Here’s a look at another one of my prized plugins. And by prized I don’t mean I have sexual feelings for it.
I promise.
I use this one on every WordPress blog I set up; in fact it’s one of the first plugins I install. Page Link Manager adds a little check box into every page editing pane you have. The check box gives your option very simply: Include Page Link in Navigation.
It’s that simple.
The implications of this may not seem clear right away:
- If you’re a WordPress user, you can now create pages (of less-than-really-important information) which don’t show up on your main menu. This really expands the possibilities for WordPress as a CMS.
- If you’re a WordPress developer, you can easily shift between lots of pages and few pages whenmcreating a theme. There’s a page in the control panel under Manage Page Links that gives you a list of all the pages on your site. From there you can choose to show or hide any amount of pages you want.
Note: This shouldn’t effect anyone’s sitemap or other search engine optimizations. Just keep in mind that you won’t, by default, have a link to the page from anywhere on your site. Don’t be careless!
Kudos to Garret Murphy for the plugin. You are an amazing man, and I promise I don’t have a poster of you above my bed.
I promise.
Post Revisions:
- 5 September, 2010 @ 22:49 [Current Revision] by Ryan Imel
- 4 September, 2010 @ 5:42 by Ryan Imel
- 4 September, 2010 @ 5:40 by Ryan Imel
- 8 May, 2007 @ 8:00 by Ryan Imel
Posted May 8, 2007
Garrett Murphey said:
Thanks for the support! It’s always nice to hear from fans of the plugin.
By the way, I love the concept of your site. I’ll be coming back often.
Keep on blogging!
on May 8, 2007 at 10:48 am
Mani Karthik said:
Ryan, I think this is a good plugin but im not completely convinced as to why i should use it.
Why can’t i just create post pages – why should i create pages(that shouldnt be listed)?
Im sure if you will give me another reason or two – ill select it.
Help?
on August 1, 2007 at 2:34 am
Ryan said:
Well, I’m assuming by post pages you mean content that you keep referring back to as a page, although it is just the single post view of a post? Fix me if I’m off on that…
I would say that the answer has to do with _purpose_. The purpose of pages is to contain and deliver timeless content, whereas posts are very time-oriented. (http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages) Using a post as a page, in certain respects, would be against its purpose.
I would also say that pages have more to offer organizationally, since they can be organized into sub-pages. Again, while it’s _possible_ to do a lot of the same linking to posts rather than pages, it seems similar to the question of “why validate?” Well, part of why you do it is it simply should be done that way.
Hope that answers your question. Thanks for coming by and participating!
on August 1, 2007 at 5:41 am
Becky said:
Mani, this is a plugin that is wonderful to add to the mix to help turn WP into a full CMS, especially for people who don’t know enough/don’t want to dink around with the WP code to manage navigation. It is a great option for people new to WP and/or coding.
Thanks, Garrett. I’m really glad to find this plugin; it’s going to help with a site I’m turning into a WP site for a customer who had previously been using FrontPage. This will really help her keep the site going on her own.
on October 4, 2007 at 8:48 am