wp-recent-links Functions

Last edited in the wee hours of November 20, 2008

Listed below are some of the functions made available for use by this plugin. Unfortunately, this is no longer current. Instead, just view the rp-plugin-recent-links.php source for more information.

Displays links for the homepage (index.php).
$default_days – The number of days of links to display.
Defaults to 7.
<?php rp_recentlinks_archive_page($default_days = 30); ?>
Displays links for the archive page (or current month).
$default_days – The number of days of links to display.
Defaults to 30.
Displays the most recent links added to your linklog.
$limit – The number of links to display.
Defaults to 12.
$use_permalink – Use permalinks for your links? True or False.
Defaults to false.
$permalink_beginning – Permalink at the beginning of the link? True or False.
Defaults to True.
$permalink_icon – Permalink icon used.
Defaults to the commonly-used ‘#’ character.
$inline_caption – Use inline captions, in addition to the title attribute.
Defaults to false.
$date_append – Date format of the date string added for a link’s title attribute. This is based on PHP’s date() function. Defaults to ‘F j’, which displays March 22.
Other suggested formats:
jS M Y @ g A ==> 22nd Mar 2004 @ 5 PM
M j ==> Mar 22
$before – String to add before the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “<li>”
$after – String to add after the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “</li>”
$between – String to add after a link. This is added after the $after string.
Defaults to “\n” (newline)
<?php rp_recentlinks_archives_url(); ?>
Displays the URL of the archives page for the recent links plugin.
<?php rp_recentlinks_rss2_url(); ?>
Displays the URL of the RSS 2 feed for the recent links plugin.
<?php rp_recentlinks_month($limit = '',
$show_link_count = false,
$use_permalink = false,
$permalink_beginning = true,
$permalink_icon = '#',
$inline_caption = false,
$date_append = 'F j',
$before = '<li>',
$after = '</li>',
$between = "\n"); ?>
Displays the links for the given month.
$limit – The number of links to display.
Defaults to 12.
$show_link_count – Show link count for given month? True or False.
Defaults to false.
$use_permalink – Use permalinks for your links? True or False.
Defaults to false.
$permalink_beginning – Permalink at the beginning of the link? True or False.
Defaults to True.
$permalink_icon – Permalink icon used.
Defaults to the commonly-used ‘#’ character.
$inline_caption – Use inline captions, in addition to the title attribute.
Defaults to false.
$date_append – Date format of the date string added for a link’s title attribute. This is based on PHP’s date() function. Defaults to ‘F j’, which displays March 22. Other suggested formats:
jS M Y @ g A ==> 22nd Mar 2004 @ 5 PM
M j ==> Mar 22
$before – String to add before the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “<li>”
$after – String to add after the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “</li>”
$between – String to add after a link. This is added after the $after string.
Defaults to “\n” (newline)
<?php rp_recentlinks_archives($limit = '',
$show_link_count = false,
$before = '<li>',

$after = '</li>',
$between = "\n"); ?>

Displays the monthly archives for the recent links plugin.
$limit – The number of links to display.
Defaults to ”, which shows all.
$show_link_count – Show link count for given month? True or False.
Defaults to false.
$before – String to add before the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “<li>”
$after – String to add after the link-formatted text.
Defaults to “</li>”
$between – String to add after a link. This is added after the $after string.
Defaults to “\n” (newline)
<?php rp_recentlinks_archive_page(default_days = 30,
$show_link_count = false,
$before = '<li>',

$after = '</li>',
$between = "\n"); ?>

Displays the monthly archives for the recent links plugin.
default_days – The number of days of links to display.Defaults to 30.