Where Has the Blogroll/Links Section Gone?

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  garibaldiparents · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 7:46 pm

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  As there is no longer any access to the WordPress Admin – therefor there doesn’t seem to be any way to delete, edit or add any new links to our blogroll and other link categories.

  Am I missing something or..?

  Can someone direct me how to access the links area? Is WP phasing out links from their platform? If so I would want to be able to at least delete the ones I already have on my site.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  designsimply · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 7:54 pm

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  The WordPress project did in fact phase Link Management out of WordPress itself in version 3.5. WordPress.com added them back for users but did not add a section for that to the new admin pages. This is because the menu manager can now be used to manage links and you can add a custom menu widget to the sidebar to get the same effect.

  Related help page: https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  Additional background (if you are interested): https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21307#comment:70

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  garibaldiparents · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 8:20 pm

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  Thanks for your help – but this does not give me access to my existing links already published on the site. I need to edit these periodically. I do have widgets in my sidebars with links – but I need to get to the place where I can edit the links/link categories and add new ones.

  Why on earth would any blog platform phase out link management?

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  designsimply · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 8:27 pm

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  You may access the link manager by adding /wp-admin to the end of your home page address and then clicking Links in the left menu.

  Here is a direct link for the links section in your blog:
  https://garibaldipac.wordpress.com/wp-admin/link-manager.php

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  garibaldiparents · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 8:42 pm

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  Thanks that’s the best help you could have given. Please please take me back to the old dashboard! But – how long will this option be available do you know?

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  designsimply · Member · Nov 16, 2015 at 8:48 pm

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  There are no plans to add back a link manager.

  You could switch to using a custom menu instead if you’d like. Or you can use the links to the old WP Admin interface I provided earlier.

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