I received an email this evening from Dan, who uses the Page Link Manager, wondering how to get a home page link to show up in his site navigation. I had never really thought about the problem, or even realized it was a problem until I started my search for a solution. There’s not much out there covering the issue besides a few forum posts at WordPress.org. But it’s an issue, nevertheless. I understand that the blog’s heading is supposed to link to your home page, but I believe there’s a large audience of Internet users, and potential readers, that wouldn’t think to look to a heading for a shortcut back to your home page.
And so we have the Home Page Link plugin.
The Plugin
This is a bug release.
Better Compatibility
The plugin now works whether your using the Pages widget or wp_list_pages.
The plugin does just what you think – adds a Home link to your site navigation (wp_list_pages). And it’s very easy to use.
- Download and unzip the plugin archive.
- Place the plugin file under wp-content/plugins directory on your Wordpress Installation
- Log in to your admin interface and activate Home Page Link under the ‘Plugins’ tab
That’s it! You should now be able to view your site with its shiny new Home link.
Like my other plugins, I hope to keep this going as a work in progress, and work along with the WordPress community to make it more useful and efficient. If you have something you’d like to see in an upcoming version, please don’t hesitate to add a comment or contact me.
Requirements
The current release requires a server running at least PHP4. The plugin has been tested on Wordpress 2.x. If anyone has gotten it working on older versions of Wordpress, please let me know.
Resources
If you’re interested in writing plugins, the Wordpress Plugin article is an excellent resource.
Download the Plugin
All source code is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike License. If you agree to these terms, please download the plugin now.
This is great, thanks!
hi, thanks for the plugin. I was really having a tough time figuring it out. Actually, I learned doing this from another generous old man who taught several other things too. However, I have forgotten what I learnt.
So apart from the plugin, it would be real kind of you, if you tell me how to do this manually. Currently I am using Sator-ii theme by Felipe Lavín. It looks good to me. The only problem is I cant get the “home” link to show together with other navigation.
You have my email. Please let me know.
Cheers for this. This was doing my head in. I tried allsorts of suggested solutions and none worked. This was so easy. Wish I found this first off.
Thank You.
You’re a life saver – I was having such a hard time with this. Thank you so much!
Brilliant thanks!
Worked perfectly first time and saved me from php programming!
What a star
Thanks heaps for this plug in. Works Great and has saved me a heap of headaches
THANK YOU!!!
This is just what I needed! I can now continue my theme building in peace…..
Thanks a LOT for this great plugin.
You save my time. Every time I have to manually insert some codes in theme files, especially those themes which cannot provide HOME tab by default.
Hi there,
Just short positive feed-back. Thank you for it and also for making it free.
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