Kitgenix

<p>Affiliate URLs can get long, messy, and hard to manage — especially once they’re embedded across pages, posts, emails, and ads.</p>
<p><strong>Kitgenix Affiliate Link Manager</strong> gives you a simple, central place to create and manage short affiliate links, and redirect visitors using a clean URL format:</p>
<pre><code>/go/{slug} (prefix configurable)
</code></pre>
<p>It’s designed to be lightweight and practical:<br />
– Create links with a Name, Slug and Destination URL<br />
– Configure the redirect prefix (default: <code>go</code>)<br />
– Choose redirect status: 307, 302 or 301<br />
– Track click counts per link<br />
– No third-party redirect/short-link service (redirects happen on your site)</p>
<p>SEO note: you can choose a per-link rel value (nofollow / sponsored / both). When placing your short URL into content, use sponsored/nofollow to follow search engine guidelines for affiliate links.</p>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>This plugin stores links in a private custom post type and performs redirects via WordPress rewrite rules.</li>
<li>After changing the redirect prefix, you may need to re-save Permalinks (Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Permalinks) to ensure rewrite rules are refreshed.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Quick Start</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Go to Kitgenix <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Affiliate Links.</li>
<li>Add a link (Name + Destination URL + optional custom slug).</li>
<li>Copy the generated short URL and use it anywhere.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>Text domain:<br />
kitgenix-affiliate-link-manager</p>
<p>Custom post type:<br />
– <code>kitgenix_aff_link</code></p>
<p>Post meta:<br />
– Destination URL: <code>_kitgenix_affiliate_destination_url</code><br />
– Click count: <code>_kitgenix_affiliate_clicks</code><br />
– Rel value: <code>_kitgenix_affiliate_rel</code> (allowed: <code>nofollow</code>, <code>sponsored</code>, <code>nofollow sponsored</code>)<br />
– Enabled flag: <code>_kitgenix_affiliate_enabled</code> (1/0; defaults to enabled)</p>
<p>Settings option:<br />
– <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_settings</code></p>
<p>Settings group (Settings API):<br />
– <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_settings_group</code></p>
<p>Redirect query var:<br />
– <code>kitgenix_affiliate_slug</code></p>
<p>Admin actions / nonces:<br />
– Admin-post action (save): <code>admin_post_kitgenix_affiliate_link_save</code><br />
– Admin-post action (delete): <code>admin_post_kitgenix_affiliate_link_delete</code><br />
– Admin-post action (duplicate): <code>admin_post_kitgenix_affiliate_link_duplicate</code><br />
– Admin-post action (reset clicks): <code>admin_post_kitgenix_affiliate_link_reset_clicks</code><br />
– Admin-post action (bulk actions): <code>admin_post_kitgenix_affiliate_link_bulk</code><br />
– Link save nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_save</code><br />
– Link save nonce field name: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_nonce</code><br />
– Link delete nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_delete</code><br />
– Link delete nonce query arg: <code>nonce</code><br />
– Link duplicate nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_duplicate</code><br />
– Link reset clicks nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_reset_clicks</code><br />
– Bulk actions nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_bulk</code><br />
– Bulk actions nonce field name: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_bulk_nonce</code><br />
– Settings save nonce action: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_settings_save</code><br />
– Settings save nonce field name: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_settings_nonce</code></p>
<p>Settings UI field identifiers:<br />
– Redirect status  id: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_redirect_status</code><br />
– Links per page  id: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_links_per_page</code></p>
<p>Developer filters:<br />
– <code>kitgenix_affiliate_slug_cache_ttl</code> (int $ttl, int $post_id, string $slug) — adjust redirect slug lookup cache TTL (seconds).</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin includes a shared “Kitgenix hub” component in wp-admin which may fetch publicly available plugin metadata from WordPress.org using WordPress core’s <code>plugins_api()</code> function.</p>
<p>Caching:<br />
– Transient: <code>kitgenix_hub_wporg_active_installs_v1</code><br />
– Transient: <code>kitgenix_hub_wporg_ratings_v1</code></p>
<p>Redirect destinations:<br />
– When a visitor uses a short URL like <code>/go/{slug}</code>, the plugin redirects them to the destination URL you configured for that link. Destination URLs are commonly on third-party domains (affiliate programs).</p>
<h3>Security & Privacy</h3>
<ul>
<li>No tracking cookies are added.</li>
<li>Admin actions are protected with capability checks and nonces.</li>
<li>Redirect destinations are validated before redirect.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Uninstall</h3>
<p>By default, uninstall removes only plugin settings and plugin-only transients (it does not delete stored affiliate link posts or click data).</p>
<p>Optional: enable the “Delete all affiliate links and click data when the plugin is uninstalled” setting if you want a clean uninstall.</p>
<p>Deleted:<br />
– Option: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_settings</code><br />
– Transient: <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_do_activation_redirect</code><br />
– Transient (short-lived): <code>kitgenix_affiliate_link_manager_do_rewrite_flush</code></p>
<h3>Support Development</h3>
<p>If this plugin saves you time managing affiliate URLs, you can support ongoing development here:<br />
https://donate.stripe.com/9B65kDgG3fTQ2Kzcmwf7i00</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Built with ❤︎ by @kitgenix – https://kitgenix.com</p>


