YOURLS Link Creator
by Andrew Norcross 4.6 (13 reviews)

YOURLS Link Creator

Creates a custom short URL when saving posts. Requires your own YOURLS install.

YOURLS Link Creator ranks #9,048 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #808 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.6/5 rating from 13 reviews, and was last updated Feb 25, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.4 (Current: 7.1.4)
v2.1.1 Current Version v2.1.1
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 25 Feb, 2016
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#808 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 4.6 out of 5
4.6 (13 reviews)

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Security History

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use a YOURLS URL shortener installation alongside their site. It automatically generates and tracks short links for posts, saving them the manual step of creating and monitoring shortlinks in YOURLS.

  • Custom keyword for links
  • Retrieves existing shortened URL
  • Click count on post menu
  • Supports custom post types
  • Filter for wp_shortlink
  • Built-in cron job for click counts

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about YOURLS Link Creator

This plugin creates a shortlink (stored in the post meta table) for each post that can be used in sharing buttons, etc.
YOURLS is a self-hosted PHP based application that allows you to make your own custom shortlinks, similar to bit.ly and j.mp. Learn more about it here
Place the following code in your theme file (usually single.php) <?php yourls_display_box(); ?> The delete function doesn't remove the short URL from my YOURLS installation This is a limitation with the YOURLS API, as there is not a method yet to delete a link. The delete function has been added to the plugin to allow users to get the updated URL that they may have changed in the YOURLS admin panel

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