WP SoftLinks
This plugin allows you to use a simple HTML tag that dynamically generates href and src tags. Easy to use, and extremely helpful.
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, WP SoftLinks is a WordPress tinyMCE plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Black Studio TinyMCE Widget.
5/52 reviews
10active installs
1.3K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
We were tired to alter every link and image in posts, pages or widgets when switching from development to live environments.
e.g. when you insert an image in TinyMCE on your development environment (http://dev.example.com), the image has a hard URL: http://dev.example.com/media/2014/06/example.jpg
When switching to your live environment (http://live.example.com), you change your WordPress Site URL, but the image in the content is still http://dev.example.com/media/2014/06/example.jpg.
This is very frustrating, you have to alter each page, post, widget etcetera…
This plugin solves that problem. It automatically adds a data-wp-id tag when you insert an image or link in your TinyMCE.
The data-wp-id tag contains a unique ID from the wp-post table in WordPress.
When displaying the conten…
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.1
Fixed screenshots, improved readme.txt
Contributors
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