Kitgenix Affiliate Link Manager

Manage affiliate short links, branded redirects, and click tracking from one WordPress dashboard.

Steve Burge

Jaed Mosharraf

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PublishPress

Sakib Hossain

Masum Billah

Adesina Adedeji

<p>PublishPress Shortlinks is the best link manager available for WordPress. You can create custom links for your posts and external links. These links can have many extra features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Make your URLs short and memorable.</li>
<li>Track who clicks on your links with detailed analytics.</li>
<li>Share posts in any status, even unpublished posts in Draft or Pending Review.</li>
<li>Control who can visit your links with passwords, expiry dates, and access control.</li>
<li>Generate QR codes to easily share your links.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to use PublishPress Shortlinks</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom URLs for your posts</strong>. Imagine you’re hosting a big event and have a page on your website with all the details. PublishPress Shortlinks allows to create a short, memorable link for the event, for example: https://publishpress.com/go/cool-party. You can track how many people click the link. You can set the link to expire after the event finishes. You can even download a QR code to share on brochures. Oh, because of the next feature, you can do all of this even if you’re selling event tickets on another website.</li>
<li><strong>Custom URLs for external links</strong>. Imagine you run a website with toy reviews. You join affiliate programs and make money when people click on your links and buy tools. PublishPress Shortlinks allows to create a short, memorable link for each toy, for example: https://publishpress.com/go/cool-toy. You can track how many people click the link and get a full analytics report on those clicks.</li>
</ul>
<h3>PublishPress Shortlinks Pro</h3>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Upgrade to Shortlinks Pro</strong><br />
  This plugin is the free version of the Shortlinks Pro plugin. The Pro version of PublishPress Revisions allows you to control access to editing shortlinks and viewing the click analytics. You can also show a custom message when someone is blocked from accessing a link. And you can import and export links. <a href="https://publishpress.com/shortlinks" title="Shorelines Pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase the best WordPress link manager now!</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Key Features in PublishPress Shortlinks</h3>
<p>✅ Automatically create shortlinks for your posts<br />
✅ Use your own website domain for shortlinks<br />
✅ Customize the slug for each shortlink<br />
✅ Share shortlinks for posts in any status<br />
✅ Add password protection to your shortlinks<br />
✅ Automatically export your shortlinks on a specific date<br />
✅ Choose from 301, 302, and 307 redirects<br />
✅ Track who is clicking your shortlinks with analytics<br />
✅ Generate a QR code for each shortlink to allow easy sharing<br />
✅ Cloak your affiliate links</p>
<h3>Automatically create shortlinks for your posts</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks will automatically generate links for all your posts and pages. This makes it really easy to have shareable links for content. These shortlinks are available from the Posts screen and the Post Edit screen.</p>
<h3>Use your own website domain for shortlinks</h3>
<p>There’s no need to use an external service to build and track your links. With PublishPress Shortlinks, all your custom URLs use your own domain name. To avoid conflicts with any regular URLs on your site, there’s also a folder which is set to “go” by default. This means that your custom URLs will look like this: https://example.com/go/shortlinks</p>
<h3>Customize the slug for each shortlink</h3>
<p>Every post has its own URL. By default, the final part of the URL will be a unique combination of 5 characters, so your shortlink will look like this: https://example.com/go/8vi3n. However, you can customize the slug so it looks like this: https://example.com/go/shortlinks.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/how-to-customize-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on customizing shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Share shortlinks for posts in any status</h3>
<p>When you’re writing a draft post, do you sometimes need to share it with someone who doesn’t have access to your site? PublishPress Shortlinks is the answer. PublishPress Shortlinks allows you to share posts before you make them public. If you’ve written a draft of a post, you can share a preview with other people. You can protect these links by combining this with other features, including password protection and automatic expiry of links. This feature is similar to the Public Post Preview plugin, but with more features and customizable features.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/posts-status-visibility/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on shortlinks for unpublished posts</a></p>
