new version will work with the db from the old version, but I’m not sure when it will be finished. There’s a small chance that we will do it in a month, but I’m not promissing that, sorry.
this plugin has problems with menus in WP above 2.7. We plan to fix it. In the meantime you need to rewrite the address in your location bar to something like this to access different plugin screens:
1) The category does not work for me. When I tried to add a quick link, I can select a category, but after submitting it, the category went back to the default one set.
2) When I tried to edit a link, it will not save.
3) The keywords in the category disappeared after saving it.
I really hope I can get this to work properly because I really want to use it. This plugin is just what I’m looking for.
Hi Emily,
thanks for letting us know, we’ll have a look at this and we’ll fix it as soon as possible.
We’ll let you know when is the new version available.
Thanks for your feedback,
Zdenka
the 2nd and 3rd question of yours is resolved now, you can download new 0.6.1 version.
Regarding your first problem, we are not sure, as we didn’t experienced this problem.
Zdenka
Yes, I installed the WP Link Robot version 0.6.1 and it doesn’t even give me any options to work with. Nothing under settings, nothing in widgets, nadda. How does the plug in function? What am I doing wrong. It says that it’s active, but that’s all! Thanks, Bryan Hollis
Bryan Hollis at December 16th, 2010 around 7:41 pm
I’ve created a category and added a link within that category. The category shows up on the homepage with a “(1)” next to the category name, but when I click on the category to see its content I get a “404″ error. If I change the permalinks back to its default value, I stay on the homepage after clicking on the category.
I have the latest version of the plugin with the latest version of WP as well.
thanks for your comment. We just fixed a bug when no permalinks were set, so you can download a new version.
If you’re using permalinks set to default value (in a form ?p=123), then the “Directory slug name” in WP Link Robot settings should stay empty.
If you’re using other permalinks structure, you should define the “Directory slug name” according to the page slug where the links should be displayed.
Hope this helps to solve your problem, thanks for reporting it.
Zdenka
on your website I can see that you do not have enabled permalinks – you’re using the default option. In your case the directory slug name should be empty.
Hi Alex,
you can also try to update the permalinks structure, just go to the permalinks page and click Save changes.
also please make sure that the dashes used in the code are ordinary ones and not some fancy, or that there are no additional spaces. Copy and paste it into a simple text editor like notepad to make sure, then copy and paste it back.
Hi,
I discovered 3 more bugs:
1-links in sub categories won’t show up unless there is a registered link under the parent category. I had to create a link back to my site on the parent category to get around this.
2-when you add a link within the Link Robot dashboard, it doesn’t save the “category”. I must go back into “edit” and resave it for the category to appear.
3-in quick add, only the sub-categories appear but not the parent categories.
Thanks…it’s a great plugin!
thanks for such detailed testing! We’ll fix these bugs right away and you can look forward to a new version coming out today.
Hopefully it will eliminate problems with displaying the links as well.
the new version 0.6.4 is now out, the ‘Back’ link is fixed, also the problem 1) reported by Richie is fixed.
Hi Richie, we were testing the plugin for the problems 2 and 3, but we were unable to replicate them. Please try to install the new version and check if those issues still appear.
Thanks to all of you for reporting bugs and helping us to improve WP Link Robot!
Hi, I installed the new version but now…
1)the “back” when viewing a link does not work at all . You can view my page at: http://www.sudacamusic.com/?page_id=503
This is the same page I have set under my “reciprocal links” in settings.
2)Also, only one of my subcategories shows up under Peru. I have 2 with active lists that showed up before I upgraded. Both are still present in the dashboard with the same settings as before???
3)The other 2 bugs I mentioned have not been solved…
Also, is there any way to get the links to appear in alphabetical order, other than having to place a number before them. I ordered their priority status and they appear correctly when pulling up the submit menu on the other page.
This is the most handy and easy to configure Link Plugin I ever found and used. I have tried some similar plugin but this is the one I like most.Thank you for providing this. here is my link directory using this Amazing WP Link Robot : http://aromatalkspa.com/links
I have installed wp link robot, and I am having the problem of this coming up everytime I click on something in the wordpress editor.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘&’, expecting T_VARIABLE or ‘$’ in /homepages/40/d351915313/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wp-link-robot/source/browse-functions.php on line 448
When I click on the category within the portal I should be taken here:
scifislacker.com/portal/actorsactresses
Instead I am taken back to:
scifislacker.com/portal
The categories do not appear to function within the plugin at least not when using permalinks and i MUST use permalinks.
please try to go to the backend, to settings > permalinks and click save changes. If everything else is set up correctly then your link category structure should be regenerated and you will see it on your portal.
