Documentation for Back Button Widget for WordPress Plugin

Settings

Back button widget is a lightweight plugin that lets you add “Back” button to your WordPress site.

After enabling the plugin, you will find new “Back Button” widget in your admin dashboard (in “Appearance > Widgets”).

Alternatively, you can use [alg_back_button] shortcode or alg_back_button() PHP function.

Widget Settings

Title

Widget’s title.

Default: None

Before button

Outputted before the button.

Default: None

After button

Outputted after the button.

Default: None

Button label

Button’s label.

Default: Back

Button HTML class

HTML class for the button. E.g. try button.

Default: None

Button HTML style

HTML style for the button. E.g. try background-color:red;.

Default: None

Button type

Button’s type. Possible values: Button; Simple text.

Default: Button

Button JS function

JavaScript function used for the button. Possible values: back; go(-1).

Default: back

Hide on front page

Sets if button should be hidden on your site’s front page.

Default: no

WPML/Polylang

For multilingual sites using WPML or Polylang, button label can be easily translated to other languages with [alg_back_button_translate] shortcode (used directly in “Button label” option):

[alg_back_button_translate lang="FR" lang_text="Retour" not_lang_text="Back"]

Or in more advanced format:

[alg_back_button_translate lang="FR"]Retour[/alg_back_button_translate][alg_back_button_translate lang="DE"]Zurück[/alg_back_button_translate][alg_back_button_translate not_lang="FR,DE"]Back[/alg_back_button_translate]