Shitalben Parmar

<p>All In One Link Shortener allows you to easily create short links for posts, pages, or any URL on your WordPress site. It supports multiple link shortening services including Bitly, TinyURL, Rebrandly, is.gd, t.ly and cutt.ly. You can generate short links using a shortcode and quickly copy them in the admin area.</p>
<p>This plugin is lightweight, fully compatible with WordPress, and provides an intuitive interface in the admin dashboard.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Automatic shortlink generation on publish/update.  </li>
<li>Supports providers: Bitly, TinyURL, Rebrandly, cutt.ly, is.gd, t.ly or native WordPress permalinks.  </li>
<li>Admin column with copy-to-clipboard button.  </li>
<li>Regenerate shortlinks via post actions or bulk actions.  </li>
<li>WP-CLI support for developers.  </li>
<li>Shortcode <code>[aiols_shortlink id="123"]</code>.  </li>
<li>API token setup in plugin settings.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Generate API Tokens</h3>
<h4>Bitly (Generic Access Token)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Sign in at <a href="https://bitly.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Bitly</a>.  </li>
<li>Open Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> API / Developer section.  </li>
<li>Click “Generic Access Token” <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Generate/Create.  </li>
<li>Re-enter password if prompted.  </li>
<li>Copy and store the token securely.  </li>
<li>Paste the token in plugin settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Save Changes.  </li>
</ol>
<h4>TinyURL (API Key)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Sign in at <a href="https://tinyurl.com/app/dev" rel="nofollow ugc">TinyURL</a>.  </li>
<li>Open Developer / API or API Settings.  </li>
<li>Click “Create API Key” and follow prompts.  </li>
<li>Copy the generated key and store securely.  </li>
<li>Paste into plugin settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Save Changes.  </li>
</ol>
<h4>Rebrandly (API Key)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Sign in at <a href="https://app.rebrandly.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Rebrandly</a>.  </li>
<li>Open Dashboard <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Developer / API section.  </li>
<li>Click “Create New API Key” and follow prompts.  </li>
<li>Copy and store the key securely.  </li>
<li>Paste into plugin settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Save Changes.  </li>
</ol>
<h4>Cutt.ly (API Key)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Sign in at <a href="https://cutt.ly/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cutt.ly</a>.</li>
<li>In the left sidebar, go to API <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <a href="https://cutt.ly/edit" rel="nofollow ugc">API Key</a>.</li>
<li>Your API Key will be visible on the right side under your account information.</li>
<li>If you don’t have one, click Generate API Key to create a new key.</li>
<li>Copy the generated key and store it securely.</li>
<li>Paste it into your plugin settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Save Changes.</li>
</ol>
<h4>is.gd (No API Key Required)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Visit <a href="https://is.gd/developers.php" rel="nofollow ugc">is.gd</a></li>
<li>You don’t need to create an account or API key — is.gd’s shortening service is open for public use.</li>
<li>To shorten a link using the API, simply use the following URL format: <code>https://is.gd/create.php?format=json&url=YOUR_LONG_URL</code>.</li>
<li>Replace YOUR_LONG_URL with the actual link you want to shorten.</li>
<li>You can test this directly in your browser or use it programmatically via your plugin.</li>
<li>For full API documentation, visit <a href="https://is.gd/developers.php" rel="nofollow ugc">is.gd API Reference</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h4>T.LY (API Key Required)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Visit <a href="https://t.ly/" rel="nofollow ugc">T.LY</a> and create a free account.</li>
<li>Generate your API key from your <a href="https://t.ly/links" rel="nofollow ugc">T.LY Dashboard</a>.</li>
<li>To shorten a link using the API, send a POST request to <code>https://api.t.ly/api/v1/link/shorten</code> with your long URL and API token.</li>
<li>The API will return a JSON response containing short_url. Use this value as the shortened link.</li>
<li>For full API documentation, visit <a href="https://t.ly/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">T.LY API Docs</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Security & Best Practices</h3>
<ul>
<li>Treat tokens as secrets; do not commit to public repositories.  </li>
<li>Store only in plugin settings; never print in frontend HTML.  </li>
<li>Limit token permissions if the provider allows.  </li>
<li>Rotate (revoke/regenerate) tokens periodically or if compromised.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>Bitly</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference/  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links using Bitly.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original URL + API token.  </li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://bitly.com/pages/terms-of-service  </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://bitly.com/pages/privacy  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>TinyURL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: https://tinyurl.com/app/dev  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links using TinyURL.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original URL + API key.  </li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://tinyurl.com/app/terms  </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://tinyurl.com/app/privacy-policy  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Rebrandly</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: https://developers.rebrandly.com/reference/createlink  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links using Rebrandly.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original URL + API key.  </li>
<li>Documentation: https://developers.rebrandly.com/docs/get-started  </li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://www.rebrandly.com/terms  </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://cutt.ly/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>cutt.ly</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: https://cutt.ly/api-documentation/regular-api  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links using cutt.ly.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original URL + API key.  </li>
<li>Documentation: https://cutt.ly/api-documentation/regular-api</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://cutt.ly/terms </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://cutt.ly/privacy</li>
<li>Contact us : https://cutt.ly/contact</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>is.gd API Information (No API Key Required)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: <a href="https://is.gd/create.php?format=json&url=YOUR_LONG_URL" rel="nofollow ugc">https://is.gd/create.php?format=json&url=YOUR_LONG_URL</a>  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links without requiring an API key.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original long URL (no authentication required).  </li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://is.gd/developers.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://is.gd/developers.php</a>  </li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://is.gd/terms.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://is.gd/terms.php</a>  </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://is.gd/privacy.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://is.gd/privacy.php</a>  </li>
<li>Contact Us: <a href="https://is.gd/contact.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://is.gd/contact.php</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>T.LY API Information (API Key Required)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>API URL: <a href="https://t.ly/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">https://t.ly/docs</a>  </li>
<li>Purpose: Generate short links without requiring an API key.  </li>
<li>Data Sent: Original long URL (no authentication required).  </li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://t.ly/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">https://t.ly/docs</a>  </li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://t.ly/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://t.ly/terms</a>  </li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://t.ly/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://t.ly/privacy</a>  </li>
<li>Contact Us: <a href="https://t.ly/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">https://t.ly/contact</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Open Source</h3>
<ul>
<li>GitHub repository: https://github.com/shitalparmar443/all-in-one-link-shortener  </li>
<li>Contributions via pull requests are welcome.</li>
</ul>


