Simple form to add custom links to menu?

Well, since you’re talking about a widget of Links…. why not just use the default Links widget that was part of core up till 3.5?

http://wordpress.org/plugins/link-manager/

If you insist on limiting it to showing the latest 5 links, you’re going to have to write a bit of code (that I’m not convinced is worth it). Possible approaches include:

  • Filtering the output of said Link Manager widget
  • Creating a custom post type called ‘Sidebar Links’ and then writing your own widget that displays the 5 latest
  • Creating a totally custom interface and storage mechanism from scratch (definitely not recommended)

Another options is using something like Options Framework (http://wordpress.org/plugins/options-framework/) to add some Theme Options. You could add Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4, and Link 5 as options. It’s not an amazing user interface, but it’s another quick way to accomplish basically what you’re looking for.

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