Title: wp_ajax_delete_link
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# wp_ajax_delete_link()

## In this article

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

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Handles deleting a link via AJAX.

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

    ```php
    function wp_ajax_delete_link() {
    	$id = isset( $_POST['id'] ) ? (int) $_POST['id'] : 0;

    	check_ajax_referer( "delete-bookmark_$id" );

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_links' ) ) {
    		wp_die( -1 );
    	}

    	$link = get_bookmark( $id );
    	if ( ! $link || is_wp_error( $link ) ) {
    		wp_die( 1 );
    	}

    	if ( wp_delete_link( $id ) ) {
    		wp_die( 1 );
    	} else {
    		wp_die( 0 );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L837)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L837-L856)

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

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

Deletes a specified link from the database.

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

Retrieves bookmark data.

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

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

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

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

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

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

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

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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