Link Harvest
Link Harvest will go through all of your posts and pages and compile a list of all external links. Then it will create a live updating linkroll for you, based on your actual linking activity.
Harvesting Your Links
Once you have installed Link Harvest, you need to run a harvest to pull out links from your existing content. Running a harvest is simple, but it takes time. The harvest on my blog (~1250 posts with links) took several hours. You need to leave your browser open during this time for the harvest to complete.
To run a harvest, go to the Link Harvest options page (Options > Link Harvest), click the button to begin a harvest and follow the steps on the screen.
Note, harvest actions must be enabled (on the options page) to do a harvest. Harvest actions are automatically disabled after a completed harvest.
Once you have completed a harvest, any links you add in future posts will be added incrementally as you create the posts.
Viewing your Link Harvest
Your links list is available to you at all times in the WordPress Admin interface (Dashboard > Link Harvest). You can also choose to show your links list in your blog.
Showing your Link Harvest
Token Method
The token method is the easier way to show your links list, and is enabled by default. To show your links list, simply add the following to a page or post:
###linkharvest###
and your links list will appear in this place in the page/post.
Template Tag Method
You can always add a template tag to your theme (in a page template perhaps) to show your links list:
<?php aklh_show_harvest($count = 50); ?><h3>Adding a links list/blogroll to your sidebar</h3>
To add a links list to your sidebar (like a blogroll), you can use the following template tag:
<?php aklh_top_links(); ?>
This will show the top 10 links, to show a different number of links set the number like so:
<?php aklh_top_links(25); ?><h3>Known Issues</h3>
Token Processing Time
Using the token method to show your links list will add very minor additional processing to each post display on your site.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.