All In One Link Shortener


Delivers excellent value—premium-level link shortening, statistics, and URL control—all without overloading your WordPress dashboard.


Impressive Features, Affordable Functionality


Lets you generate memorable short links for promos, campaigns, or social posts—easily shareable and easy to manage.


Friendly for Beginners, Robust for Experts

Create shortlinks for WordPress posts/pages using Bitly, TinyURL, Rebrandly, or native WordPress permalinks.

Gerald Yeo

<p><strong>Notice: I’ve have since stopped development of this plugin as I feel that the state of URL Shortening services seems to have converged and there isn’t much more progress I have in the pipeline for this plugin.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wiki.fusedthought.com/docs/url-shortener-wordpress-plugin" title="URL Shortener" rel="nofollow ugc">URL Shortener</a> allows you to generate shortlinks for post/pages using URL Shorteners (e.g. Bit.ly, Su.pr and many others), with a few additional features.</p>
<p><strong>Please check your settings when upgrading to Version 4.0 from previous versions prior to it.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What’s New with 4.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>QR Code Support (using Google Chart API)</li>
<li>Additional Shorteners (Goo.gl, dlvr.it, yourls) </li>
<li>Nice ID links with QR Code (i.e. http://your_site/123.qr)</li>
<li>Version 4.0 features completely refactored code once again. Now includes classes which allows developers to easily extend the plugin.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Automatic generation of a Short URL/Shortlinks</li>
<li><em>Cached Shortlink</em> – thus generated only once. </li>
<li>Choose to generate shortlinks using permalinks or the posts ID (e.g. http://your_site/index.php?p=123).</li>
<li>Relatively extensive shortlink support</li>
<li><em>Action Hooks available</em> for other plugins to utilize generated shortlinks (From Ver 3.0 Onwards)</li>
<li>Nice ID links – http://your_site/123 instead of http://your_site/index.php?p=123</li>
<li>Shortcode support (Ver 3.1): Place [shortlink] in your article where you want to display the shortened url.</li>
<li>Append a link to short URL below your post content (Ver 3.1.1)</li>
</ul>
<p>Refer to the documentation/wiki page at http://wiki.fusedthought.com/docs/url-shortener-wordpress-plugin for more information (eg. installation guide and known issues etc).</p>
<p><strong>Services currently supported are:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>goo.gl (beta)</li>
<li>bit.ly</li>
<li>tinyurl</li>
<li>is.gd</li>
<li>Su.pr</li>
<li>snipurl / Snurl / Snipr / Sn.im / Cl.lk</li>
<li>cl.gs</li>
<li>chilp.it</li>
<li>smsh (aka sm00sh)</li>
<li>urli.nl</li>
<li>unfake.it </li>
<li>awe.sm</li>
<li>Voizle </li>
<li>Interdose API</li>
<li>dlvr.it</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Suspended</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ping.fm (Will be suspended until they reopen their API)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Available Template Tags</strong></p>
<p>On-demand shortening function:</p>
<pre><code><?php fts_shorturl('http://www.google.com', 'bitly'); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>To show the generated links::</p>
<pre><code><?php fts_show_shorturl($post); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>Or if WordPress 3.0:</p>
<pre><code><?php the_shortlink(); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_shortlink</p>
<p><strong>Available hooks and filters</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>fts_use_shortlink (Action Hook)</li>
<li>fts_filter_shortlink (Filter)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Future Versions and on:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>More services/features can be added upon request (http://code.google.com/p/url-shortener-plugin/issues/list)</li>
<li>Do note that due to my increasing need to concentrate on my studies, and a lack of financial contribution from such plugin development, I cannot possibly accede to all requests. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Support via:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>https://wordpress.org/tags/url-shortener</li>
<li>Contact me via my website ( http://www.fusedthought.com/contact/ )</li>
<li>Please check the FAQ</li>
</ul>


URL Shortener

This plugin allows you to generate shortlinks for post/pages using URL Shorteners (e.g. Bit.ly, Su.pr, YOURLS, Goo.gl and many others).

All In One Link Shortener vs URL Shortener