Simple URLs Legacy

Simple URLs Legacy is a fork of the plugin by Nathan Rice. A URL management system to create, manage, and track outbound links from your site.

Usage

Simple URLs Legacy adds a new custom post type to your admin menu, where you can create, edit, delete, and manage URLs. It stores click counts in the form of a custom field on that custom post type, so it scales really well.

And, by avoiding page based redirects, which is the current trend in masking affiliate links, we avoid any issues with permalink conflicts, and therefore avoid any performance issues.

• Upload the entire simple-urls-legacy folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory

• DO NOT change the name of the simple-urls-legacy folder

• Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

• Navigate to Settings > Permalinks. That’s it. Just open that screen and WordPRess automatically flushes redirects. Trust me.

• Navigate to the Simple URLs Legacy menu

• Create a new URL, or manage existing URLs.

• Publish and use the URLs however you want!

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* 05/27/2025

* Add capability to reset click counter on any simple url.

* ‘Reset Clicks’ to 0 from link edit screen or using Quick Edit hover navigation.

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1.0.3

• 12/16/2024

• Updated Tested To vesion for WP 6.7.1

• Applied wp_unslash correctly to url sanitization.

• Corrected text domain setting in admin class.

• Aligned license declaration between readme and plugin header.

• Added license comment block.

• Addressed issues with lengthy short description in header.

• Added original contributors back into readme header.

• Adjust loading of constants and get_plugion_data to accomodate WP 6.7 changes in text_domain loading.

1.0.2

• 11/13/2023

• Updated Tested To version for WP 6.4.1

• Added logic to pull plugin version from main file header

1.0.1

• 03/31/2023 #5FTF #WebDevStudios

• Updated Tested To vesion for WP 6.2

• Clean up documentation

1.0.0

• 12/30/22 #5FTF #WebDevStudios

• Initial release of Simple Urls Legacy

0.10.3

• 11/25/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios

• Add Published date to Simple URLs Legacy admin page

0.10.2

• 11/25/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios

• Applied WordPress coding standards

• Tweaked plugin description.

• Added required license declarations in readme.txt

0.10.1

• 10/28/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios

• Added conflict notice in admin if Simple URLs plugin is running.

• Reworked constants for better readability.

• Added build/dependency source files back in with updated dependencies.

0.10.0

• 08/09/2022

• Reverted plugin to last known state under original author – Nathan Rice (v0.9.9).

• Renamed plugin from Simple URLs to Simple URLs Legacy.

• URL structure modifier filter changed from ‘simple_urls_slug’ to ‘simple_urls_legacy_slug’.

• Reworked naming conventions to use simple-urls-legacy namespace and package name.

• Removed build/dependency source files.

0.9.9

• Fixed URLs not properly redirecting.

0.9.8

• Coding standards.

• Added composer.

• Added Circle CI integration.

• Added new filter to change the slug.

• Added REST support to ensure Simple URLs appear in list when linking text.

• Added cast string to int to avoid type error.

0.9.7

• WordPress compatibility.

0.9.6

• Add plugin header i18n

• Add textdomain loader

0.9.5

• Changed messages and labels.

• Updated textdomain.

• Generated POT file.

0.9.4

• Fixed saving bug

0.9.3

• Removed capability line from the register function. Users with permission to edit posts can create/edit URLs.

• Bumped to show compatibility with WordPress 3.0.4

0.9.2

• Fixed a type in the plugin URL

• Bumped to show compatibility with WordPress 3.0.2

0.9.1

• Fixed bug with URLs with ampersands in them

• Added 'with_front' => false to the post type registration

0.9

• Initial Beta Release