Who is Link Badges for?

Link Badges is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and content editors.

Yes — Link Badges is free to use.

What platforms does Link Badges run on?

Link Badges runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Link Badges still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Link Badges?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Badges, Badge, and MimeTypes Link Icons.

Who develops Link Badges?

Link Badges is developed by Marcus Downing.

How long has Link Badges been around?

Link Badges first shipped in 2013.

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Link Badges

Name: Link Badges
Author: Marcus Downing

wordpress.orgOther creative

Link Badges is a WordPress plugin that detects links to files and displays an icon, file type, and file size alongside them. It can inspect local files or retrieve remote file sizes and cache the results for later page loads.

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Overview

5 features

Link Badges is an Other creative project. It focuses on helping WordPress site owners identify linked files without manually adding document icons, file types, or sizes. Link Badges is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site owners and content editors. It is available for free. It runs on the web, and it can be self-hosted.

Marcus Downing builds and maintains Link Badges, and it first shipped in 2013. Key capabilities include file icons, file type labels, and file size display. The interface is available in English and Sindhi. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

File icons
File type labels
File size display
Remote file detection
File size caching

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierMulti-language

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Sep · 04:15 UTC
Link Badges verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Link Badges

What is Link Badges?: Link Badges focuses on helping WordPress site owners identify linked files without manually adding document icons, file types, or sizes. It is catalogued under Other creative on PulseGate.
Who is Link Badges for?: Link Badges is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and content editors.
Is Link Badges free?: Yes — Link Badges is free to use.
What platforms does Link Badges run on?: Link Badges runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Link Badges still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Link Badges?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Badges, Badge, and MimeTypes Link Icons.Badges Badge MimeTypes Link Icons
Who develops Link Badges?: Link Badges is developed by Marcus Downing.
How long has Link Badges been around?: Link Badges first shipped in 2013.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Sindhi
First seen: 7 Sep 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners and content editors
Model: B2B
Solves: Helping WordPress site owners identify linked files without manually adding document icons, file types, or sizes.

Registered as

WordPress.org: link-badges

Developer

Marcus Downing

Index record

Indexed: 7 Sep 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sep 2026
Last seen: 7 Sep 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: link-badges-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sep 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Sep 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 7 Sep 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/link-badges

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