Title: BlogWell&#039;s Simple Image Link Widget
Author: Martyn Davis
Published: <strong>September 17, 2008</strong>
Last modified: October 1, 2009

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget

 By [Martyn Davis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martynalandavis/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-image-link.2.2.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-image-link/)

## Description

So you want to put an ad or an image in your sidebar. And you want it to link to
another site. And you want to do it easily, without having to muck about with the
code in the text widget.

While there are many WordPress plugins that offer sophisticated image/ad management,
there are not many that offer a simple solution.

Simple Image Link lets you easily add images to your sidebar, be they advertisements,
buttons of support or buttons of protest without the need for any HTML.

It even displays its name in the widget header within the dashboard allowing you
to easily see which simple image link widget is which.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Creating a simple image link widget.
 * [[
 * How the simple image link appears.

## Installation

Installing is a piece of cake.

 1. Upload the ‘simple-image-link’ directory to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Start adding “Simple Image Link” widgets to your sidebars.

## FAQ

  Why?

Just because.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Martyn Davis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martynalandavis/)

[Translate “BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-image-link)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-image-link/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-image-link/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-image-link/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-image-link/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2.2

Belorussian translations by Ilya [mrilyuha (at) gmail (dot) com]

#### 2.2.1

Reworked to support 2.8 plugin class architecture.

No functional changes made.

#### 2.2

Updated to support WordPress 2.8.4.

No functional changes made.

If you are still using WordPress 2.7, please use vesion 2.1.2.

#### 2.1.2

Update readme to reflect 2.7 compatibility.

No functional changes made.

#### 2.1

Correctly determine the location of the plugins folder should the ‘Blog address’
and ‘WordPress address’ differ within Settings.

Fixed for Robert@PNG.

#### 2.0

Allow widget to be displayed based on the user’s role – inspired by Praveen Baratam[
praveen.baratam AT gmail DOT com].
 Two psuedo roles added. ‘Do not display’ replaces
the “Display image” property, and ‘Not logged in’ to display image should the user
not be logged in (ie user does not have a proper role).

#### 1.6

Correctly handle <, >, &, ” and ‘ characters within the alt and text fields.

#### 1.5.1

Fixed minor spelling mistake in Portuguese translation – thanks again to Alexandre
Pereira.

#### 1.5

No functional changes.

Support added for translating the text within the widget via the simple-image-link.
pot file.

Translations can now be made external to the core files, allowing upgrades to not
affect independent translations.

Thanks to Alexandre Pereira for providing the incentive to do this the Portuguese
translations.

#### 1.4

Allows image to be hidden without having to delete the widget.

#### 1.3

Allows ‘shadowbox’ to be included within the link’s rel attribute value.

NOTE: Shadow Box support must be provided external to this plugin.

#### 1.2

Added ability to specify text which appears within the sidebar.

#### 1.1

Changes to readme and screen shots.

#### 1.0

Initial version.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.2**
 *  Last updated **17 years ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.8.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/)
 * Tags
 * [advertisement](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advertisement/)[image](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)
   [link](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/)[sponsorship](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sponsorship/)
   [widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-link/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Martyn Davis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martynalandavis/)

## Support

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