SBS Blogroll
I noticed that my WordPress blog had a Links widget for the sidebar, but it was static. I couldn’t tell that someone hadn’t posted anything since my last visit, so I searched for a widget that would make the Links widget more dynamic.
I found RSS Blogroll. It did basically what I wanted, but it didn’t look quite right to me. I added a favicon option and also set the blog title to be a link.
This widget automatically grabs the latest posts from whichever blogs you want (enter the feed URLs into the widget setup) and displays those whenever someone visits your blog. Links can be displayed chronologically, and you can click on the link to either the other blog or the specific post that is new.
To aid in the aesthetics department, this widget displays the favicon of the target blog next to each link.
More information, including configuration and CSS tips, is at Some Blog Site
Original Code Credit
This code is a tweak of RSS Blogroll by pantsonhead.
Visit pantsonhead for his original code.
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.