Title: Link Order Problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Link Order Problem

 *  [johnedmiston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnedmiston/)
 * (@johnedmiston)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/)
 * I would like the blogroll links on my blog to be in a certain (alphabetical) 
   order, as this would help the students, however they seem to get jumbled – and
   be in chronological order.
    Using the sort by name function under manage links
   does not work.
 * My WordPress blog is at:
 * [http://aibi.gospelcom.net/wordpress/](http://aibi.gospelcom.net/wordpress/)
 * How can I put the links in the right order?
 * Thank you,
 * John Edmiston

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198147)
 * by saying they seem to get jumbled, do you mean they tend to switch order on 
   you? thats due a setting in the admin area, i think its that miscellaneous option“
   track links update times”. I do know there is a setting for that … if thats not
   it
 *  Thread Starter [johnedmiston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnedmiston/)
 * (@johnedmiston)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198155)
 * I just tried the “track links” suggestion and while it changes things it still
   does not quite do what I want. I would like the Blogroll links to be in an order
   I can control (alphabetical order from top to bottom) instead they seem to be
   randomised.
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198159)
 * does it still randomise when you turn off the tracking?
 * you may want to try this tag:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_links](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_links)
 * allows you to pull the links from link manager and control how they are displayed.
 *  [jennmiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennmiller/)
 * (@jennmiller)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198161)
 * This page may be able to give you examples to order them the way you want ;
    
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_linksbyname](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_linksbyname)
 *  Thread Starter [johnedmiston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnedmiston/)
 * (@johnedmiston)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198207)
 * This looks like just what I want. How/where do I add in the template tag code?
 * Thanks,
 * John
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198208)
 * I don’t know where it is in kubrick, but I assume it’s the sidebar.php
 * There should be something called blogroll in there, something like
 * `<h2>Blogroll</h2>` Below that will be some code, just modify the example in 
   the codex with the result that you want, and replace the existing tag. Back up
   your existing sidebar.php first
 *  [jennmiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennmiller/)
 * (@jennmiller)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198210)
 * In your existing template, wherever you see the current get_links or list_links
   or something similar (in sidebar.php) , you would replace that function with 
   the new one.
 * *kicks self for being too slow* 🙂
 *  [tov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tov/)
 * (@tov)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198776)
 * Try thinking “Alpha-Numeric”
 * 1- ZooThings
    2- BlaBlaBla 3- Apples of Gold
 * I did it here…
    [http://phenomi.net/wordpress/](http://phenomi.net/wordpress/)
 *  [froman118](https://wordpress.org/support/users/froman118/)
 * (@froman118)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-order-problem/#post-198861)
 * I created a plugin, [**My Link Order**](http://www.geekyweekly.com/mylinkorder/),
   that allows you to manually set the order of links and their categories if that
   is something you are looking for. It is only for WordPress 2.0 right now and 
   can’t find a download for a 1.5.2 build. If you need a 1.5.2 version let me know
   and I’ll get a couple files from you that I need.
 * [My Link Order](http://www.geekyweekly.com/mylinkorder/)

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