Matthias Reinholz

Qreuz GmbH

Hungry Flamingo

<p>This plugin helps you with monetizing your website via affiliate programs. Automatically convert hyperlinks across your website into beautiful and effective affiliate ads.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Automatic affiliate ad generation</h4>
<p>Enable this feature to automatically filter your hyperlinks across your posts. Add an icon and let the plugin convert your hyperlinks into beautiful and effective embedded affiliate ads.</p>
<h4>Affiliate Ad Block</h4>
<p>Utilize the Gutenberg block to place a beautiful affiliate ad. No need to embed third-party scripts and compromise the privacy of your visitors. The ad is rendered by your server.</p>
<h4>Compatible with all affiliate programs</h4>
<p>This plugin is not restricted to any affiliate program. Simply add the affiliate’s base url and let the plugin convert hyperlinks to this target into effective ads.</p>
<h4>Upload your own affiliate icons</h4>
<p>You can upload your own icon per affiliate to make your ads stand out and look even better.</p>


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Gaurav Tiwari

<p><strong>GT Link Manager</strong> is a <strong>100% free</strong> high-performance branded link manager for WordPress — no upsells, no premium tiers, no paywalls. It stores links in <strong>custom database tables</strong> (not custom post types), resolves redirects early on <code>init</code>, and keeps your site fast — even with thousands of links.</p>
<p>Your links follow a clean URL pattern: <strong>yoursite.com/go/your-slug</strong> (the prefix is configurable and can even be removed on individual links).</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/product/gt-link-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Official Page & Documentation</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Training Course</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/gt-link-manager-rest-api-guide-ai-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST API & AI Tools Guide</a></strong></p>
<h4>Why GT Link Manager?</h4>
<p>Most link management plugins use custom post types, which means every redirect loads the full WordPress template stack. GT Link Manager takes a different approach — it intercepts the request early, looks up the slug in a <strong>UNIQUE-indexed database column</strong>, sends the redirect header, and exits. No theme loading, no unnecessary queries.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fast direct redirects</strong> — resolves links on <code>init</code> (priority 0) via direct DB lookup, no CPT overhead</li>
<li><strong>301, 302, and 307 redirects</strong> — choose the right redirect type for SEO, temporary, or method-preserving redirects</li>
<li><strong>Rel attribute controls</strong> — set <code>nofollow</code>, <code>sponsored</code>, and <code>ugc</code> per link for proper SEO attribution</li>
<li><strong>Noindex support</strong> — sends <code>X-Robots-Tag: noindex</code> header to prevent search engines from indexing redirect URLs</li>
<li><strong>Categories and tags</strong> — organize links into categories with parent/child hierarchy and free-form tags</li>
<li><strong>Full admin list table</strong> — search, filter by category/status, sort by any column, and perform bulk actions</li>
<li><strong>Quick Edit</strong> — update URL, slug, redirect type, rel, category, and status inline without leaving the list</li>
<li><strong>Activate / Deactivate</strong> — disable a link without deleting it; inactive links stop redirecting but stay in the database</li>
<li><strong>Trash and restore</strong> — soft-delete links to trash with the option to restore or permanently delete</li>
<li><strong>CSV import and export</strong> — import links from CSV with column mapping preview, or export filtered links; includes <strong>LinkCentral</strong> and <strong>Pretty Links</strong> compatible presets, supports any CSV though as it allows you to map fields manually.</li>
<li><strong>Block editor integration</strong> — a toolbar button lets you search your links and insert them directly into post content</li>
<li><strong>Branded URL preview</strong> — see the full branded URL as you type, with one-click copy</li>
<li><strong>Normal and Regex Redirects</strong> supported too. Don’t want to use a prefix like <code>/go/</code> ? Sure thing. Use the GT Link Manager as an alternative to Rank Math Redirections, Yoast Redirects, Redirection plugin etc. <strong>Tested to be faster</strong> than these top tools.</li>
<li><strong>Click tracking</strong> — log clicks via the <code>gtlm_before_redirect</code> hook; integrate with GA4, Plausible, Fathom, and more</li>
<li><strong>Developer-friendly</strong> — actions and filters for redirect interception, URL modification, capability control, cache TTL, and more</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Hooks</h4>
<p>GT Link Manager provides a comprehensive set of hooks for customization:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>gtlm_before_redirect</code> — action fired before redirect (use for click tracking or logging)</li>
<li><code>gtlm_redirect_url</code> — filter to modify the destination URL</li>
<li><code>gtlm_redirect_code</code> — filter to modify the HTTP status code</li>
<li><code>gtlm_rel_attributes</code> — filter to modify rel attribute values</li>
<li><code>gtlm_headers</code> — filter to modify redirect response headers</li>
<li><code>gtlm_prefix</code> — filter to override the URL prefix</li>
<li><code>gtlm_capabilities</code> — filter to override the required user capability</li>
<li><code>gtlm_cache_ttl</code> — filter to set object cache TTL for link lookups</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Training Course</h4>
<p>The <strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/" rel="nofollow ugc">GT Link Manager Training</a></strong> is a free 25-lesson course (under 2 hours) covering everything from installation to advanced developer integrations:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Getting Started</strong> — installation, admin interface, link creation, categories, and redirect configuration</li>
<li><strong>Configuration & Features</strong> — settings, redirect mechanics, block editor integration, and bulk import/export</li>
<li><strong>Developer Reference</strong> — REST API, hooks and filters, analytics integrations, webhooks, and advanced redirects</li>
</ul>
<h4>Analytics & Advanced Integrations</h4>
<p>The <strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/developer-reference-1771422601/" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Reference</a></strong> includes step-by-step integration guides for:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Analytics</strong> — Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Plausible Analytics, Fathom Analytics, Matomo, and Simple Analytics</li>
<li><strong>Tracking</strong> — custom click logging to a database table, dashboard widget, and UTM parameter passthrough</li>
<li><strong>Automation</strong> — webhook notifications for Zapier, Make, and n8n</li>
<li><strong>Advanced redirects</strong> — role-based redirects (route by user role) and geo-based redirects (route by location)</li>
<li><strong>Customization</strong> — custom response headers, hooks and filters reference</li>
</ul>
<h4>REST API & AI Tools</h4>
<p>GT Link Manager has a full REST API that works with AI tools for programmatic link management. The <strong><a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/gt-link-manager-rest-api-guide-ai-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST API & AI Tools Guide</a></strong> covers authentication setup, all available endpoints, and integration with AI platforms including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, WP-MCP, Novamira, Claudeus WordPress MCP, and WordPress MCP Adapter.</p>
<h3>Source Code</h3>
<p>The block editor assets (blocks/link-inserter/build/) are compiled from the source at blocks/link-inserter/src/ using @wordpress/scripts. The full source code is available in this plugin and on GitHub at https://github.com/wpgaurav/gt-link-manager.</p>
<p>To build from source:<br />
    cd blocks/link-inserter && npm install && npm run build</p>


GT Link Manager

Fast, free branded link manager with custom database tables, early redirects, CSV import/export, and block editor integration.

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