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WordPress Simple Link Directory PlugIn

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Simple Link Directory WordPress PlugIn by QuantumCloud

What is Simple Link Directory?

Simple Link Directory is a unique and advanced solution to all link page, resource page or partners page needs on your WordPress website. This is a new way to create Link Directories on your website. Forget those boring diretcory styles and layouts. This innovative and powerful yet simple Link Directory WordPress PlugIn allows Admin to create Lists of website links with website logo and a short description. Create dozens or hundreds of lists of relevant website links on any broad topic. Then show all your Link Lists in beautiful layout on a single page. Or you can choose any single link List to show with short code.

(This is the release blog post for Simple Link Directory and a bit outdated. For latest features and updates please check the Simple Link Directory Landing page)

 

WordPress Link Directory PlugIn

 

This directory plugin is helpful not only to create a unique, responsive link directory but also to create a nice looking partners, associates or affiliates page for your company.

Design Directories with Style

Simple Link Directory comes bundled with two modern and great looking templates that are fully Responsive, Masonry and integrates with your current theme easily. Links can be marked to open in new window or same window. by default all links are selected to use rel=nofollow but this setting can be overridden selectively.

 

WordPress Simple Link Directory

Default Style for Simple Link Directory

Simple Link Directory

Alternative Style for Simple Link Directory

Simple Link Directory Demo:

Check Ultimate List of Free Web Design Resources for demo. Do note that this demo has some additional features not available with the Basic version in WordPress plugin repository.

 

Buy Simple Link Directory Pro

 

Simple Link Directory Options:

Link Lists can be shown in the front end using short tags with different options:

 

WordPress Simple Link Directory

Settings Page

Available Parameters:

  1. mode Value for this option can be set as “one” or “all”.
  2. column Avaialble values: “1”, “2”, “3” or “4”.
  3. style Avaialble values: “simple” or “style-1”. Only 2 templates are available in the free version. For more styles or templates, please purchase the premium version.
  4. orderby Compatible order by values: ‘ID’, ‘author’, ‘title’, ‘name’, ‘type’, ‘date’, ‘modified’, ‘rand’ and ‘menu_order’.
  5. order Value for this option can be set as “ASC” for Ascending or “DESC” for Descending order.
  6. list_id Only applicable if you want to display a single list [not all]. You can provide specific list id here as a value. You can also get ready shortcode for a single list under “Manage List Items” menu.

WordPress Link Directory

Add New Link List

WordPress Plugin Simple Link Directory

Manage your Links

WordPress Simple Link Directory Plugin

Link Lists you Created

What is Next?

We are working on an even more awesome version of the Simple Link Directory. Some of the Advanced features include ability to assign colors for each element of the Link Lists, Filtering, Maintain Category of Link Lists and Show single category of link lists in any WordPress page with short tags and many more.

Simple Link Directory PlugIn for WordPress – Pro Features

  • Build lists with dozens or hundreds of links and show them in one page
  • Use as Link Directory or Partners and Associates pages
  • Configurable List highlight color for each list
  • Customize colors of all aspects of the link lists
  • User Up Vote
  • Complete control over list ordering
  • Live, on page, instant search
  • Live, on page, instant filtering of lists
  • Admin settings to turn on/off live search, filtering
  • Powerful short code options for extensive control over display
  • Add to List button

Available Link Directory templates in Pro version:

Simple Link Directory WordPress PlugIn

Download:

Download Simple Link Directory Light free from WordPress repository.

 

Buy Simple Link Directory Pro

 

 

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I am founder and Executive Director at Web Design Company QuantumCloud. I have been in love with the Internet since 1998. Internet is my passion, obsession and profession. Like to play on my Play Station. Big fan of science fiction books and movies. Fan of Dr. House, Sherlock Homes and Game of Thrones. I strongly believe that Ender's Game is the greatest sci fi book ever written. The movie - one of the worst ones.

63 Comments

  • September 15, 2016 at 8:51 pm
    qori el-hafizh says:

    this plugin is not working Warning: Cannot modify header information on line 1174

    Reply
    • September 15, 2016 at 9:00 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi,

      Can you send a link to the plugin install on your site? Also let us know if you are using any premium theme and a list of other plugins you are using.

