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<p>LinkCentral is your all-in-one WordPress solution to <strong>manage, track, and cloak custom links, short URLs, and affiliate links</strong>. Track link performance of all your short links with ease. From custom slugs to advanced analytics, LinkCentral is packed with many customisable features. Seamlessly integrate with page builders, and see how your links perform using the built-in insights.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p><strong>🔗 Custom URL Shortener</strong>: Shorten links into clean, memorable URLs. Customize with prefixes and slugs, such as <code>www.yoursite.com/go/your-custom-slug</code></p>
<p><strong>🔍 Advanced Link Tracking</strong>: Gain insights into your link performance with detailed link clicks analytics.</p>
<p><strong>💼 Affiliate Link Management</strong>: Cloak and manage your affiliate links while staying organized with categories and private notes.</p>
<p><strong>🧩 Flexible Integrations</strong>: Easily insert links using our built-in integrations with common page builders or use shortcodes.</p>
<p><strong>📊 Google Analytics 4 Support</strong>: Send link tracking data to Google Analytics 4.</p>
<p><strong>🔄 Redirection Settings</strong>: Choose redirection types (301, 302, 307), add <em>nofollow</em>, <em>sponsored</em> and other attributes, and more.</p>
<p><strong>⏰ Plan Redirects Ahead</strong>: Schedule and manage future redirects.</p>
<p><strong>🔒 Password-Protected Redirects</strong>: Secure your redirects with passwords.</p>
<p><strong>🔲 QR Codes</strong>: Instantly create QR codes for any of your short links.</p>
<p><strong>👥 Role Management</strong>: Control access by defining user roles that can create and edit links, view analytics, and manage settings.</p>
<p><strong>🚀 Optimized and Lightweight</strong>: Built with performance in mind, using native WordPress integration for speed without bloat.</p>
<p><strong>🔌 WordPress-Friendly</strong>: Utilizes a custom post type for seamless integration into the WordPress ecosystem.</p>
<p><strong>📥 Easy Import</strong>: Easily import your links from other link management tools or spreadsheets.</p>
<p>🛡️ GDPR Compliance, 🧹 Expiry Management, 🤖 IP and Bot Filtering, 🌐 Affiliate Links management, and much more, all <strong>for free</strong>!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.designforwp.com/linkcentral/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more</a> about everything LinkCentral has to offer.</p>
<h3>Integrate with Ease 🪢</h3>
<p>LinkCentral seamlessly integrates with leading page builders and WordPress plugins to make link insertion a breeze. Quickly add links through:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Elementor (Free and Pro)</strong></li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg</strong></li>
<li><strong>Classic Editor (TinyMCE)</strong></li>
<li><strong>Beaver Builder</strong></li>
<li>and more…</li>
</ul>
<h3>More Features with LinkCentral Premium ⭐</h3>
<p>Unlock exclusive features with LinkCentral Premium to supercharge your link management. Upgrade today and enjoy 14-day money-back guarantee.</p>
<p><strong>📈 Advanced Insights</strong>: Get detailed analytics, including data on individual links, improved filtering, and geolocation (country, region, city).</p>
<p><strong>🔀 Dynamic Redirects</strong>: Build dynamic redirects based on date, time, country, device, cookie, and more.</p>
<p><strong>🖇️ Split testing</strong>: Enable AB split tests and rotate users between different destinations based on the number of clicks on a link.</p>
<p><strong>🔄 Parameter Forwarding</strong>: Seamlessly pass URL parameters through your shortlinks.</p>
<p><strong>💾 Data export</strong>: Easily backup or migrate your links and analytics.</p>
<p><strong>🏷️ UTM Templates</strong>: Create and apply UTM templates to your links.</p>
<p><strong>📝 Auto-keyword Linking</strong>: Automatically link keywords across your website.</p>
<p><strong>🚥 Broken Links Checker</strong>: Automatically scans your links for broken URLs and sends email alerts.</p>
<p><strong>🪝 Webhooks</strong>: Connect to a custom webhook and send data every time a link is clicked.</p>
<p><strong>🎨 Custom styling</strong>: Add CSS classes to your links on the frontend.</p>
<p><strong>♾️ Access to Updates</strong>: Enjoy access to future updates and get fast support.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.designforwp.com/linkcentral/" rel="nofollow ugc">See all Premium features</a></p>
<h3>Privacy 🛡️</h3>
<h4>Tracking</h4>
<p>LinkCentral respects you and your users’ privacy. You have full control over tracking settings, including the ability to anonymize or opt out of tracking completely.</p>
<h4>3rd Party Services</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Analytics 4</strong>: When enabled in the plugin settings, LinkCentral can send your analytics data directly to Google Analytics 4. Read more about <a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
<li><strong>MaxMind</strong>: LinkCentral optionally uses MaxMind’s free GeoIP database for country-based tracking and redirection. The database is updated biweekly to ensure accuracy. For more information, please see MaxMind’s <a href="https://www.maxmind.com/en/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy_policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Freemius</strong>: LinkCentral makes use of Freemius for its Premium licensing. In case of a purchase and when opted in, we may periodically validate your license with the server.</li>
</ul>


