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.

ArielK

pojo.me

Yakir Sitbon

Elementor

<p><strong>Manage, create and track outbound links by custom pretty links with your domain.</strong></p>
<p>Through Linker’s short url tool you can know on which links your visitors are clicking. Linker is the easiest tool to use in order to create a short link in your own domain & track outbound link clicks from your website, using software like Google Analytics.<br />
Create short links to your post, manage your 301 redirects, track affiliate links and do many other URL related tasks easily.</p>
<h3>Major Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Create Short and clean URLs, using your own domain</li>
<li>Redirect links to any location, both inbound and outbound, using 301 redirects</li>
<li>Track outbound link clicks, with internal reporting for Hits per link</li>
<li>Enjoy an intuitive and User Friendly Admin Interface</li>
<li>Setup tracking easily using Linker’s out of the box functionality</li>
<li>Set URL Parameters forwarding for improved tracking on every redirection</li>
</ul>
<h3>How it Works?</h3>
<p>Linker adds a new custom post type to your Admin menu, where you can create, edit, delete, and manage Links by 301 redirects. What’s great about Linker is that it tracks click counts and saves them as a custom field. it’s really simple & cool and there is no setup involved. It works seamlessly straight out of the box for whichever theme and plugins you are using.</p>
<p><strong>Link Example</strong>: Just to make it extra clear, here’s how the Linker plugin works.</p>
<ul>
<li>Original URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/linker/</li>
<li>New URL with Linker: https://pojo.me/go/linker/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributions:</h3>
<p>Would you like to contribute to this plugin? You’re more than welcome to submit your pull requests on the <a href="https://github.com/pojome/wp-linker" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repo</a>. And, if you have any notes about the code, please open a ticket on the issue tracker.</p>


Linker – URL shortener & track outbound link clicks

Track Outbound Link Clicks Easily: Shorten & track your site links by using your own domain name. e.g. "your-domain.com/go/link"

Simple Short Links vs Linker – URL shortener & track outbound link clicks