      Thank you

      Reply
  • September 16, 2016 at 5:34 pm
    Jamil says:

    We identified the issue and fixed it. You can try installing it again now. Let us know if you still face any problems. We will take care of it asap.

    Thanks

    Reply
  • September 24, 2016 at 2:49 am
    Heath says:

    I am trying order my list by title and ASC but it doesn’t change. Any ideas?

    Reply
    • September 26, 2016 at 3:26 pm
      Jamil says:

      We tested and this seems to be working fine. Order by title and ASC works with Lists themselves. They do not work for List Elements or Items. You have to manually order elements inside Lists by dragging them. Please let us know if you continue facing the issue.

      Thanks

      Reply
  • September 26, 2016 at 11:25 pm
    Björn says:

    Hello Jamil,
    very nice plugin. How to get the Pro Version and much cost it?

    Thx, Björn

    Reply
    • September 26, 2016 at 11:32 pm
      Jamil says:

      Thanks Björn. We plan to release the Pro version end of next week.

      Reply
      • October 28, 2016 at 7:58 pm
        Jamil says:

        Just to let you know that the premium version of Simple Link Directory can now be bought from codecanyon. Here is
        the link: https://codecanyon.net/item/simple-link-directory-pro/18482557/ Many thanks for your support.

        Reply
  • October 7, 2016 at 1:50 pm
    Pensiuni Arieseni says:

    Hello,
    I like your plugin and intended to use in a small project. Is there a way to add a new link as a guest?
    thank you!

    Reply
    • October 7, 2016 at 4:08 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Pensiuni,

      Many thanks. No, the plugin does not have the feature for guests to leave a link. The pro version that we will release soon will have a Submit Resource button that will lead guest users to any link of your choice. This can be a contact form or google doc where they can submit link for admin review. Admin can decide whether or not to add the link manually to an appropriate list. For an example please check http://www.dna88.com/ultimate-list-of-best-wordpress-plugins/

      Reply
  • October 16, 2016 at 10:00 pm
    Dan Nielsen says:

    How do I get it to show the “Item Subtitle”, like you show in the screenshot? I can not make that work.
    You wrote earlier, that you will release the pro version end of week 41, where is it? I can not see it.
    Thank you.

    Reply
    • October 16, 2016 at 10:31 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Dan,

      To show item subtitle you need to use the 2nd template that comes with the free version because the 1st template is designed to utilize the least amount of space possible. Please add style=”style-1″ in the short tag to use the 2nd template.

      The pro version is nearly ready. Here is a sneak peak into all (9 total) the templates available with pro version: http://www.dna88.com/test/ We are now looking for the best way to release it. Any day now!

      Reply
  • October 21, 2016 at 3:40 am
    Tania Rice says:

    I really like the new templates! Do you know when they will be ready? Or how much

    Reply
    • October 23, 2016 at 6:03 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Tania,

      It should be ready end of this month and will likely cost 29$

      Many thanks for your interest.

      Reply
      • October 28, 2016 at 7:58 pm
        Jamil says:

        Just to let you know that the premium version of Simple Link Directory can now be bought from codecanyon. Here is
        the link: https://codecanyon.net/item/simple-link-directory-pro/18482557/ Many thanks for your support.

        Reply
  • October 23, 2016 at 5:34 pm
    Mario says:

    Do you plan a version with which entries can be made on the frontend by any visitor? Those entries could be pending approval by the admin.

    Reply
    • October 23, 2016 at 6:06 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Mario,

      We have thought about it and will consider for a future version. But because such features get abused a lot, it is not a high priority. But if we get more requests – we will add this feature sooner than later.

      Thanks

      Reply
    • October 28, 2016 at 7:58 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Mario, Just to let you know that the premium version of Simple Link Directory can now be bought from codecanyon. Here is
      the link: https://codecanyon.net/item/simple-link-directory-pro/18482557/ Many thanks for your support.

