<p>The default WordPress “shortlink” URLs look like this: <code>http://www.example.com/blog/?p=123</code>, where “<code>123</code>” is actually a 7+ digit decimal number. This plugin shrinks your shortlinks by encoding that number into only 4 characters, and using the abbreviated URL prefix of your choice.</p>
<p>On my site, the default shortlinks are 35 bytes long, even though I have a very short domain name. This plugin shrinks them to 21 total bytes, which is comparable to most public URL-shortener services, and better than many.</p>
<p>E.g., this: <code>http://www.jwz.org/blog/?p=13240780</code><br />
becomes: <code>http://jwz.org/b/ygnM</code></p>
<p>This doesn’t affect your (long) permalinks: those can still be in whatever format you like.</p>


Base64 Shortlinks

This plugin makes your shortlinks shorter!

Franky

<p><strong>Simple redirect management that works immediately.</strong> Create <code>/go/your-slug</code> redirects in WordPress admin — no configuration required. Optionally accelerate with Cloudflare Workers.</p>
<p>Built by <a href="https://301.st" rel="nofollow ugc">301.st</a> — your redirect management experts.</p>
<h4>What It Does</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Instant redirects</strong> — Works right after activation. No setup, no external services needed.</li>
<li><strong>Full control</strong> — 301/302/307/308 codes, UTM auto-append, query passthrough.</li>
<li><strong>404 catch-all</strong> — Redirect all 404 pages to your homepage or any URL (WP-only).</li>
<li><strong>CSV import/export</strong> — Migrate affiliate links between sites in seconds.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>WordPress handles everything by default</strong> — Redirects work via WP rewrite rules</li>
<li><strong>Enable edge mode (optional)</strong> — Connect Cloudflare for sub-millisecond redirects</li>
<li><strong>Fail-open design</strong> — If edge fails, WordPress takes over. Redirects never break.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy First</h4>
<ul>
<li>Aggregated click stats only (daily totals)</li>
<li>No IP addresses, no cookies, no User-Agent</li>
<li>GDPR compliant — no consent required</li>
</ul>
<h4>Testing Your Redirects</h4>
<p>Use our free <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirect-inspector/jkeijlkbgkdnhmejgofbbapdbhjljdgg" rel="nofollow ugc">Redirect Inspector</a> Chrome extension to verify your redirects are working correctly and see the full redirect chain.</p>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://301.st" rel="nofollow ugc">Project Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/investblog/edge-link-router" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirect-inspector/jkeijlkbgkdnhmejgofbbapdbhjljdgg" rel="nofollow ugc">Redirect Inspector</a> — free Chrome extension</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin optionally connects to the Cloudflare API when the user explicitly enables “Edge Mode” in the Integrations settings page. This feature is entirely opt-in and the plugin works fully without it.</p>
<h4>Cloudflare API</h4>
<p>Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company that provides CDN, DNS, and edge computing services. This plugin uses the Cloudflare API to deploy a Worker script that handles redirects at the network edge (before requests reach your WordPress server), resulting in faster redirect responses.</p>
<p>Data sent to Cloudflare (only when edge mode is enabled by the user):</p>
<ul>
<li>API token (provided by the user) — sent with each API request for authentication.</li>
<li>Redirect rules (slugs, target URLs, status codes, UTM parameters) — sent when publishing or updating the Worker snapshot.</li>
<li>Worker JavaScript code — uploaded once during edge mode setup.</li>
</ul>
<p>No visitor data, IP addresses, cookies, or personal information is ever sent to Cloudflare by this plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare API Documentation</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. Click statistics are aggregated daily totals only — no IP addresses, cookies, user agents, or personal data are recorded. No consent banner is required.</p>


Edge Link Router

Simple redirect management with optional Cloudflare edge acceleration. Create short links, track clicks, add UTM parameters.

Base64 Shortlinks vs Edge Link Router