We have tested the Link robot with permalinks, so it shouldn’t be an issue.
Zdenka
I have link robot installed, and have categories and subcategories set up. However, if I need to edit an entry, most of the subcategories are missing from the category drop down, so I can’t edit an entry without editing it into the wrong category.
thanks for reporting this bug! We just fixed it in the latest release 0.6.8, please upgrade your plugin and you should be able to see the subcategories when editing the link.
Thanks, that’s working fine now.
Unfortuantely I just discovered another problem. I have 31 links in my directory, 20 of which show on the first page, with a link to a second page, but when I follow that link, all I get is the Inbox>help menu. Nothing else except WP dashboard menu down left side of page.
you mean second page in the backend? or the pagination in the frontend where the links are listed?
Could you please also tell us which version of WordPress you’re using?
Thanks!
Zdenka
Hi,
I mean in the back end where I’m entering the links. Strangely I have found that after running “check all” yesterday the second page sprang to life, until this morning when I went to access it again, same as yesterday, nothing but the top menu. Again, after running the “check all” facility, the second page of entries is accessible.
I’m runing WP 3.1.3 with Link Robot 0.6.8.
Hi Zdenka,
Yes it is, thanks. One more question. I have four main categories: Write, Publish, Promote and Life, which I created in that order, and gave zindex priority 1-4 accordingly.
In the drop boxes, these categories appear in reverse order, Life, Promote, Publish, Write, with Root and trash at the bottom, which is a little weird but I’ve got used to it.
On the directory display page, though
(http://writepublishpromote.com/resources/)
they appear Write, Promote, Life, Publish, which appears to make no sense according to zindex, alphabetically, chronologically or any other way I can distinguish.
How is the category order on the page decided, and how can I get it to appear in the correct order, please?
you’re really investigating this plugin! Thanks a lot for bringing all these issues up, nobody noticed this ordering problem before. We’ll fix this in the next release, so it respects the zindex defined.
If you came across more issues, just let us know, we appreciate that. Thanks!
Zdenka
Is anyone else having trouble in the Admin area when they try to [reject] a link? I’m getting notifications that I have a new link to approve. When I go to approve it, the [edit] and [approve] links work but the [reject] link does not. If I click [reject], the offending link disappears from my inbox but doesn’t actually get deleted. If I refresh the page the link that I just tried to reject reappears. I can’t get it to go away.
I found a work-around. I [edit] the link and delete ALL the information that was submitted. Then I [save] that link and [approve] it when I’m viewing my inbox. Then it just disappears.
I’ve also had success going in to phpMyAdmin and manually tearing it out of the database…but I don’t like to do that if I have the option.
Anyone else having this trouble?
I’m using WP 3.1.3 and LR 0.6.9.
Thanks for both the suggestions and the hard work on the plugin. Great work!
we cleaned up those z-indexes and ordering. The higher the index, the more important link/category. If the index is the same then alphabetical order is used.
Hi Jerod,
the rejecting of links should now work as well.
All changes are in v0.6.10 which has been just released.
Zdenka
I like your plugin and installed it at:
‘www.darianculbert.com/travel-links/’
However, I do not see:
“SEO information about you link partner’s site included (PR, number of cached pages, Alexa rating, …). Refresh this information with just a single click.” as you mentioned here!
62 comments on “WP Link Robot Changelog”
01
I’m working on setting up a link directory and your re-write sounds like what I need. When will it come out?
I’m wondering if your new version will simply update over the existing ones (without losing my links)
thanks
George Lewis
02
Hello George,
new version will work with the db from the old version, but I’m not sure when it will be finished. There’s a small chance that we will do it in a month, but I’m not promissing that, sorry.
Best regards,
M.
03
I can’t seem to install the above version, any ideas?
04
Hello John,
this plugin has problems with menus in WP above 2.7. We plan to fix it. In the meantime you need to rewrite the address in your location bar to something like this to access different plugin screens:
http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/{screen}
screens:
wp-link-robot-browse.php
wp-link-robot-categories.php
wp-link-robot-clean.php
wp-link-robot-search.php
wp-link-robot-settings.php
Not very nice, but as a temporary solution it works.