      Reply
  • October 23, 2016 at 6:30 pm
    Mario says:

    Thanks for the quick reply Jamil.

    Reply
  • November 1, 2016 at 6:03 pm
    Andy Bumpkin says:

    Hey Jamil, I like the look of your plugin!

    So I’m running a game dev blog and I’ve got several people who I want to add links to and create a , which I believe I’d be able to do with your plugin straight off the bat – great!

    However I would love a feature where I could put a shortcode in a widget and show a small number of random links from the directory – to spread the love evenly as it were. Is this possible yet or could it be a potential feature?

    Reply
    • November 1, 2016 at 6:15 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Andy,

      Thanks for your feedback. What you are asking is currently not possible. However, the good news is we got couple of other similar requests and are already working on this feature. Basically we will try to provide widget option for Most popular links, latest link(s), random link(s). Won’t take long now.

      Reply
  • November 12, 2016 at 6:10 pm
    Salvatore says:

    Hi!
    if buy pro release, is there any shortcode to list by categories (like http://www.dna88.com/ )?
    and… any eta for submit form with pendint/moderation/approve feature?

    Reply
    • November 13, 2016 at 3:03 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Salvatore,
      Yep, definitely there is short code in Pro version to list categories like in dna88.com. Front end submission is a little farther in pipeline. This week we will release another template and couple of small improvements. We are also working on an exciting new feature – Embed option. So the lists you create can be easily embedded in other websites. This should help making your lists viral and increase value of the lists you create.

      Reply
      • November 13, 2016 at 4:57 pm
        Salvatore says:

        thanks for reply!
        then, if i’ve fine understood, i can make n* categories with n* lists in every categories, and list all (by category) – with style like dna88 (image category etc) – in /direcory page via a simply shortcode, im right?
        Ok, frontend submission can be attend… i can make another contact form 7 (with attachmens) just for directory.

        thanks,
        S.N.

        Reply
        • November 13, 2016 at 5:24 pm
          Jamil says:

          Hi Salvatore, You are correct. It’s just like wordpress posts. You can create any number of categories and lists and then assign any list to one or more categories and then call any category with short code on any page!

          Let me know if you had any other questions. Thanks!

          Reply
          • November 14, 2016 at 8:05 am
            Salvatore says:

            Just latest, sorry…
            In lite release (tested just to understand this plugin), but maybe I’m in error, I cannot found shortcode to put in single page and autogenerate a good style list (eg, like dna88) with all categories in directory…
            Then, maybe u can release some/more screen or a video for demonstrate how-if is simple to make a page, put simple shortcode, and… Result a great style webdirectory 🙂

            Maybe u can consider, instead of lite release, to release a pro with demo/trial feature?!

            Regards,
            S.N.

          • November 14, 2016 at 2:16 pm
            Jamil says:

            Not error. Short code by category is not supported in Light version. In pro version you can use short code like: [qcopd-directory mode="all" column="3" style="style-9" category="ultimate-list-of-php-web-development" orderby="menu_order" order="ASC" mask_url="off"]. So no worries there. It will work 100% for sure.

          • November 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm
            Salvatore says:

            Sounds good, but this seems to be a shortcode for single category.
            My question, now, is if exist a shortcode to make a pagelist with all categories (eg like dna88 homepage – this print 4big button with categories for php, wpplugin etc).
            Anyway, I buy. If not I can create an html page with link 😛

          • November 14, 2016 at 3:17 pm
            Jamil says:

            Hi Salvatore,

            In dna88, we created one WP Page for each category and them simply listing those Pages on the home page and in menu. We are not loading All categories there. Though technically it is possible to just add multiple short codes for different categories on a single page – it is not recommended. That will be harder to make look good. We strongly recommend to show one category per page. Then link to those pages. This is more flexible approach.

  • November 14, 2016 at 3:57 pm
    Salvatore says:

    I need to ask sorry. My English can be so poor.
    My idea/request, indeed, is: exist a shortcode for generate this category listing or in dna88 u have write raw html?

    eg:
    [shortcodeexample list_all_categories order=* etc…]
    >>> here all categories with images and description (if image and description exist in category) and this link to singlepage category with own shortcode.

