Generate Shortlinks
Uses bit.ly, Ur.ly, and Is.gd to create handy shortlinks to share your WordPress Posts quickly and easily!
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·10 active installs·Updated 15 years agoAs of April 2026, Generate Shortlinks is a WordPress isgd plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter.
0/5Rating
10active installs
4.4K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Background
WordPress has created the wonderful functionality of generating shortlinks for post on your blogs. With advanced
permalink structures a single link to your site can take up 89% of a short email or a facebok update. However,
Wordpress created a very ugly system, the shortlink system simply provides the default permalink structure with ugly
url variables.
Here is the documentation on adding shortlinks to your themes on the WordPress Codex
Use
Some themes use the template method to share the short url of your post. The use of this plugin would convert all of those
links to trackable ones with bit.ly or shorter ones with the other services.
Also, when you create a new post a button is created next the the URL of your new post. If you click the “Get Shortlink” button
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Plugin Released.
Contributors
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