Robert Chapin

<p>As of WordPress 3.0, most of this plugin’s original features have been incorporated into WordPress itself.  WordPress adds shortlinks to most pages by default.  This plugin simply adds a settings page where you can easily make some minor adjustments.</p>
<p>WordPress shortlinks are useful for micro-blogging, by using your own domain instead of a 3rd-party short URL service.</p>
<p>The URLs are automatically added to the HTTP and HTML headers of each post, page, attachment, and category.</p>
<p>A template tag enables you to display a human-readable link in addition to the automatically generated headers.  Use of human-readable links is highly encouraged, because Google is known to favor them and rank them higher than some longer URLs.  This has the effect of boosting the rank of URLs that were deemed “too long” by Google’s standards.  Also, in many mobile web browsers, the easiest way for a visitor to find a short link is by seeing it somewhere on the page.</p>
<p>The template tag idea can be extended further with CSS code for print media, which could ensure that each article’s short link URL is printed along with the article.  This will make it much easier for the user to return to the article after reading a hard copy.</p>
<h3>Theme</h3>
<p>Current documentation should be found at <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_shortlink" rel="nofollow ugc">Function Reference/the shortlink</a></p>
<p>Here is a basic reference for the template functions provided by Simple Short Links.  WordPress 3.0+ users, see also wp-includes/link-template.php for more details about the_shortlink().</p>
<pre><code>/**
 * Template Tag for Displaying the Short Link
 *
 * Must be called from inside "The Loop"
 *
 * Call like <?php the_shortlink(__('Shortlinkage FTW')); ?>
 *
 * @since 1.1
 * @param string $text Optional The link text or HTML to be displayed.  Defaults to 'This is the short link.'
 * @param string $title Optional The tooltip for the link.  Must be sanitized.  Defaults to the sanitized post title.
 */
function the_shortlink($text = '', $title = '');
</code></pre>
<p>A second, similar tag is now available in case you need to display a self-referring short link on a category page.</p>
<pre><code>/**
 * Template Tag for Displaying the Short Link for a Category
 *
 * Should be called from outside "The Loop"
 *
 * Call like <? the_single_shortlink(__('Shortlinkage FTW')); ?>
 *
 * @since 1.3
 * @param string $text Optional The link text or HTML to be displayed.  Defaults to 'This is the short link.'
 * @param string $title Optional The tooltip for the link.  Must be sanitized.  Defaults to the sanitized category name.
 */
function the_single_shortlink($text = '', $title = '');
</code></pre>
<h4>The CSS Printing Trick</h4>
<p>Try adding something like this to your theme’s CSS file to make the URL for the short link appear when printed.</p>
<pre><code>@media print {
 .shortlink a:link:after {
    content: " " attr(href);
 }
}
</code></pre>
<p>The CSS example assumes the_shortlink() is used inside of a DIV or P element with a class attribute called “shortlink”.</p>


Simple Short Links

Adjust the WordPress shortlinks format with an extra settings page.

Franky

<p><strong>Simple redirect management that works immediately.</strong> Create <code>/go/your-slug</code> redirects in WordPress admin — no configuration required. Optionally accelerate with Cloudflare Workers.</p>
<p>Built by <a href="https://301.st" rel="nofollow ugc">301.st</a> — your redirect management experts.</p>
<h4>What It Does</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Instant redirects</strong> — Works right after activation. No setup, no external services needed.</li>
<li><strong>Full control</strong> — 301/302/307/308 codes, UTM auto-append, query passthrough.</li>
<li><strong>404 catch-all</strong> — Redirect all 404 pages to your homepage or any URL (WP-only).</li>
<li><strong>CSV import/export</strong> — Migrate affiliate links between sites in seconds.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>WordPress handles everything by default</strong> — Redirects work via WP rewrite rules</li>
<li><strong>Enable edge mode (optional)</strong> — Connect Cloudflare for sub-millisecond redirects</li>
<li><strong>Fail-open design</strong> — If edge fails, WordPress takes over. Redirects never break.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy First</h4>
<ul>
<li>Aggregated click stats only (daily totals)</li>
<li>No IP addresses, no cookies, no User-Agent</li>
<li>GDPR compliant — no consent required</li>
</ul>
<h4>Testing Your Redirects</h4>
<p>Use our free <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirect-inspector/jkeijlkbgkdnhmejgofbbapdbhjljdgg" rel="nofollow ugc">Redirect Inspector</a> Chrome extension to verify your redirects are working correctly and see the full redirect chain.</p>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://301.st" rel="nofollow ugc">Project Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/investblog/edge-link-router" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirect-inspector/jkeijlkbgkdnhmejgofbbapdbhjljdgg" rel="nofollow ugc">Redirect Inspector</a> — free Chrome extension</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin optionally connects to the Cloudflare API when the user explicitly enables “Edge Mode” in the Integrations settings page. This feature is entirely opt-in and the plugin works fully without it.</p>
<h4>Cloudflare API</h4>
<p>Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company that provides CDN, DNS, and edge computing services. This plugin uses the Cloudflare API to deploy a Worker script that handles redirects at the network edge (before requests reach your WordPress server), resulting in faster redirect responses.</p>
<p>Data sent to Cloudflare (only when edge mode is enabled by the user):</p>
<ul>
<li>API token (provided by the user) — sent with each API request for authentication.</li>
<li>Redirect rules (slugs, target URLs, status codes, UTM parameters) — sent when publishing or updating the Worker snapshot.</li>
<li>Worker JavaScript code — uploaded once during edge mode setup.</li>
</ul>
<p>No visitor data, IP addresses, cookies, or personal information is ever sent to Cloudflare by this plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare API Documentation</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. Click statistics are aggregated daily totals only — no IP addresses, cookies, user agents, or personal data are recorded. No consent banner is required.</p>


Edge Link Router

Simple redirect management with optional Cloudflare edge acceleration. Create short links, track clicks, add UTM parameters.

Simple Short Links vs Edge Link Router