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.

Steve Burge

Jaed Mosharraf

pluginbazar

PublishPress

Sakib Hossain

Masum Billah

Adesina Adedeji

<p>PublishPress Shortlinks is the best link manager available for WordPress. You can create custom links for your posts and external links. These links can have many extra features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Make your URLs short and memorable.</li>
<li>Track who clicks on your links with detailed analytics.</li>
<li>Share posts in any status, even unpublished posts in Draft or Pending Review.</li>
<li>Control who can visit your links with passwords, expiry dates, and access control.</li>
<li>Generate QR codes to easily share your links.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to use PublishPress Shortlinks</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom URLs for your posts</strong>. Imagine you’re hosting a big event and have a page on your website with all the details. PublishPress Shortlinks allows to create a short, memorable link for the event, for example: https://publishpress.com/go/cool-party. You can track how many people click the link. You can set the link to expire after the event finishes. You can even download a QR code to share on brochures. Oh, because of the next feature, you can do all of this even if you’re selling event tickets on another website.</li>
<li><strong>Custom URLs for external links</strong>. Imagine you run a website with toy reviews. You join affiliate programs and make money when people click on your links and buy tools. PublishPress Shortlinks allows to create a short, memorable link for each toy, for example: https://publishpress.com/go/cool-toy. You can track how many people click the link and get a full analytics report on those clicks.</li>
</ul>
<h3>PublishPress Shortlinks Pro</h3>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Upgrade to Shortlinks Pro</strong><br />
  This plugin is the free version of the Shortlinks Pro plugin. The Pro version of PublishPress Revisions allows you to control access to editing shortlinks and viewing the click analytics. You can also show a custom message when someone is blocked from accessing a link. And you can import and export links. <a href="https://publishpress.com/shortlinks" title="Shorelines Pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase the best WordPress link manager now!</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Key Features in PublishPress Shortlinks</h3>
<p>✅ Automatically create shortlinks for your posts<br />
✅ Use your own website domain for shortlinks<br />
✅ Customize the slug for each shortlink<br />
✅ Share shortlinks for posts in any status<br />
✅ Add password protection to your shortlinks<br />
✅ Automatically export your shortlinks on a specific date<br />
✅ Choose from 301, 302, and 307 redirects<br />
✅ Track who is clicking your shortlinks with analytics<br />
✅ Generate a QR code for each shortlink to allow easy sharing<br />
✅ Cloak your affiliate links</p>
<h3>Automatically create shortlinks for your posts</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks will automatically generate links for all your posts and pages. This makes it really easy to have shareable links for content. These shortlinks are available from the Posts screen and the Post Edit screen.</p>
<h3>Use your own website domain for shortlinks</h3>
<p>There’s no need to use an external service to build and track your links. With PublishPress Shortlinks, all your custom URLs use your own domain name. To avoid conflicts with any regular URLs on your site, there’s also a folder which is set to “go” by default. This means that your custom URLs will look like this: https://example.com/go/shortlinks</p>
<h3>Customize the slug for each shortlink</h3>
<p>Every post has its own URL. By default, the final part of the URL will be a unique combination of 5 characters, so your shortlink will look like this: https://example.com/go/8vi3n. However, you can customize the slug so it looks like this: https://example.com/go/shortlinks.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/how-to-customize-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on customizing shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Share shortlinks for posts in any status</h3>
<p>When you’re writing a draft post, do you sometimes need to share it with someone who doesn’t have access to your site? PublishPress Shortlinks is the answer. PublishPress Shortlinks allows you to share posts before you make them public. If you’ve written a draft of a post, you can share a preview with other people. You can protect these links by combining this with other features, including password protection and automatic expiry of links. This feature is similar to the Public Post Preview plugin, but with more features and customizable features.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/posts-status-visibility/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on shortlinks for unpublished posts</a></p>
<h3>Add password protection to your shortlinks</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Security” tab. You’ll be able to create a password for your sharable links. Nobody will be able to access the post via your shortlink unless they know the password.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/protect-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on passwords for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Automatically expire your shortlinks on a specific date</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Security” tab. You’ll be able to choose an expiration date for your shortlink. Anyone trying to visit your link after the expiration date will see the message, “This link is expired.”</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/protect-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on expiry dates for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Choose from 301, 302, and 307 redirects</h3>
<p>Edit a shortlink and go to the “Redirection” tab. You can choose what kind of redirect is used for each link. 301 (Permanent) redirects are used to tell search engines that a requested URL has been permanently moved to another URL. If you’re confident that your target URL will never change, then use this redirect type. 302 and 307 (Temporary) redirects tell search engines that the requested URL has been moved temporarily, but will be back eventually.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/redirect-options-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on redirects for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Track who is clicking your shortlinks with analytics</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks has a Logs feature that records everyone who clicks your links. These logs are then turned into analytics charts so you can see how popular each shortlink is.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/analytics-and-logs-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on logs for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Generate a QR code for each shortlink to allow easy sharing</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks will automatically create a QR code for each link. This makes it easy to download and share the QR code so people can visit your URL. This is great for advertisements, brochures, PDFs, restaurant menus, or anywhere you want to use a QR code.</p>
<p><a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/qr-codes-for-shortlinks/" rel="nofollow ugc">More on QR codes for shortlinks</a></p>
<h3>Cloak affiliate links</h3>
<p>PublishPress Shortlinks is ideal for websites that have affiliate links in posts. You can manage, clean up, brand, and track your links. It’s a great tool for cloaking affiliate links. PublishPress Shortlinks is a great tool for marketers plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links.</p>
<h3>Create Shortlinks via Keyboard Shortcuts</h3>
<p>Click <code>Ctrl/Cmd + /</code> anywhere in the WordPress admin area to instantly create shortlinks.</p>
<h3>Join PublishPress and get the Pro plugins</h3>
<p>The Pro versions of the PublishPress plugins are well worth your investment. The Pro versions have extra features and faster support. <a href="https://publishpress.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to join PublishPress</a>.</p>
<p>Join PublishPress and you’ll get access to these Pro plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/authors" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Authors Pro</a> allows you to add multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/blocks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Blocks Pro</a> has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/capabilities" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Capabilities Pro</a> is the plugin to manage your WordPress user roles, permissions, and capabilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/checklists" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Checklists Pro</a> enables you to define tasks that must be completed before content is published.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/future" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Future Pro</a>  is the plugin for scheduling changes to your posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/permissions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Permissions Pro</a>  is the plugin for restricted content and advanced WordPress permissions.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/publishpress" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Planner Pro</a> is the plugin for managing and scheduling WordPress content.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/revisions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Revisions Pro</a> allows you to update your published pages with teamwork and precision.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/series" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Series Pro</a> enables you to group content together into a series.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/shortlinks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Shortlinks Pro</a> allows you to create custom URLs for your posts and external links. </li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/statuses" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Statuses Pro</a> enables you to create additional publishing steps for your posts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Together, these plugins are a suite of powerful publishing tools for WordPress. If you need to create a professional workflow in WordPress, with moderation, revisions, permissions and more, then you should try PublishPress.</p>
<h3>Bug Reports</h3>
<p>Bug reports for PublishPress Shortlinks are welcomed in our <a href="https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-shortlinks" rel="nofollow ugc">repository on GitHub</a>. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.</p>


PublishPress Shortlinks – Custom URLs for Posts and External Links – Share Previews for Draft Posts

The best link manager . These links are brandable, trackable, and can have custom view permissions.

Simple Short Links vs PublishPress Shortlinks – Custom URLs for Posts and External Links – Share Previews for Draft Posts