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- Short URL admin page showing a list of demo URL’s.
Download from WordPress Extend
Description
Short URL allows you to create shorter URL’s and keeps track of how many times a link has been clicked. It’s useful for managing downloads, keeping track of outbound links and for masking URL’s. Clicking the Clear All Clicks button will reset the count for each entry.
Features:
- Pagination of links
- Easier setup of htaccess (permalinks)
- Advanced users can now pass variables to their redirects.
- Customisation of the permalink so you’re no longer limited to /u/23.
Installation
- Upload `short-url.php` and ‘u.php’ to the `/wp-content/plugins/short-url-plugin` directory or automatically install from WordPress 2.7+
- You can either keep the u.php in the plugins folder or move/copy it to your root folder. Two u.php’s won’t make any difference.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Visit Plugins > ShortURL to setup the permalink options, add, remove and edit links.
- Your links will now have a Short URL such as http://www.yourdomain.com/u/5
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I use it?
Visit the ShortURL page in your dashboard (Plugins > ShortURL) to add, remove and edit links. Then use the outputted url in your posts/emails wherever.
Visit the ShortURL page in your dashboard (Plugins > ShortURL) to add, remove and edit links. Then use the outputted url in your posts/emails wherever.
How can I customise the page users see if the URL is not found?
Modify u.php if you’d like a custom message.
Modify u.php if you’d like a custom message.
How do I make it do a 301 redirect instead of a 302?
Once you have set up the plugin and made sure everything is working edit your .htaccess file (in your root directory) and add [R=301] to the Short URL redirect line.
Once you have set up the plugin and made sure everything is working edit your .htaccess file (in your root directory) and add [R=301] to the Short URL redirect line.
If you have:
RewriteRule ^download/([0-9]+)$ wp-content/plugins/short-url-plugin/u.php?$1|$2
You’d turn it into:
RewriteRule ^download/([0-9]+)$ wp-content/plugins/short-url-plugin/u.php?$1|$2 [R=301]
Upgrading
Simply upload the files and go. Files should be in a short-url-plugin folder in wp-content/plugins.
Hey just wondering if you could add the functionality to autocreate the shorturls while creating posts.
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