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Linker – URL shortener & track outbound link clicks

Track Outbound Link Clicks Easily: Shorten & track your site links by using your own domain name. e.g. "your-domain.com/go/link"

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Tested up to WordPress 6.7
Current version1.3.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.7
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update8 Dec 20241y ago
Active installations2K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.3 / 5 from 14 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Linker – URL shortener & track outbound link clicks version 1.3.0 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.7.

Overview

About this plugin

Manage, create and track outbound links by custom pretty links with your domain.

Through Linker’s short url tool you can know on which links your visitors are clicking. Linker is the easiest tool to use in order to create a short link in your own domain & track outbound link clicks from your website, using software like Google Analytics.

Create short links to your post, manage your 301 redirects, track affiliate links and do many other URL related tasks easily.

Major Features

  • Create Short and clean URLs, using your own domain
  • Redirect links to any location, both inbound and outbound, using 301 redirects
  • Track outbound link clicks, with internal reporting for Hits per link
  • Enjoy an intuitive and User Friendly Admin Interface
  • Setup tracking easily using Linker’s out of the box functionality
  • Set URL Parameters forwarding for improved tracking on every redirection

How it Works?

Linker adds a new custom post type to your Admin menu, where you can create, edit, delete, and manage Links by 301 redirects. What’s great about Linker is that it tracks click counts and saves them as a custom field. it’s really simple & cool and there is no setup involved.

It works seamlessly straight out of the box for whichever theme and plugins you are using.

Link Example: Just to make it extra clear, here’s how the Linker plugin works.

  • Original URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/linker/
  • New URL with Linker: https://pojo.me/go/linker/

Contributions:

Would you like to contribute to this plugin? You’re more than welcome to submit your pull requests on the GitHub repo. And, if you have any notes about the code, please open a ticket on the issue tracker.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • click tracking
  • link shortener
  • 301
  • redirect
  • shortlinks
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity8 Dec 20241y ago

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