bookmark-template.php ‘show_description’ => 1 not working

  • Just upgraded to 2.8. I want my sidebar links to display their respective accompanying descriptions.

    In bookmark-template.php, I changed

    ‘show_description’ => 0

    to

    ‘show_description’ => 1

    … which worked fine in 2.7 … but does nothing in 2.8. Descriptions still aren’t shown. Please advise. Thanks.

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  • What template tag is being used in that file? wp_list_bookmarks?

    Thread Starter jzahlaway

    (@jzahlaway)

    Yes.

    Hmm… <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_li=&show_description=1');?> works for me in 2.8. Do any of your links have images associated with them? If so, you may need to use show_images => 0 as well.

    show_description is only valid if show_images is false (0) or there are no images associated with the links(s).

    Thread Starter jzahlaway

    (@jzahlaway)

    Not working for me. I’m baffled.

    (Esmi, is your sidebar widgetized?)

    Thread Starter jzahlaway

    (@jzahlaway)

    Of course, it would have helped if I’d gone into my “Links” widget and discovered the new dropdown menu that contains a series of checkboxes, including one for “Show Link Description.” Duh.

    Problem solved.

    Adding this line to my links.php file worked,

    <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_li=&show_description=1');?>

    but I’m still not getting my category descriptions to display.

    Of course, it would have helped if I’d gone into my “Links” widget and discovered the new dropdown menu that contains a series of checkboxes, including one for “Show Link Description.” Duh.

    I have 2.8.4 installed, but I’m not seeing a dropdown menu like this. I assume you’re talking about the Links tab on the left nav of my admin. What am I missing?

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