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Ever want your own shortcuts without mucking about with permalink structures? The Link Shortcut plugin allows you to create short (random numbers and letters, or short words) URLs under your blog’s domain that redirect (301 or 302, your choice) a user to other pages, either in your site or on another site.
In other words, instead of sending this url to the author’s plugin page: 
http://www.husani.com/ventures/wordpress-plugins/linkshortcut/
This shortcut could be created simply by installing this plugin and adding a link, via the same traditional WordPress UI we all know and love: 
http://www.husani.com/link123
You can also specify a specific “subdirectory” to be present in all Link Shortcut URLs: yourblog/go/STRING, for example.
YOU MUST USE NON-UGLY PERMALINKS FOR THIS PLUGIN TO WORK. Your permalink structure cannot be yourblog.com?p=84, it must be date-based, name-based, etc.
IMPORTANT: Link Shortcut creates a table inside your database. Upon deactivation, the plugin creates a backup table and copies records to it before removing the main table. If you decide to activate the plugin again — or have installed an upgrade — it automatically copies your backed up links to the newly created table. You can also delete the backup table if you remove Link Shortcut permanently.
Changelog:
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<li>1.4:
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<li>Added configurable Redirect-Type (301, 302)</li>
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<li>1.3:
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<li>Added ability to set default length</li>
<li>Added ability to set directory name inside URL (yourblog.com/go/993ldx)</li>
<li>Added data backup on plugin deactivation (read Installation for more details)</li>
<li>Using _SERVER instead of WP_Query to account for WP version differences</li>
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<li>1.2:
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<li>Fixed WP 2.7 vs 2.7.1 bug</li>
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<li>1.1:
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<li>Fixed directory name bug</li>
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Link Shortcut is released to the WordPress community under the GPL. Please feel free to modify as you see fit, and if you find this plugin useful, donate to the author. All feedback is welcome at wordpressplugins@husani.com, and you can visit Husani’s website at http://www.husani.com.

Link Shortcut

Make TinyURL-like URLs (you.com/33ks8s) that redirect to pages inside / outside your blog.  Can also create human-readable aliases (you.com/facebook).

Sébastien Dumont

This is an extremely simple plugin that just adds a link to the Plugins management page to the site’s toolbar admin menu, creating a nice little shortcut to plugins.php when on the front end of your site.
<h4>Support</h4>
Use the WordPress.org forums for community support. If you spot a bug, you can of course log it on <a href="https://github.com/seb86/Plugins-Site-Menu-Link" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a> instead where I can act upon it more efficiently.
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More information
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<li>Other <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/sebd86/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress plugins</a> by <a href="https://sebastiendumont.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sébastien Dumont</a></li>
<li>Contact Sébastien on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/sebd86" rel="nofollow ugc">@sebd86</a></li>
<li>If you’re a developer yourself, follow or contribute to the <a href="https://github.com/seb86/Plugins-Site-Menu-Link" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugins Site Menu Link plugin on GitHub</a></li>
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Plugins Site Menu Link

Adds a link to the Plugins management page to the site's toolbar admin menu.

Link Shortcut vs Plugins Site Menu Link