M.
05
I noticed some issues:
1) The category does not work for me. When I tried to add a quick link, I can select a category, but after submitting it, the category went back to the default one set.
2) When I tried to edit a link, it will not save.
3) The keywords in the category disappeared after saving it.
I really hope I can get this to work properly because I really want to use it. This plugin is just what I’m looking for.
Please let me know.
Thanks! :)
06
Hi Emily,
thanks for letting us know, we’ll have a look at this and we’ll fix it as soon as possible.
We’ll let you know when is the new version available.
Thanks for your feedback,
Zdenka
07
Hi Emily,
the 2nd and 3rd question of yours is resolved now, you can download new 0.6.1 version.
Regarding your first problem, we are not sure, as we didn’t experienced this problem.
Zdenka
08
Hey, thanks for the quick reply and fix. I just upgraded to the new version. I’ll try it out and see if there’s anything else. Thanks! :)
09
Oh, is there any way to make the “back” link go back to my links page and not my home page?
10
Just wanted to let you know that everything is working for me. :)
11
Yes, I installed the WP Link Robot version 0.6.1 and it doesn’t even give me any options to work with. Nothing under settings, nothing in widgets, nadda. How does the plug in function? What am I doing wrong. It says that it’s active, but that’s all! Thanks, Bryan Hollis
12
Hi Bryan,
WP Link Robot is located in Tools Menu, for more information, please check out our User Guide.
Thanks,
Zdenka
13
Hi Emily,
I am not exactly sure what do you mean by “to make the ‘back’ link go back to my links page and not my home page”.
Which ‘back’ link do you mean?
Zdenka
14
I’ve created a category and added a link within that category. The category shows up on the homepage with a “(1)” next to the category name, but when I click on the category to see its content I get a “404″ error. If I change the permalinks back to its default value, I stay on the homepage after clicking on the category.
I have the latest version of the plugin with the latest version of WP as well.
15
Hi Christo,
thanks for your comment. We just fixed a bug when no permalinks were set, so you can download a new version.
If you’re using permalinks set to default value (in a form ?p=123), then the “Directory slug name” in WP Link Robot settings should stay empty.
If you’re using other permalinks structure, you should define the “Directory slug name” according to the page slug where the links should be displayed.
Hope this helps to solve your problem, thanks for reporting it.
Zdenka
16
Hello,
I’ve added the code:
<!– wp_link_robot_genlinks –>
<!– wp_link_robot_addlinks –>
created catagories and added links, but only the add links section is showing. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
17
Hi Alex,
please check if you have correctly set the Directory slug name, see the post above. This might be the reason why the links are not rendering.
Zdenka
18
Thanks for getting in touch so quickly.
The page is http://www.ishevents.org/useful/links
and I have the slug as links.
I’ve tried leaving it blank, having full url and useful/links.
Thanks, Alex
19
Hi Alex,
I would say that directory slug name should be only ‘links’ in this case.
Zdenka
20
Hi, I am having the same problem as Alex, the previous comment…
I’ve added the code:
I’ve created categories and added links, but only the add links section is showing. My slug name is ‘directory-2′…Hope u can help me…
Thanks!
21
Hi Richie,
on your website I can see that you do not have enabled permalinks – you’re using the default option. In your case the directory slug name should be empty.
Hi Alex,
you can also try to update the permalinks structure, just go to the permalinks page and click Save changes.
Zdenka
22
Hi everybody,
also please make sure that the dashes used in the code are ordinary ones and not some fancy, or that there are no additional spaces. Copy and paste it into a simple text editor like notepad to make sure, then copy and paste it back.
Zdenka
23
Thanks for the quick reply! I am now able to see both the links and the link submission box on my page. However, like Emily asked in a previous post:
After viewing the links within a category folder, when pressing the “back” link how can I go back to my links page instead of my home page?
Thanks again!
24
Hi Richard,
Yes now I see the problem with ‘back’ link, we’re gonna fix this link soon. Thanks to you and Emily for pointing this out.
Zdenka
25
Hi,
I discovered 3 more bugs:
1-links in sub categories won’t show up unless there is a registered link under the parent category. I had to create a link back to my site on the parent category to get around this.
2-when you add a link within the Link Robot dashboard, it doesn’t save the “category”. I must go back into “edit” and resave it for the category to appear.
