About this plugin
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.
Related Links:
- Plugin home page
Licence
This plugin is licensed under the New BSD license.
History
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.
6 – 8 August 2015
Ensure that the short_link is correct when using a post id.
5 – 8 August 2015
3
3 – 9 July 2012
Bug fix so that archives work.
2 – 23 June 2012
Fall back to REQUEST_URI if there’s nothing interesting in $query_vars.
1 – 20 June 2012
Updated to handle 4 digit short links that look like a year to WordPress.
0 – 21 November 2010
0 or above, so we only need to hook into the WordPress
shortlink system
2 – 21 November 2010
Fix permissions issue on settings page. This is the last version that works
x or earlier.
1 – 7 September 2010
Bug fix to remove a warning.
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.
7 – 11 Feburary 2010
Handle failures better.
6 – 10 January 2010
Update version number in correct places so that the WP plugins system notices the update.
5 – 29 December 2009
Support permalinks that start with /%category%/
4 – 14 April 2009
Support rel=”shorturl” as per Robert Spychala’s Short URL Auto-Discovery proposal.
3 – 14 April 2009
Add support for setting the base URL. Patch by Dave Marshall.
2 – 13 April 2009
Only send the Link HTTP header as recommended by Shiflett.
1 – 13 April 2009
Fixed output of HTTP headers. Patch by Jeff Waugh.
0 – 11 April 2009
Initial release.