Title: LH Page Links To Author: shawfactor Published: December 6, 2019 Last modified: March 25, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/lh-page-links-to/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2206987) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/lh-page-links-to/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2206987) # LH Page Links To By [shawfactor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawfactor/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lh-page-links-to.zip) * [Details](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/#installation) * [Development](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/) ## Description This plugin allows you to make a WordPress post or page link to a URL of your choosing, instead of its WordPress URL. It also will redirect people who go to the old (or“ normal”) URL to the new one you’ve chosen. This started as a fork of Mark Jacquiths Page Links to plugin. I forked it, to simplify the code base, better support gutenberg, and properly support redirects on password protected pages. **Common uses:** * Set up navigational links to non-WordPress sections of your site or to off-site resources. * Publish content on other blogs (or other services, like Medium) but have them show up in your WordPress posts stream. All you have to supply is a title and a URL. The post title will link to the content on the other site. * For store operators, you can link to products on other retailer’s sites (maybe with an affiliate code) but have them show up like they’re products in your store. * Create a “pretty URL” for something complicated. Say you have https://example. com/crazy-store-url.cgi?search=productId&sourceJunk=cruft … just create a WordPress page called “My Store” and use Page Links To to point it to the ugly URL. Give people the new URL: https://example.com/my-store/ and it will redirect them! **Like this plugin? Please consider [leaving a 5-star review](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/lh-page-links-to/).** **Love this plugin or want to help the LocalHero Project? Please consider [making a donation](https://lhero.org/portfolio/lh-page-links-to/).** ## Installation 1. Upload the `lh-page-links-to` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the “LH Page Links To” plugin. **Existing Content Usage:** 1. Edit a post or page. 2. Below, find the Page Links To widget, select “A custom URL”, and add a URL of your choosing. 3. Save the post or page. 4. Done! Now that content will point to the URL that you chose. Also, if anyone had the old WordPress URL for that content, they will be redirected to the custom URL if they visit. **Creating New Page Links:** 1. Click Pages > Add New Page Link. 2. Provide a title and a destination URL. 3. Optionally provide a custom slug, which will be used in creating a local redirect URL. 4. Click Publish. ## FAQ ### My links are sending me to http://mysite.com/site-i-wanted-to-link-to.com … why? If you want to link to a full URL, you _must_ include the `http://` portion. ### Can I link to relative URLs for URLs on the same domain? Yes. Linking to `/my-content.php` is a good idea, as it will still work if you move your site to a different domain. ### What if something does not work? LH Page Links To, and all [https://lhero.org](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/LocalHero?output_format=md) plugins are made to WordPress standards. Therefore they should work with all well coded plugins and themes. However not all plugins and themes are well coded (and this includes many popular ones). If something does not work properly, firstly deactivate ALL other plugins and switch to one of the themes that come with core, e.g. twentyfifteen, twentysixteen etc. If the problem persists please leave a post in the support forum: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/). I look there regularly and resolve most queries. ### What if I want to enable or disable this functionality for a specific post type? Look at the filter lh_page_links_to_get_applicable_post_types . It will enable you to modify the post type(s) this functionality is available with. More bbroadly this plugin is about decisions not options so I won’t be adding settings but there is likely a filter to modify most behaviour, and it there is not I am happy to add one! ### What if I need a feature that is not in the plugin? Please contact me for custom work and enhancements here: [https://shawfactor.com/contact/](https://shawfactor.com/contact/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93f53ef1a265aaff43f39c144a18cdefaba71dddf8a45061b795287b42d7c370? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Exelent!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exelent-90/)󠁿 [madinfinity](https://profiles.wordpress.org/madinfinity/) April 26, 2023 2 replies Very needed Target="_blank" ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/777a4e4e835e55ebbfee033355e60db12f8ade4701044671e3a6a850fb81f576? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Target = “_blank”](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/target-_blank-4/)󠁿 [佛系软件](https://profiles.wordpress.org/foxirj/) January 24, 2022 I would only suggest to add the ability to open links in a new window (Target = " _blank"). Thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f6db1800893ef8bc26803472b9ca829733c9ef85a581d3ed71c130844bef57e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A valid alternative updated to Link pages to](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-valid-alternative-updated-to-link-pages-to/)󠁿 [zavorra65](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zavorra65/) December 17, 2021 Great plugin updated and a valid alternative to abandoned plugin called "Page Links To". I would only suggest to add the ability to open links in a new window (Target = "_blank"). Thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f22de5b94fb8cb0a5a45f30b9dc9db80df9ee1795193ba3067502c6629d58ee1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[LIFE SAVER!!!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/life-saver-362/)󠁿 [rpatwall1206](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rpatwall1206/) April 24, 2021 Thank you soooo much for this plugn. It works perfect. My theme has a Horizontal News Ticker that only scrolls post categories. I could not figure out how to use a post link to get the post title to scroll in the Ticker. When my wordpress plugin search kept sending me to a "link-to plugin that had not been updated I searched google and there it was, it works seamlessly. Thank you [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “LH Page Links To” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ shawfactor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawfactor/) “LH Page Links To” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lh-page-links-to/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “LH Page Links To” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lh-page-links-to) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lh-page-links-to/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lh-page-links-to/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lh-page-links-to/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lh-page-links-to/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog **1.00 December 05, 2019** Initial release. **1.02 March 10, 2024** Many code improvements. Changed text domain to be wordpress compliant, added column for linked pages, added any filters ## Meta * Version **1.02** * Last updated: **3 years ago** * Active installations: **400+** * WordPress Version: ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to: **6.5.13** * Language: * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/) and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lh-page-links-to) * Tags: * [external link](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-link/)[link](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/) [page](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/)[redirect](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/) [repoint](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/repoint/) * [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lh-page-links-to/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lh-page-links-to/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ shawfactor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawfactor/) ## Support Got something to say? 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