LinkCentral – URL shortener, Custom Links & Affiliate Link Shortener with Link Tracking

The easiest URL shortener, short links manager, and link tracking plugin. Fast and optimised for better redirects, affiliate links and click tracking.

Victor Lukasso

<p>Advanced URL shortener for WordPress with analytics, link rotation, location tracking, random redirects, and password protection.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 Create custom short URLs (e.g., <code>yoursite.com/go/product</code>)</li>
<li>📊 Detailed click analytics with:
<ul>
<li>Visitor IP addresses</li>
<li>Location data (country/city)</li>
<li>User agents</li>
<li>Timestamps</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🔄 URL rotation (randomize destinations)</li>
<li>🔒 Password protection for private links</li>
<li>📁 CSV export for all analytics data</li>
<li>✏️ Edit existing short URLs</li>
<li>🗑️ Delete short URLs with confirmation</li>
<li>🎨 Clean WordPress admin interface</li>
<li>🔄Create One Url that redirects to multiple posts on your website.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>Creating Short Links</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to Custom Link Shortener in your admin menu</li>
<li>Enter:
<ul>
<li>Your preferred alias (e.g., “product”)</li>
<li>Destination URL(s) (one per line for rotation)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Optional: Enable rotation or set a password</li>
<li>Enable random post redirects</li>
<li>Click “Create Short Link”</li>
</ol>
<h3>Viewing Analytics</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to Custom Link Shortener <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Analytics</li>
<li>View all links with click counts</li>
<li>Click “View” on any link to see detailed stats</li>
<li>Export data as CSV when needed</li>
</ol>
<h3>Managing Links</h3>
<ul>
<li>Edit: Change destinations, rotation, or password</li>
<li>Delete: Remove short links (with confirmation)</li>
<li>Test: Verify your links work before sharing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Advanced Features</h3>
<h3>URL Rotation</h3>
<p>When enabled with multiple destinations:<br />
– Visitors get randomly redirected to one of the URLs<br />
– All clicks are still tracked accurately</p>
<h3>Password Protection</h3>
<ul>
<li>Set a password when creating/editing links</li>
<li>Visitors must enter password before redirect</li>
<li>Works with both GET and POST requests</li>
</ul>
<h3>Random blog article in one short link</h3>
<ul>
<li>Query your WordPress database for all published posts</li>
<li>Randomly select one post from the available options</li>
<li>Redirect the visitor to that post’s permalink</li>
<li>Track the redirect for analytics purposes</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Content Discovery: Help visitors explore your older or less-visited content</li>
<li>Newsletter Links: Add a “Random Article” link to your email newsletters</li>
<li>Social Media: Share surprise content links on social platforms</li>
<li>Website Navigation: Include a “Surprise Me” button in your site navigation</li>
<li>Content Marketing: Create engaging campaigns around random content discovery</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin uses ipapi.co to determine visitor location information for analytics.</p>
<p>What data is sent:<br />
– Visitor’s IP address (only when a link is clicked)<br />
– No personal data is sent</p>
<p>When data is sent:<br />
– Only when a short link is clicked by a visitor</p>
<p>Service information:<br />
– Terms: https://ipapi.co/terms/<br />
– Privacy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, please email support@lukastechs.com.</p>
<p>Pro Tip: For maximum compatibility, always test new short links before sharing them widely!</p>


Custom Link Shortener

Advanced URL shortener for WordPress with analytics, link rotation, location tracking, random redirects, and password protection.

LinkCentral – URL shortener, Custom Links & Affiliate Link Shortener with Link Tracking vs Custom Link Shortener