<p>With this Plugin you <strong>optimize your workflow</strong> as it enables you to auto-generate a shortened URL to your blog posts. So neither you nor your readers have to do it. These Short URLs are particular useful for twitter and alike as these services limit the messages of their users to a certain amount of characters – which leads to the situation that their users are forced to have an eye on what exactly they want to write. And by providing a very short URL it’s easier for them to spread the word on your blog article as they have more characters left for personal remarks.</p>
<p>Compared to other solutions <strong>this plugin caches the generated shortened URL</strong> – this makes it faster. If the permalink of the article changes, a new Short URL will be automatically generated. It also allows you to choose your favorite from a couple of Short URL Providers and lets you insert the shortened URL via a handy shortcode.</p>
<h4>Usage:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Place <code>[shorturl]</code> in your article where you want to display the shortened url.</li>
<li>Add optional info with parameters (see below)</li>
<li>If you don’t like shortcodes you can use the complete auto mode – that way the shortened URL gets always auto-added at the end of your articles.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic generation of a Short URL to the blog post.</li>
<li><strong>Caches the Short URL</strong> – So it’s only generated once.</li>
<li>Offers 6 different URL Shorteners to choose from (bit.ly, tr.im, is.gd, u.nu, snurl.com, tinyurl.com).</li>
<li>Provides optional parameters to further increase workflow.</li>
<li>Can add self-defined labels in front (or around) the URL(s).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Options:</h4>
<p><strong>Possible values are “1” for active and “0” for disabled</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>txt => Will add a label in front of the URL(s) (default: 0).</li>
<li>full => The permalink will also be displayed (default: 0).</li>
<li>link => Displays the URL(s) as HTML link (default: 0).</li>
<li>short => Displays the Short URL (default: 1).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional info</h4>
<p>For more information, examples, questions and previews – please have a look on the <a href="http://hjacob.com/blog/2009/06/short_url_shortcode_wordpress/" title="Short URL Plugin for WordPress - Original post by Hendrik Jacob" rel="nofollow ugc">plugins website</a>.</p>
<p>There is also a <a href="http://hjacob.com/blog/2009/06/short_url_shortcode_wordpress_german/" title="Short URL Plugin für WordPress - Original Artikel von Hendrik Jacob" rel="nofollow ugc">german version of the plugins page</a>.</p>


Short URL Generator

This plugin automatically generates a Short URL for your article. You can choose your favorite provider and get multiple options.

CodeRevolution

<p><strong>WP Pocket URLs</strong> gives you the ability to shorten your long affiliate links and keep track of user clicks on each link.<br />
It can get geo information about the user that clicked the link, example: IP address, Country, Date and Time.<br />
From the “Reports” settings page of the plugin, you will be able to generate reports and filter by Link Title, Month/Year, Link category OR country.</p>
<p>Tutorial video:<br />
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j072_gogYtY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<p>** Quick Links **</p>
<ul>
<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/coderevo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Group</a>, a community of WordPress automation enthusiasts</li>
<li>Subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLIksvzyk-D_oEdHab2Lgg" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeRevolution’s YouTube Channel</a> for tutorials, news and updates for my plugins</li>
<li><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coderevolution" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy me a coffee</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Features of <strong>WP Pocket URLs</strong> plugin:</p>
<ol>
<li>Automatically shorten external links from your website.</li>
<li>Manually shorten any link from your website. </li>
<li>Custom redirection type: 301, 302, 303, 307 and JavaScript redirection.</li>
<li>Categorize your links. </li>
<li>Custom permalink prefix support e.g: (go, out, visit, etc.).</li>
<li>Custom permalinks e.g : www.coderevolution.ro/visit/link-category-slug/link-slug. </li>
<li>Ability to track link clicks, each time a visitor clicks on any link, the plugin will be able to get visitor information like (IP address, click date/time, Country and more). </li>
<li>Generate user click reports with options to filter the report.</li>
<li>Options to disable collecting of data on link redirection (it will make redirection much faster by counting just clicks/hits without any user data).</li>
<li>Top 10 links dashboard widget.</li>
<li>Option to exclude link category slug from permalink.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you have any question or features request, please access the plugin’s official support forum. You can also get help from CodeRevolution’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/coderevo" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook group</a>.</p>


WP Pocket URLs

WP Pocket URLs gives you the ability to automatically or manually shorten any external link from your website and keep track clicks on each link.

Short URL Generator vs WP Pocket URLs