3-in quick add, only the sub-categories appear but not the parent categories.
Thanks…it’s a great plugin!
26
Hi Richie,
thanks for such detailed testing! We’ll fix these bugs right away and you can look forward to a new version coming out today.
Hopefully it will eliminate problems with displaying the links as well.
Zdenka
27
Hi everybody,
the new version 0.6.4 is now out, the ‘Back’ link is fixed, also the problem 1) reported by Richie is fixed.
Hi Richie, we were testing the plugin for the problems 2 and 3, but we were unable to replicate them. Please try to install the new version and check if those issues still appear.
Thanks to all of you for reporting bugs and helping us to improve WP Link Robot!
Zdenka
28
Hi, I installed the new version but now…
1)the “back” when viewing a link does not work at all . You can view my page at:
http://www.sudacamusic.com/?page_id=503
This is the same page I have set under my “reciprocal links” in settings.
2)Also, only one of my subcategories shows up under Peru. I have 2 with active lists that showed up before I upgraded. Both are still present in the dashboard with the same settings as before???
3)The other 2 bugs I mentioned have not been solved…
Also, is there any way to get the links to appear in alphabetical order, other than having to place a number before them. I ordered their priority status and they appear correctly when pulling up the submit menu on the other page.
Thanks!!!!
29
Hi Richie,
thanks for posting, we’ll look into that!
Zdenka
30
This is the most handy and easy to configure Link Plugin I ever found and used. I have tried some similar plugin but this is the one I like most.Thank you for providing this. here is my link directory using this Amazing WP Link Robot :
http://aromatalkspa.com/links
31
Hi Bali,
Glad Link Robot works for you. You might want to consider dumping Semper Fi All in One SEO for our simpler and superior FV All in One SEO Pack.
Making the web work for you, Alec
32
hi
nice plugin
btw how to use widget with this plugin
showing only 5 or 10 link in the widget??
33
Hi Opay,
this feature is not supported yet, but thanks for the suggestion!
Zdenka
34
For better compatibility replace in browse-functions.php line 321-324 with this:
if (!function_exists(‘isValidURL’)) {
function isValidURL($url)
{
return preg_match(‘/^http(s)?:\/\/[a-z0-9-]+(.[a-z0-9-]+)*(:[0-9]+)?(\/.*)?$/i’, $url);
}
}
35
Thanks be-followed!
36
i’m trying unsuccessfull to use the plugin on a subdomain
http://dir.gratisinlinea.it
if i use permalink then the directory page and the add site page give a a 500 Internal Server Error even if i rebuild the permalink structure
if i use default wp permalink then problem disappear
another bug (for me) is to use the plugin page (directory or links slug or wathever) as the front page of the blog
in this case the front page show the category correctly but if u click on same category you are redirect to the latest post
37
Hi,
I have installed wp link robot, and I am having the problem of this coming up everytime I click on something in the wordpress editor.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘&’, expecting T_VARIABLE or ‘$’ in /homepages/40/d351915313/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wp-link-robot/source/browse-functions.php on line 448
Thanks
Celine
38
Hi Celine,
thanks for letting us know, this problem has been just fixed in v0.6.7.
Zdenka
39
Trying to use your plugin but cannot get it to work. I have tried your tips shown above but I am getting no where fast.
http://www.scifislacker.com/portal/
slug is: portal
I am using permalinks
/%category%/%postname%/
When I click on the category within the portal I should be taken here:
scifislacker.com/portal/actorsactresses
Instead I am taken back to:
scifislacker.com/portal
The categories do not appear to function within the plugin at least not when using permalinks and i MUST use permalinks.
40
Hi ScifiSlacker,
please try to go to the backend, to settings > permalinks and click save changes. If everything else is set up correctly then your link category structure should be regenerated and you will see it on your portal.
We have tested the Link robot with permalinks, so it shouldn’t be an issue.
Zdenka
41
I have link robot installed, and have categories and subcategories set up. However, if I need to edit an entry, most of the subcategories are missing from the category drop down, so I can’t edit an entry without editing it into the wrong category.
42
Hi Gail,
thanks for reporting this bug! We just fixed it in the latest release 0.6.8, please upgrade your plugin and you should be able to see the subcategories when editing the link.
Zdenka
43
Thanks, that’s working fine now.
