=== Simple Links ===
Contributors: Mat Lipe
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Tags: link manager, link organizations, links
Requires at least: 5.1.0
Tested up to: 5.5.1
Requires PHP: 5.6.0
Stable tag: 4.7.4
License: GPLv2

Links Manager with many features. Makes managing links simple and robust.

== Description ==

<blockquote>This plugin has been discontinued and is no longer maintained. If you wish to adopt this plugin, <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-links/" target="_blank">let us know</a>.</blockquote>

A rebooted concept of the obsolete <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Links Manager (opens in a new tab)" href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager" target="_blank">Links Manager</a> with many great enhancements and features. Manage and display links in your theme's style. Fully extendable for developers who want to customize the functionality and output. Simple Links takes care of the back-end to let you focus on user experience.


This plugin is now the standard for managing links in WordPress.


<h3>Features</h3>
* Drag and drop link ordering
* Optional link images
* Shortcode support with a shortcode generating form
* Ability to add additional custom fields
* Widgets including various options for display
* Ability to import links from the old WordPress Links manager
* Options to remove the old WordPress Links Manager from the admin
* Flexible permissions

<h3>Currently ships with the following languages</h3>
* English (US)
* German (de_DE)   
* French (fr_FR)
* Farsi (fa_IR)

== Upgrade Notice ===

= 4.4.3 =
* Fix field values turning into Array with Gutenberg active

= 4.4.1 =
* Fix formatting of link description

= 4.4.0 =
* Upgrade to support PRO version 1.1.0

= 4.1.6 =
* Fix issue with no-follow (Thanks AlterTobi!)

= 4.0.2 =
* Upgrade to fix but with count of sorted by category links

== Screenshots ==
1. The widget options

2. The short-code generating form

== Changelog ==
= 4.7.3 =
* Officially discontinue plugin.

= 4.7.2 =
* Support WordPress version 5.5.0
* Improve readme.txt

= 4.7.1 =
* Support PHP 7.4.
* Support WordPress version 5.4.0.
* Improve some internal styling.

= 4.7.0 =
* Added support for PRO version 1.5.0.
* Greatly improved styles and structure of widgets.
* Greatly improved styles and structure of shortcode form.
* Updated translations.
* Remove legacy help screens.
* Open REST API to logged in users with editor+ capabilities.

= 4.6.8 =
* Remove legacy errors for no block editor support.
* Prevent links from having a target when set to none.
* General code style improvements.

= 4.6.7 =
* Support WordPress Core version 5.3.0

= 4.6.0 = 
* Add support for Beaver Builder.

= 4.5.0 =
* Drop support for PHP 5.2 in favor of PHP 5.4