To add links to a WordPress sidebar blogroll, first create links by going to the Links tab and clicking Add New. Provide a name, URL, description, and category for the new link. Select _blank if opening in a new window. Then place the Links widget in the sidebar by searching for it under Appearance > Widgets. Open the widget, select the category, and click Save to display the links. Link categories can also be edited or created under Links to customize the titles of the link widgets.

1. How to create links via a blogroll
in your sidebar in WordPress
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2. To add links to your
sidebar, you first need to
create some links.
Go to the ‘Links’ tab in the
left hand sidebar in the
Dashboard.

3. Here are the listings of the links I
already have in my sidebar blogroll.
We are going to add another one.

4. Clicking on ‘Add New’ under
‘Links’ will bring up the ‘Add
New Link’ page.

5. Give your new link a name, for
example, the title of the website
or blog.

6. Fill in the full URL of
the website or blog
you want to link to.

7. Provide a description
if necessary.

8. Choose a category.
New blogs will have
‘Blogroll’ as their
choice. We can change
that name later.

9. Select ‘_blank’ if you
wish the link to open in
a new window or tab.
This will stop the visitor
from losing your blog.

10. State this website’s
relationship to you if
applicable.

11. Don’t forget to click on
the ‘Add Link’ button
on the top right.

12. Now go back to the
Links listing page to
see your new addition
(listed alphabetically).

13. And if you have the links
widget already inserted,
go to the sidebar and
take a look!

14. To place the appropriate
widget in your sidebar, go to
‘Widgets’ under
‘Appearance’ in the left
sidebar in the Dashboard.

15. Amongst the widgets
available, search for the
one labelled ‘Links’.

16. And drag it into the
sidebar available on the
right of the widgets page.

17. Open up the widget, select the
correct category (the default will
be ‘Blogroll’), check the ‘Show
Link Name’ box and click on the
‘Save’ button.

18. If you don’t want the category
name ‘Blogroll’, you can change
it, or create another one.
Go to ‘Link Categories’ under
‘Links in the left hand sidebar in
the Dashboard.

19. This is where you
create new
categories (which
are the titles of the
link widgets) and
edit them (for
example, the
default name
‘Blogroll’).

20. To edit a link category’s
name, for example the
default ‘Blogroll’, mouse
over its name to bring up
the ‘Edit’ link.

21. Here is the ‘Edit Link
Category’ page.

22. Change ‘Blogroll’ to
whatever category
name you like.

23. Don’t forget to
click on the
‘Update’ button.

24. And check out
your new link
category’s
name.

25. Or you can
create a new
link category
too.

26. When you’ve
finished, click on the
‘Add New Link
Category’ button.

27. And check out
your new link
category.

28. It will only show
up in your link
widget once
you’ve allocated
links to it.