Wordpress Blog Question
 

How do I sort the order in which link categories appear on the blog?

I get template tags from the wordpress codex and just list each link category seperately on my own using <?php wp_get_links(); ?> and putting the link category number in the parentheses

Alphabetical order?

By default they com up alphabetically, however, Meta always shows up at the bottom. In your dashboard go to:
Links -> Link Categories
Click Edit on the Link you want to edit
Find the Sort Order Field
You can sort by Name, ID, URL, Rating, Updated, Random and Name Length.

So if you have links to other blogs you can sort them by rating either ascending or descending. This would be the amount of times they were clicked though and not the amount of traffic they sent you. Hope that helps a bit.

I thought rating had to do with having the users rate the links, not by the amount of times it was clicked.

I got a related question, and maybe rauplh meant this too:

You have the "categories" link category. This aint listed in the link categories menu, cuz its a standard category.
I have niches listed in the link category "categories" like: Lesbian, amatuer etc.
I want this list to be in alphabetical order. How do i do this?
When i placed the niches it went automatically alphabetically, but i recently added "Lesbian" to the niches and this is on the bottom of the niche list. I want all niches to be listed alphabetically.

This is the answer I was seeking. I already know how to sort the links, I need to sort the actual link categories as they seem to autosort by id from newest to oldest added

with the 2nd post in this thread i already answered your question

I double checked. My bad but you are only sort of right. Link rating is set in admin and not by users. Now I have to find a plug-in that sorts them by number of clicks. :helpme

yep that's what i meant but i think there is a plugin to allow users to rate your links and or posts

Yes there is one to rate posts but users can't rate links because they just take you to another page. I'm looking now to see if there is a most popular link plug-in.

Ok thanks digipimp! I will put my little php knowledge to use!

one key thing i learned was never to edit the files of the template inside the wordpress admin for the most part

i just copy the whole thing paste it into a new php page in dreamweaver, then i do all of my copying and pasting in it and take that final piece, copy it and then paste it into the wordpress admin window

that keeps you from screwing up one small div tag or something that wipes your whole php code out