Title: WP_Links_List_Table::column_name
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Links_List_Table::column_name( object $link )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Handles the link name column output.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$link`objectrequired

The current link object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function column_name( $link ) {
    	$edit_link = get_edit_bookmark_link( $link );
    	printf(
    		'<strong><a class="row-title" href="%s" aria-label="%s">%s</a></strong>',
    		$edit_link,
    		/* translators: %s: Link name. */
    		esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Edit &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $link->link_name ) ),
    		$link->link_name
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php#L204)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php#L204-L213)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_edit_bookmark_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_edit_bookmark_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Displays the edit bookmark link.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [esc_attr()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Escaping for HTML attributes.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_name/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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