Description
What is Hoard Shortcuts?
Hoard Shortcuts is a WordPress widget that lets you create visual buttons or cards with links to internal or external pages on your site. It’s a simple way to highlight important resources in an organized and visual manner.
Main features
- Create as many shortcuts as you want — no limits.
- Add images to cards using the WordPress Media Library (optional).
- Manage shortcuts through a simple, dynamic interface.
- Reorder items directly in the widget form.
- Choose whether links open in the same tab or in a new browser tab.
- Automatically removes the image placeholder when none is set.
- Responsive layout for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Compatible with keyboard navigation and accessibility features.
- Translation ready with the text domain
hoard-shortcuts. - No external dependencies.
Usage
- Add the Hoard Shortcuts widget to a WordPress widget area.
- Set an optional title.
- Click + Add new shortcut.
- Fill in the shortcut’s title, description, link, and image.
- Organize the shortcut order directly in the form.
- Save the widget.
Installation
- Upload the
hoard-shortcutsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the
Pluginsmenu in WordPress. - Go to
Appearance > Widgets. - Add the
Hoard Shortcutswidget to a widget area. - Configure your shortcut cards, reorder them if needed, and save the widget.
FAQ
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Can I use the plugin without images?
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Yes. Images are optional for every shortcut card.
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Can I reorder the shortcuts?
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Yes. Each item includes
Move upandMove downbuttons in the widget form. -
Can links open in a new tab?
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Yes. Each shortcut has its own
Open link in a new taboption. -
How many shortcuts can I add?
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There is no hard-coded limit in the widget interface.
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Is the plugin translation-ready?
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Yes. The plugin loads translations from the
/languages/directory and uses thehoard-shortcutstext domain. -
Does it work with modern WordPress widget screens?
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Yes. The plugin supports the classic widgets screen, the Customizer, and the block-based widgets editor where classic widgets are available.
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Contributors & Developers
“Hoard Shortcuts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Hoard Shortcuts” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Added a dedicated widget icon for the block-based widgets editor.
- Refined shortcut list copy in English and Portuguese.
- Recompiled translation files for release.
1.0.1
- Updated source strings to English for WordPress.org translation compatibility.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Visual shortcut card widget.
- Media Library image picker.
- Manual item ordering in the widget editor.
- Optional open-in-new-tab setting per shortcut.
- Empty-state placeholder for image preview.
- Responsive frontend styles.
- Translation-ready strings.