Question

I’m using the wp_list_bookmarks() function in wordpress to get links that have been added in the WordPress back-end, things like blogroll etc.

My problem is that I need the list to come out in a certain way so that I can put it into columns, with about 5 links in each column.

By default it’s just one big list. Is there a way that I can use PHP to alter the way this function posts the links so that I run a counter, and then after 5 links close off the current list and start a new one for the next column?

I basically need something like this:

<ul class="column-1">
    <li>link1</li>
    <li>link2</li>
    <li>link3</li>
    <li>link4</li>
    <li>link5</li>
</ul>
<ul class="column-2">
    <li>link6</li>
    <li>link7</li>
    <li>link8</li>
    <li>link9</li>
    <li>link10</li>
</ul>
// etc...

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You can use WordPress’s get_bookmarks() function and then tailor the output to your liking. See here for an example:

<?php

$bookmarks = get_bookmarks( array(
            'orderby'        => 'name',
            'order'          => 'ASC',
            'category_name'  => 'Related Sites'
                      ));

// Loop through each bookmark and print formatted output
$column = 1;
$counter = 1;

echo "<ul class='column-$column'>";
foreach ( $bookmarks as $bm ) { 
    if ($counter >= 5)
    {
        $column++;
        $counter = 1; // reset the counter

        echo "</ul><ul class='column-$column'>";

    }
    printf( '<li><a class="relatedlink" href="%s">%s</a></li>', $bm->link_url, __($bm->link_name) );
    $counter++;
}
echo "</ul>";

?>

Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_bookmarks#Examples