Title: maybe_disable_link_manager
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# maybe_disable_link_manager()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/maybe_disable_link_manager/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/maybe_disable_link_manager/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/maybe_disable_link_manager/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Disables the Link Manager on upgrade if, at the time of upgrade, no links exist 
in the DB.

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

    ```php
    function maybe_disable_link_manager() {
    	global $wp_current_db_version, $wpdb;

    	if ( $wp_current_db_version >= 22006 && get_option( 'link_manager_enabled' ) && ! $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT link_id FROM $wpdb->links LIMIT 1" ) ) {
    		update_option( 'link_manager_enabled', 0 );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php#L3685)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php#L3685-L3691)

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

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

Updates the value of an option that was already added.

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

Retrieves an option value based on an option name.

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| [wpdb::get_var()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/get_var/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Retrieves one value from the database.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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