Custom Shortlink Structure

This plugin will add new settings to your Settings -> Permalinks screen for you to
specify your blog’s shortlink structure. By default WordPress shortlinks look like
http://yrnxt.com/?p=153. Using this plugin you can specify every other structure
you like, e.g. http://yrnxt.com/~153.

Specifying new shortlink structures will never break WordPress’ default. Also when
changing the shortlink structure again afterwards old structures won’t break until you
explicitly remove them.

Take a look at the screenshots.

1. Visit your WordPress Administration interface and go to Plugins -> Add New
2. Search for “Custom Shortlink Structure“, and click “Install Now” below the plugin’s name
3. When the installation finished, click “Activate Plugin“

Now visit Settings -> Permalinks and specify your own shortlink structure. Changes here won’t
break WordPress default ?p=%post_id% structure.

When visiting a shortlink defined using the plugin I just get redirected to home?

Some other plugins might interfere with redirections. Using WordPress SEO’s Redirect ugly URL’s to clean permalinks setting for example will break this plugin.

I specified a custom shortlink structure but get a “Not Found” error on load

The plugin only works when pretty permalinks are enabled. Under Settings -> Permalinks
specify a permalink structure other then default.

1. 

   Post edit screen: Get Shortlink

2. 

   Settings -> Permalinks

1.0: 2013-04-23

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