Creating a Links Page

take a look at the default theme’s links.php:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Links
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="widecolumn">
<h2>Links:</h2>
<ul>
<?php get_links_list(); ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

that’s pretty much it.

Succinct answer…thank you.

However, isn’t there a “sexier” way to do this? Something that works with pretty links, for example? I’d like to have https://eric.metze.us/links/ to work instead of https://eric.metze.us/links.php

of course there is… that file is a page template, which means you can assign it to a wordpress “page” you create.

go to write a page and you should see the template option.

Yeah, I’ve done that once before but now I don’t see the option. When I go to Write Page, the Advanced Options show the following sections…

• Custom Fields
• Comments & Pings
• Password Protect This Page
• Page Parent
• Page Order
• Page Author

Nothing about page templates. I’m using 2.5 right now.

it could be because there aren’t any in your theme folder.

save that code as a file *including* the comment at the top, which is vital… and upload it to your theme folder, then go to write a page.

Ahh…that’s what I needed to know.

You rock! Thanks for your help. :o)

thanks for the details, this worked great ??