Plugin info

Total downloads: 13,723
Active installs: 600
Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 6/15/2025 (199 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 5/26/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 199 days ago • 5 reviews

40/100

Is Bitly URL Shortener abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 199 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 5.6

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Description

Bitly URL Shortener (Previously Codehaveli Bitly URL Shortener) uses the functionality of Bitly API to generate bitly short link automatically from your WordPress dashboard when you publish new post.

Bitly URL Shortener allows you to connect your WordPress Website to the Bitly API via access code.

Features

  • Generate Bitly link without leaving your site.
  • Share Bitly link from your Post List and Post Edit page.
  • Support for Custom Post Type.
  • Support for Custom Bitly Domain.
  • Generate Bitly link of your old posts with just one click.
  • Option to choose from your list of post types.
  • Optimized code and Small in Size 16KB ( Compressed ).

Terms of Use

This is not a Official plugin of Bitly

This plugin only connect your https://bitly.com account to WordPress.

Please read privacy and terms of service of Bitly before using this plugin.

Bug reports

Bug reports for Bitly URL Shortener are welcomed in our Bitly URL Shortener repository on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that are not properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

Further Reading

For more info on Bitly and Codehaveli , check out the following:

Frequently Asked Questions

Read FAQ from our Github Page.

Installation

  1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select Add New
  2. Search for Bitly URL Shortener
  3. Activate Bitly URL Shortener from your Plugins page.
  4. Go to settings from Tools Menu or Settings fromm WordPress Plugin list
  5. Get Your access token from https://bitly.com and save it in access token field
  6. Click on Get GUID if you don’t have the Group GUID. [Plugin will get it from your bitly account via API call]
  7. You are ready to go, From now when ever you publish a post your link will be generate automatically

Frequently Asked Questions

How to get the short link of a post?

$link = get_wbitly_short_url($post_id); // link or false

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Screenshots

  1. Settings Panel Screenshot

    Settings Panel Screenshot

  2. You can go to settings from Plugn list settings

    You can go to settings from Plugn list settings

  3. Generated URL column in post list

    Generated URL column in post list

  4. Share button in post list

    Share button in post list

  5. Custom Post type selection checkbox.

    Custom Post type selection checkbox.

  6. Copy Shortner link from Front end.

    Copy Shortner link from Front end.

Changelog

1.4.1

  • Updated: tested up to value
  • Security Fix
  • Updated Twitter logo to X
  • Refactor ajax code

1.3.3

  • Updated: tested up to value

1.3.2

1.3.1

  • PHP Warning: Fixed

1.2.2

  • Name chnaged from Codehaveli Bitly URL Shortener to Bitly URL Shortener due to SEO conflict with codehaveli.com

1.2.1

  • Support WordPress Core Shortlinks Filters.
  • Shortener link from Front end.
  • Code optimized.

1.1.4

  • Meta Box added in Post Edit Page, now you can share link from your post page
  • Some security issue fixed.

1.1.3

  • Custom Post Type Selection Added and default set to ‘post’.
  • Small bug fixed

1.1.2

  • Custom Post Type Support Added

1.1.1

  • Versioning fixed.
  • Code optimized.

1.1

  • Option added to share link from post list
  • Genereate old posts link from post list
  • Function refactored
  • Error handler added
  • Some bug fixed

1.0

Initaial Release