Description
LinkAuthority is a link-exchange network. Members list each other’s businesses on a « Business Partners » page, giving every participating site a set of relevant, editorially presented outbound links.
This plugin renders that directory on your site and keeps it current. Add the shortcode [linkauthority_partners] to any page – or let the plugin create a ready-made Business Partners page for you – and the listing updates itself as businesses join or leave the network.
What it does
- Renders the partner directory anywhere via the
[linkauthority_partners]shortcode - Refreshes hourly, plus an immediate update when the network changes
- Ships responsive card styling that inherits nothing from, and overrides nothing in, your theme
- Adds Schema.org
ItemListstructured data describing the listed businesses - Optional page-view reporting, so your LinkAuthority dashboard can show how the page performs
- Optional « Site by LinkAuthority » credit link
Both optional features are off by default and stay off until you turn them on.
External service
This plugin requires a free account at LinkAuthority and does not function without one. It is a client for that service.
Once you save your site token in the LinkAuthority menu in your sidebar, the plugin contacts https://www.linkauthority.live to:
- register your site as active on the network, and mark it inactive again when you deactivate the plugin (your site token and site URL are sent)
- download the current list of partner businesses, hourly and on demand (your site token is sent)
- report your Business Partners page view count, only if you enable that option (your site token and a single running total are sent – never any visitor details)
The plugin also exposes one authenticated REST route, linkauthority/v1/update, which LinkAuthority calls to trigger an immediate refresh. Requests must present your site token, which is compared in constant time; nothing else is accepted.
Service terms: https://www.linkauthority.live/terms-of-service
Privacy policy: https://www.linkauthority.live/privacy-policy
Installation
- Install the plugin through Plugins Add New, or upload the
linkauthority-partnersfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate it through the Plugins menu.
- Go to the LinkAuthority menu in your sidebar and paste your site token, found in your LinkAuthority dashboard under My Sites Integration.
- Click Create the Business Partners page, or add
[linkauthority_partners]to a page of your own.
FAQ
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Yes. The plugin displays a directory served by LinkAuthority, so it has nothing to show without an account and a site token.
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Does the plugin edit my pages?
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No. The directory is rendered by the shortcode each time the page loads. Nothing is written into your post content, so your page stays exactly as you wrote it and removing the plugin leaves no markup behind.
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Are the links nofollow?
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No. Partner links are ordinary dofollow links, which is the point of the network. They open in the same tab.
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What data leaves my site?
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Your site token on every request, and your site URL when connecting. If you switch on page-view reporting, a single running total goes along with the hourly sync. No visitor data is collected or transmitted, and logged-in users are never counted.
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What happens when I deactivate it?
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Your site is marked inactive on the network and stops appearing in other members’ directories. Your settings and the Business Partners page are left alone. Choosing Delete removes the plugin’s stored options; the page remains, since it’s your content.
Avis
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Journal des modifications
1.0.9
- Redesign the admin screen and link straight through to the LinkAuthority dashboard where the site token is issued.
1.0.8
- Declare Tested up to as a major.minor branch, and drop the Domain Path header since no bundled translations ship with the plugin.
1.0.7
- Drop the duplicate Plugin URI header; the directory requires the plugin and author URIs to differ.
1.0.6
- Declare compatibility with WordPress 7.0.4.
1.0.5
- Rename to LinkAuthority Partners so the directory slug matches the text domain.
- Set the correct WordPress.org contributor account.
1.0.3
- Namespace every function, class, constant and option under a unique
linkauthority_partnersprefix. - Connect to the service after the settings are stored rather than inside the sanitise callback.
- Add LICENSE.txt.
1.0.2
- Move the admin screen to its own top-level menu instead of burying it under Settings, and warn when the site token has not been entered yet.
1.0.1
- Lay the cards out as masonry columns instead of a grid, so a short description no longer leaves dead space under its card.
1.0.0
- First release.