’ is 0, then it will display for only the ‘title_li’ string and only if ‘title_li’ is not empty.

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Parameters

$args

(string|array)(Optional)String or array of arguments to list bookmarks.

  • 'orderby'
    (string) How to order the links by. Accepts post fields. Default 'name'.
  • 'order'
    (string) Whether to order bookmarks in ascending or descending order. Accepts 'ASC' (ascending) or 'DESC' (descending). Default 'ASC'.
  • 'limit'
    (int) Amount of bookmarks to display. Accepts 1+ or -1 for all. Default -1.
  • 'category'
    (string) Comma-separated list of category IDs to include links from.
  • 'category_name'
    (string) Category to retrieve links for by name.
  • 'hide_invisible'
    (int|bool) Whether to show or hide links marked as 'invisible'. Accepts 1|true or 0|false. Default 1|true.
  • 'show_updated'
    (int|bool) Whether to display the time the bookmark was last updated. Accepts 1|true or 0|false. Default 0|false.
  • 'echo'
    (int|bool) Whether to echo or return the formatted bookmarks. Accepts 1|true (echo) or 0|false (return). Default 1|true.
  • 'categorize'
    (int|bool) Whether to show links listed by category or in a single column. Accepts 1|true (by category) or 0|false (one column). Default 1|true.
  • 'show_description'
    (int|bool) Whether to show the bookmark descriptions. Accepts 1|true or 0|false. Default 0|false.
  • 'title_li'
    (string) What to show before the links appear. Default 'Bookmarks'.
  • 'title_before'
    (string) The HTML or text to prepend to the $title_li string. Default <h2>.
  • 'title_after'
    (string) The HTML or text to append to the $title_li string. Default </h2>.
  • 'class'
    (string|array) The CSS class or an array of classes to use for the $title_li. Default 'linkcat'.
  • 'category_before'
    (string) The HTML or text to prepend to $title_before if $categorize is true. String must contain '%id' and '%class' to inherit the category ID and the $class argument used for formatting in themes. Default <li id="%id" class="%class">.
  • 'category_after'
    (string) The HTML or text to append to $title_after if $categorize is true. Default </li>.
  • 'category_orderby'
    (string) How to order the bookmark category based on term scheme if $categorize is true. Default 'name'.
  • 'category_order'
    (string) Whether to order categories in ascending or descending order if $categorize is true. Accepts 'ASC' (ascending) or 'DESC' (descending). Default 'ASC'.

Default value: ''


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Return

(void|string) Void if 'echo' argument is true, HTML list of bookmarks if 'echo' is false.


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Source

File: wp-includes/bookmark-template.php

function wp_list_bookmarks( $args = '' ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'orderby'          => 'name',
		'order'            => 'ASC',
		'limit'            => -1,
		'category'         => '',
		'exclude_category' => '',
		'category_name'    => '',
		'hide_invisible'   => 1,
		'show_updated'     => 0,
		'echo'             => 1,
		'categorize'       => 1,
		'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>',
	);

	$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	$output = '';

	if ( ! is_array( $parsed_args['class'] ) ) {
		$parsed_args['class'] = explode( ' ', $parsed_args['class'] );
	}
	$parsed_args['class'] = array_map( 'sanitize_html_class', $parsed_args['class'] );
	$parsed_args['class'] = trim( implode( ' ', $parsed_args['class'] ) );

	if ( $parsed_args['categorize'] ) {
		$cats = get_terms(
			array(
				'taxonomy'     => 'link_category',
				'name__like'   => $parsed_args['category_name'],
				'include'      => $parsed_args['category'],
				'exclude'      => $parsed_args['exclude_category'],
				'orderby'      => $parsed_args['category_orderby'],
				'order'        => $parsed_args['category_order'],
				'hierarchical' => 0,
			)
		);
		if ( empty( $cats ) ) {
			$parsed_args['categorize'] = false;
		}
	}

	if ( $parsed_args['categorize'] ) {
		// Split the bookmarks into ul's for each category.
		foreach ( (array) $cats as $cat ) {
			$params    = array_merge( $parsed_args, array( 'category' => $cat->term_id ) );
			$bookmarks = get_bookmarks( $params );
			if ( empty( $bookmarks ) ) {
				continue;
			}
			$output .= str_replace(
				array( '%id', '%class' ),
				array( "linkcat-$cat->term_id", $parsed_args['class'] ),
				$parsed_args['category_before']
			);
			/**
			 * Filters the category name.
			 *
			 * @since 2.2.0
			 *
			 * @param string $cat_name The category name.
			 */
			$catname = apply_filters( 'link_category', $cat->name );

			$output .= $parsed_args['title_before'];
			$output .= $catname;
			$output .= $parsed_args['title_after'];
			$output .= "\n\t<ul class='xoxo blogroll'>\n";
			$output .= _walk_bookmarks( $bookmarks, $parsed_args );
			$output .= "\n\t</ul>\n";
			$output .= $parsed_args['category_after'] . "\n";
		}
	} else {
		// Output one single list using title_li for the title.
		$bookmarks = get_bookmarks( $parsed_args );

		if ( ! empty( $bookmarks ) ) {
			if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['title_li'] ) ) {
				$output .= str_replace(
					array( '%id', '%class' ),
					array( 'linkcat-' . $parsed_args['category'], $parsed_args['class'] ),
					$parsed_args['category_before']
				);
				$output .= $parsed_args['title_before'];
				$output .= $parsed_args['title_li'];
				$output .= $parsed_args['title_after'];
				$output .= "\n\t<ul class='xoxo blogroll'>\n";
				$output .= _walk_bookmarks( $bookmarks, $parsed_args );
				$output .= "\n\t</ul>\n";
				$output .= $parsed_args['category_after'] . "\n";
			} else {
				$output .= _walk_bookmarks( $bookmarks, $parsed_args );
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the bookmarks list before it is echoed or returned.
	 *
	 * @since 2.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string $html The HTML list of bookmarks.
	 */
	$html = apply_filters( 'wp_list_bookmarks', $output );

	if ( $parsed_args['echo'] ) {
		echo $html;
	} else {
		return $html;
	}
}


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VersionDescription
2.1.0Introduced.

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