    I can write html/css by myself for directory listing homepage, isn’t a problem but… If I put more categories (one today, another tomorrow…) can be long work every time.

    Thank u again, and real sorry for this long q&a 😀

    Reply
    • November 14, 2016 at 4:18 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Slavatore,

      No worries. Please see last post where I explained how dna88 was set up. The idea is simple – one page for each category, then you just link to those pages from Home page with some nice buttons. It’s 2 minute work in WordPress to link to a page 🙂 But your request is good too. I suppose we can consider creating a Widget to List categories that you can embed on home page. Will think about it.

      Thanks

      Reply
      • November 15, 2016 at 6:28 am
        Salvatore says:

        Please, sorry, but imho isn’t real simple this way to work.
        If I make 100category in directory, I need to make 100pages, and put 100elements in menu, and list all with html in directory homepage.

        Usually, instead, with other plugin (custom post type), we have just a shortcode for homepage plugin (plugin for directory, download, quotes – all, usually, work in the same way);
        this shortcode list categories from custom post type;
        With a simple click in a category, u go inside category view/list and see element present in this category.
        one shortcode, one page, all is done.

        your setup style can be ok for directory with just some categories.
        please, note: this is not a critic! is simple my idea and i hope can be useful (like any review) for optimize this plugin 🙂

        atm in my dev site I test another directory (old style), and this work entirely with only one shortcode in one page.

        Kind regards,
        S.N.

        Reply
        • November 15, 2016 at 10:06 am
          Jamil says:

          100 Catgory sounds quite extreme. I think it will be quite an edge case for a site to have more than 10 categories. We would very much love to see what you do with the plugin. It will be a tremendous job once you make a website with so many categories. Keep working with it. By the time you create 20 categories, we will release the feature to list categories. No worries.

          Reply
  • November 23, 2016 at 11:49 pm
    M. Mateo says:

    Hey-great plugin, but having one issue that I can’t make sense of. Once I added the short code to my page, I noticed that my header increased from 133px to 229px. Has anyone experienced this?

    Reply
  • November 29, 2016 at 4:57 pm
    Ole Lasse says:

    Hi. I tried this plugin, to see if it is better than what I use. But when I enter enable_embedding=”false” it still shows “Generate Embeded Code” on top every time I include the link directory

    Reply
  • December 12, 2016 at 7:27 pm
    Marc says:

    Hello Jamil, I use the Pro version (version 1.0.1). Unfortunately, saving and updating links is no longer possible. What could be the problem?

    Reply
    • December 12, 2016 at 7:43 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Marc,

      Have you installed any new plugin to your WP install lately? Could be conflicting with that. Try deactivating any plugin installed after the SLD pro version one by one and see if that fixes the issue. Then we will know for sure that it is a plugin conflict. Let us know the conflicting plugin name and we will investigate.

      Also try upgrading to the latest version of SLD pro which is 1.7. We added lot of new features and templates between 1.0 and 1.7. Also you can email us the admin log in to your WP install to [email protected]. We will check and fix the issue for you.

      Thanks

      Reply
  • March 18, 2017 at 6:00 am
    Holger says:

    Hello Jamil, I use the Pro version. This is an awesome Plugin!
    Where is the data stored? Can’t find database tables or files with my stored links…?!
    Thanks

    Reply
    • March 19, 2017 at 4:45 pm
      Jamil says:

      Very glad to hear that you find the plugin helpful. Data is stored as custom posts in the database.

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • March 20, 2017 at 2:08 am
        Holger says:

        Hi Jamil, unfortunately the plugin has no export function. I need to export my links to rearrange them in Excel and re-import them as CSV.
        Could you please provide a SQL-Script which extracts the links in a suitable way to export them out of the database? this would be very helpful.
        thank you!

