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

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# apply_filters( ‘widget_links_args’, array $widget_links_args, array $instance )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the arguments for the Links widget.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/widget_links_args/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_list_bookmarks()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_list_bookmarks/)

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

 `$widget_links_args`array

An array of arguments to retrieve the links list.

`$instance`array

The settings for the particular instance of the widget.

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

    ```php
    wp_list_bookmarks( apply_filters( 'widget_links_args', $widget_links_args, $instance ) );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-links.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-links.php#L80)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-links.php#L80-L80)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Links::widget()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_links/widget/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-links.php` |

Outputs the content for the current Links widget instance.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Added the `$instance` parameter. | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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