Shortlinks
Shortlinks allows you to easily retrieve the shortlink for your WordPress posts, pages, categories, post_tags, attachments, custom post types, and cus …
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·20 active installs·Updated 15 years agoAs of April 2026, Shortlinks is a WordPress page plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
5/51 reviews
20active installs
3.6K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Shortlinks allows you to easily retrieve the shortlink for your WordPress posts, pages, categories, post_tags, attachments, custom post types, and custom taxonmies.
By default, WordPress uses links a query string ( ie: http://blog.aizatto.com/?page_id=3565 ) to load up your posts, pages, categories, etc. But when you enable permalinks, the query string is hidden by the WordPress rewrite rules. Having pretty urls is great, but also makes the website less flexible. For example, changing a posts published date will change the URL.
While we can’t control how other people will link to our site, we can control how we link to our internal sites.
By default, with permalinks enabled, when visiting WordPress with a shortlink, WordPress will redirect you to the permalink URL.
How It Works
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3+ requiredTested up to 3 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.1
- Initial version
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