How to Display Linked Issues and Their Status in Jira Dashboards by using Great Gadgets app

When you’re managing work in Jira, linked issues play a key role in understanding dependencies, blockers and how tasks impact one another. But there’s one big limitation teams run into immediately:

👉 There is no build-in way in Jira to show linked issues together with their statuses.

You can open an issue and view its linked items (and their status) in the issue’s detail view, but that doesn’t help when you need a quick overview across projects or sprints. Many Jira admins and team leads end up asking the same question:

“How can we see all linked issues — and their statuses — directly on a Jira dashboard?”

In this article you will find an easy way to see linked issues status using the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget offered by Great Gadgets app for Jira and Confluence.

Why Linked Issues Are So Hard to Track in Jira Dashboards

Jira supports issue links like blocks, is blocked by, relates to, duplicates and more. These are essential for dependency mapping — but they are only visible in the issue detail screen.

On dashboards, your options are extremely limited:

• There is no native gadget that displays the linked issues along with their statuses.
• With the Filter Results gadget you can list linked issues, but not their statuses.

This creates blind spots for project managers, product owners, and cross-functional teams who rely on dashboards to make decisions quickly.

A Better Way: Visualize Linked Issues And Their Status With the WBS Gadget

With the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget offered by Great Gadgets app for Jira and Confluence, you get a clean view where dependencies, blockers, and related tasks and their statuses are instantly visible

With a single dashboard gadget, you can:

• Display each issue together with all of its linked items
• See the status of every linked item instantly
• Expand and collapse levels for easier navigation
• Get a full dependency structure in one place
• View relationships visually rather than clicking through screens

👉 Watch the video tutorial below to see how easily you can configure the Work Breakdown Structure gadget to display your issues together with their linked items and their current status — all in a clean, organized view right on your Jira dashboard.

This video walks you through the setup and demonstrates how the gadget looks in action.

Why It Matters

Visualizing linked issues directly on dashboards has a major operational impact:

• Faster detection of risks – Blockers, cross-project dependencies and delays become visible immediately.
• Better planning accuracy – Knowing the status of linked items gives a more realistic view of timelines.
• Clearer communication – Instead of reviewing dozens of issues individually, you share one consolidated view.
• More alignment across teams – Everyone understands how work items connect, making coordination easier.

If your teams depend on linked issues, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget will change how you visualize projects.

👉 If you’d like to test it out, Great Gadgets is free for 30 days on the Atlassian Marketplace.