{"id":12867,"date":"2023-12-13T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=12867"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:02:42","slug":"how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Incorporate a New Link into the WordPress Sidebar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.<\/p>\n

Follow the steps-<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to the \u201cLinks\u201d option on the left side of the screen.<\/li>\n
  3. Click on the \u201cAdd new\u201d sub-option.
    \n\"Add-new\"<\/li>\n
  4. Enter a new page where you can fill in the name of the link, web address, and description.
    \n\"add-new-link\"<\/li>\n
  5. Choose the category or add a new one if necessary.
    \n\"category\"<\/li>\n
  6. Select the target frame for your link.
    \n\"target\"<\/li>\n
  7. Complete the XFN form (XHTML friends network) to specify your relationship if the link pertains to a person.
    \n\"link-pertains\"<\/li>\n
  8. Enter the advanced settings.
    \n\"advanced<\/li>\n
  9. Once finished, click the \u201cAdd Link\u201d button on the right side of the screen to save the link. If you prefer to keep the link private, you can tick the provided checkbox.
    \n\"Link<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    By following these steps, you can easily incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar. We hope you found this guide helpful. Should you need additional assistance, do not hesitate to reach out to our\u00a0bodHOST<\/a>\u00a0support specialists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar. Follow the steps- Log in to the WordPress dashboard. Navigate to the \u201cLinks\u201d option on the left…<\/p>\n

    Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[858],"tags":[1499],"class_list":["post-12867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wodpress","tag-wordpress-sidebar"],"yoast_head":"\nCustomizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Customizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Knowledge Base - bodHOST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Lopez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Lopez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Lopez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/566ccff9a2fae4af852be8097b179813\"},\"headline\":\"How to Incorporate a New Link into the WordPress Sidebar\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Add-new.png\",\"keywords\":[\"WordPress Sidebar\"],\"articleSection\":[\"WodPress\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Customizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Add-new.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Add-new.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Add-new.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":125,\"caption\":\"Add-new\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"WodPress\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/category\\\/wodpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Incorporate a New Link into the WordPress Sidebar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/\",\"name\":\"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Profile-Pic.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Profile-Pic.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/566ccff9a2fae4af852be8097b179813\",\"name\":\"Paul Lopez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Lopez\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bodhost.com\\\/kb\\\/author\\\/paullopez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Customizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST","description":"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Customizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST","og_description":"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/","og_site_name":"Knowledge Base - bodHOST","article_published_time":"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":125,"url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Paul Lopez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Lopez","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Lopez","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#\/schema\/person\/566ccff9a2fae4af852be8097b179813"},"headline":"How to Incorporate a New Link into the WordPress Sidebar","datePublished":"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/"},"wordCount":177,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png","keywords":["WordPress Sidebar"],"articleSection":["WodPress"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/","name":"Customizing the WordPress Sidebar with New Links | bodHOST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png","datePublished":"2023-12-13T09:24:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T14:02:42+00:00","description":"This guide explains how to incorporate a new link into the WordPress sidebar.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Add-new.png","width":300,"height":125,"caption":"Add-new"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-incorporate-a-new-link-into-the-wordpress-sidebar\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"WodPress","item":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/category\/wodpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Incorporate a New Link into the WordPress Sidebar"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/","name":"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#organization","name":"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ","url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Profile-Pic.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Profile-Pic.png","width":240,"height":240,"caption":"Web Hosting Knowledge Base | bodHOST Hosting FAQ"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/#\/schema\/person\/566ccff9a2fae4af852be8097b179813","name":"Paul Lopez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c63d9f5400cd5ef87b481a24b2c1a4fb89f1674b6391325326cf13f1e735dff8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Lopez"},"url":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/author\/paullopez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12867"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13900,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions\/13900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}