Shorter Links
The Shorter Links WordPress plugin overrides the default WordPress “shortlink” URL with one that has a custom text in it. You can also set a different base URL.
A custom field called “Shorter link” is created once a post is saved, so that you can change the shortlink to a more memorable set of characters.
The choice of base URL to use for the short link can be configured within Settings->Shorter Links.
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Licence
This plugin is licensed under the New BSD license.
History
2.1.0 – 8 August 2015 Rework to look for the shorter link after WordPress has done its processing. This means that a shorterlink that represents a date won’t affect an archive list.
2.0.6 – 8 August 2015 Ensure that the short_link is correct when using a post id.
2.0.5 – 8 August 2015 Updated Tested up to 4.3
2.0.3 – 9 July 2012 Bug fix so that archives work.
2.0.2 – 23 June 2012 Fall back to REQUEST_URI if there’s nothing interesting in $query_vars.
2.0.1 – 20 June 2012 Updated to handle 4 digit short links that look like a year to WordPress.
2.0.0 – 21 November 2010 Updated to be WordPress 3.0 or above, so we only need to hook into the WordPress shortlink system
1.8.2 – 21 November 2010 Fix permissions issue on settings page. This is the last version that works on WordPress 2.9.x or earlier.
1.8.1 – 7 September 2010 Bug fix to remove a warning.
1.8 – 1 September 2010 use shortlink rather than shorturl for WordPress less than 3. For WordPress 3 or higher, hook into the new shortlink system. Fix the admin page so that it displays in WordPress 3.
1.7 – 11 Feburary 2010 Handle failures better.
1.6 – 10 January 2010 Update version number in correct places so that the WP plugins system notices the update.
1.5 – 29 December 2009 Support permalinks that start with /%category%/
1.4 – 14 April 2009 Support rel=”shorturl” as per Robert Spychala’s Short URL Auto-Discovery proposal.
1.3 – 14 April 2009 Add support for setting the base URL. Patch by Dave Marshall.
1.2 – 13 April 2009
Only send the Link HTTP header as recommended by Shiflett.
1.1 – 13 April 2009 Fixed output of HTTP headers. Patch by Jeff Waugh.
1.0 – 11 April 2009 Initial release.