        Reply
        • March 20, 2017 at 6:11 pm
          Jamil says:

          Hi Holger,

          Yes, the plugin lacks advanced export/import feature yet. We hope to add that soon. It is technically challenging to provide any sql for this because the data is inside WordPress’ post meta data and not in separate fields and tables. You can try some other CSV export plugins that support Custom Post data export. But cannot confirm how much they can help. Apologies for any inconveniences.

          Thanks

          Reply
          • March 21, 2017 at 2:33 am
            Holger says:

            Hi Jamil, OK I’m looking forward to the export function in the next release 🙂
            another suggestion concerning filter buttons: Why is a filter button shown, when user rights will not allow list items? this makes no sense. the corresponding buttons should then be hidden too. What about filter buttons for categories?
            With the named functions, the plugin would be nearly perfect!

          • March 21, 2017 at 4:50 pm
            Jamil says:

            Hi Holger,

            Yes, certainly. We are taking on export/import asap. Not clear about the filter button suggestion. SLD has no user right feature. Are you using another plugin for that? Please explain the use case scenario more.

            Thanks

  • March 22, 2017 at 2:49 am
    Holger says:

    Hi Jamil, sorry, of course SLD has no user right feature. I’m using ‘User Access Manager’ (Alexander Schneider) plugin to define usergroups. With it it’s possible to assign SLD list items to one or more usergroups. list items are now shown in dependence of assigned usergroup(s). Works really great, except filter buttons. I think it should work automatically as well with category filter because list categories can be asssigned to user groups too.

    Reply
    • March 22, 2017 at 5:46 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Holger,

      Filter buttons are basically lists [i.e. posts]. So it should work as well. However it is a very specific edge case. Without access to your specific set up it is impossible for us to find the cause and solution for this.

      Thanks

      Reply
  • April 4, 2017 at 9:14 pm
    Colin says:

    I have purchased the pro plugin however my site is not displaying the link text only the like button, however clicking the area does take me to the link

    Reply
  • April 10, 2017 at 11:51 pm
    Holger says:

    Hi Jamil, can you say something about the point implementing an ‘export to CSV’ feature? This should be a must have feature, at least in the PRO version. Rearranging lists and items is very uncomfortable an leads to unreasonable copy and past activity with the actual version.
    Moving the items into a normal readable database table would be OK too.
    Thanks

    Reply
    • April 11, 2017 at 1:39 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Holger,

      We agree. Expect to release the export feature by next week along with some more smaller features. Unfortunately, it is not possible to move items from WP post meta table.

      Thanks

      Reply
  • August 23, 2017 at 12:10 am
    jas says:

    I’ve installed the plug-in and watched/read all of your documentation.
    . I honestly don’t see where you add the links.
    I expected to create link categories and then somehow have the ability to go to Live websites and add select pages/etc that would be added to the link directory.

    I’m probably missing something obvious.

    Reply
  • August 25, 2017 at 12:30 am
    Nick James says:

    Hi Jamil
    I’m a marketer, not unfortunately a programmer, but would like to find out the following:
    Does Simple Link Directory allow search, autocomplete, display of an item or multiple items from a “hidden” list/table of items (or hideable) which have pre-configured links.
    What I am looking for is your Simple Link Directory to::
    1) allow a user to enter their occupation in a large search box.
    2) The search is then linked to a table of specific occupations (about 150) and will return items that match. So initially a “Consultant” would return a Finance Consultant, a Management Consultant, a Marketing Consultant etc. so that the User can select the most relevant item.
    3) The result is displayed and the User then clicks on the most relevant description to hyper-link to a webpage to proceed further with their quest.

    Reply
    • August 25, 2017 at 8:36 pm
      Jamil says:

      Hi Nick,

      I am not entirely certain what you meant by “hidden list/table”. Simple Link Directory allows you to create Lists with Links to different websites and lets you assign the Lists certain categories. The Lists and Links are saved in the database.

      Other features you mentioned regarding Occupation is not specifically supported. But we can customize the plugin to work it like the way you want. If you are interested, please email [email protected] for a custom job.

      Thanks!

      Reply
  • August 29, 2017 at 2:04 pm
    Nick James says:

    Thanks Jamil. I will email you as suggested.

    Reply

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