<h3>Add password protection to your shortlinks</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Security” tab. You’ll be able to create a password for your sharable links. Nobody will be able to access the post via your shortlink unless they know the password.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/protect-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on passwords for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Automatically expire your shortlinks on a specific date</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Security” tab. You’ll be able to choose an expiration date for your shortlink. Anyone trying to visit your link after the expiration date will see the message, “This link is expired.”</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/protect-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on expiry dates for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Choose from 301, 302, and 307 redirects</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Redirection” tab. You can choose what kind of redirect is used for each link. 301 (Permanent) redirects are used to tell search engines that a requested URL has been permanently moved to another URL. If you’re confident that your target URL will never change, then use this redirect type. 302 and 307 (Temporary) redirects tell search engines that the requested URL has been moved temporarily, but will be back eventually.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/redirect-options-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on redirects for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Track who is clicking your shortlinks with analytics</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks has a Logs feature that records everyone who clicks your links. These logs are then turned into analytics charts so you can see how popular each shortlink is.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/analytics-and-logs-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on logs for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Generate a QR code for each shortlink to allow easy sharing</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks will automatically create a QR code for each link. This makes it easy to download and share the QR code so people can visit your URL. This is great for advertisements, brochures, PDFs, restaurant menus, or anywhere you want to use a QR code.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/qr-codes-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on QR codes for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Cloak affiliate links</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks is ideal for websites that have affiliate links in posts. You can manage, clean up, brand, and track your links. It’s a great tool for cloaking affiliate links. PublishPress Shortlinks is a great tool for marketers plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links.</p>
<h3>Create Shortlinks via Keyboard Shortcuts</h3>
<p>Click <code>Ctrl/Cmd + /</code> anywhere in the WordPress admin area to instantly create shortlinks.</p>
<h3>Join PublishPress and get the Pro plugins</h3>
<p>The Pro versions of the PublishPress plugins are well worth your investment. The Pro versions have extra features and faster support. <a href="https://publishpress.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to join PublishPress</a>.</p>
<p>Join PublishPress and you’ll get access to these Pro plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/authors" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Authors Pro</a> allows you to add multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/blocks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Blocks Pro</a> has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/capabilities" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Capabilities Pro</a> is the plugin to manage your WordPress user roles, permissions, and capabilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/checklists" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Checklists Pro</a> enables you to define tasks that must be completed before content is published.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/future" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Future Pro</a>  is the plugin for scheduling changes to your posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/permissions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Permissions Pro</a>  is the plugin for restricted content and advanced WordPress permissions.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/publishpress" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Planner Pro</a> is the plugin for managing and scheduling WordPress content.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/revisions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Revisions Pro</a> allows you to update your published pages with teamwork and precision.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/series" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Series Pro</a> enables you to group content together into a series.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/shortlinks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Shortlinks Pro</a> allows you to create custom URLs for your posts and external links. </li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/statuses" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Statuses Pro</a> enables you to create additional publishing steps for your posts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Together, these plugins are a suite of powerful publishing tools for WordPress. If you need to create a professional workflow in WordPress, with moderation, revisions, permissions and more, then you should try PublishPress.</p>
<h3>Bug Reports</h3>
<p>Bug reports for PublishPress Shortlinks are welcomed in our <a href="https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-shortlinks" rel="nofollow ugc">repository on GitHub</a>. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.</p>


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