Unfortuantely I just discovered another problem. I have 31 links in my directory, 20 of which show on the first page, with a link to a second page, but when I follow that link, all I get is the Inbox>help menu. Nothing else except WP dashboard menu down left side of page.
44
Hi Gail,
you mean second page in the backend? or the pagination in the frontend where the links are listed?
Could you please also tell us which version of WordPress you’re using?
Thanks!
Zdenka
45
Hi,
I mean in the back end where I’m entering the links. Strangely I have found that after running “check all” yesterday the second page sprang to life, until this morning when I went to access it again, same as yesterday, nothing but the top menu. Again, after running the “check all” facility, the second page of entries is accessible.
I’m runing WP 3.1.3 with Link Robot 0.6.8.
46
Hi, nice guide. It’s posible to get a language File for WP Link Robot?
German de_DE would be usefull, or in english. Thank’s a lot.
R.
47
Hi RausV,
we’re sorry, but at the moment we do not support other languages.
Zdenka
48
Hi Gail,
thanks for reporting this problem, we’re investigating it and we’ll fix this as soon as possible.
Zdenka
49
Hi Gail,
you might want to check the new version 0.6.9 which was just released. The problem you were describing should be fixed. Thanks a lot for reporting it!
zdenka
50
Hi Zdenka,
Yes it is, thanks. One more question. I have four main categories: Write, Publish, Promote and Life, which I created in that order, and gave zindex priority 1-4 accordingly.
In the drop boxes, these categories appear in reverse order, Life, Promote, Publish, Write, with Root and trash at the bottom, which is a little weird but I’ve got used to it.
On the directory display page, though
(http://writepublishpromote.com/resources/)
they appear Write, Promote, Life, Publish, which appears to make no sense according to zindex, alphabetically, chronologically or any other way I can distinguish.
How is the category order on the page decided, and how can I get it to appear in the correct order, please?
51
Hi Gail,
you’re really investigating this plugin! Thanks a lot for bringing all these issues up, nobody noticed this ordering problem before. We’ll fix this in the next release, so it respects the zindex defined.
If you came across more issues, just let us know, we appreciate that. Thanks!
Zdenka
52
It presenting problem with wp version higher than 2.8. please advise.
53
Hello Jake,
this plugin was designed to work in WordPress 2.9 and above. You might have some issues with 2.8. Please be more specific.
Thanks,
Martin
54
Is anyone else having trouble in the Admin area when they try to [reject] a link? I’m getting notifications that I have a new link to approve. When I go to approve it, the [edit] and [approve] links work but the [reject] link does not. If I click [reject], the offending link disappears from my inbox but doesn’t actually get deleted. If I refresh the page the link that I just tried to reject reappears. I can’t get it to go away.
I found a work-around. I [edit] the link and delete ALL the information that was submitted. Then I [save] that link and [approve] it when I’m viewing my inbox. Then it just disappears.
I’ve also had success going in to phpMyAdmin and manually tearing it out of the database…but I don’t like to do that if I have the option.
Anyone else having this trouble?
I’m using WP 3.1.3 and LR 0.6.9.
Thanks for both the suggestions and the hard work on the plugin. Great work!
–Jerod
55
P.S. The site on which we’re using this is pool-directory org if that matters.
Thanks again!
56
Hi Gail,
Can not change the display style, such as width ， text and more.
Thanks,
57
Hi Jerod,
Thanks for reporting this, we’ll have a look at it!
Hi Gail,
we’ll have a look at the style issues as well.
Zdenka
58
Hello Gail,
we cleaned up those z-indexes and ordering. The higher the index, the more important link/category. If the index is the same then alphabetical order is used.
Hi Jerod,
the rejecting of links should now work as well.
All changes are in v0.6.10 which has been just released.
Zdenka
59
Thank you very much! I’ll upgrade shortly and test it out.
60
Hi!
I like your plugin and installed it at:
‘www.darianculbert.com/travel-links/’
However, I do not see:
“SEO information about you link partner’s site included (PR, number of cached pages, Alexa rating, …). Refresh this information with just a single click.” as you mentioned here!
Can you please let me know about this?
Thanks!
Darian
61
Hello everybody,
we are moving support for this plugin into our new support forums!
Hello Darian,
I answered your question here: http://foliovision.com/support/wp-link-robot/requests-and-feedback/seo-information-about-you-link-partners-site
Thanks,
Martin
62
Plugin support has been moved to our support forums.