20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress - You The Designer |
20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST URL shortening services have grown in importance with the expansion of the internet. Oftentimes we need to share URLs but the original address can be a bit too long. Furthermore, with Twitter fever gripping the cyber world, long URLs cannot suffice within the 160 words’ limit and thus, URL shorteners are important. 1. Bob’s Dumpr URL Shortener IntegrationBob’s Dumpr URL Shortener Integration uses dumpr.info to shorten URLs and also provides an API for other plugins. 2. Custom URL ShortenerCustom URL Shortener makes it easily to quickly add a short URL to your posts or pages. 3. Goo.gl ShortlinksThis plugin uses Google’s Goo.gl service to shorten URLs. 4.Goo.gl URL Shortener for WPAnother plugin that uses Goo.gl to shorten URLs, but it comes with the added goodness of in-context URL shortening (shortens URLs within comments, posts and pages). 5. la petite URLla petite URL offers personal and customized URL shortening for WordPress. 6. LNQ.me URL ShortenerLNQ.me URL Shortener plugin uses the LNQ.me service to shorten URLs and replaces the default WP shortlinks structure. 7. Self Shortener
Self Shortener plugin lets you shorten URLs on your WordPress site. It is available in both English and Japanese. 8. Short URL
Short URL modifies WP’s get_short_link() function. It is different from other plugins in the fact that it does not essentially use a third party service to shorten URLs. Thus, instead of www.goo.gl/YouTheDesigner, your URL will become www.yourwebsite.com/YouTheDesigner 9. Jetpack by WordPress.com
Jetpack by WordPress.com comes with a URL shortener in the form of WP.me Beyond that, it also features a plethora of other goodies! 10. Tinyit.cc
Tinyit.cc automatically generates short URLs for posts and places them at the end of each post. It can also be made to automatically post the generated URLs to your Twitter account. 11. Tweet Button with URL Shortening
This plugin adds a ‘tweet’ button to your site which can be used along with the URL shortener of your choice — such as su.pr, bit.ly, digg, tinyurl or awe.sm. 12. Twi.im URL ShortenerThis plugin uses the twi.im URL shortening service to shorten URLs. 13. unfake.it URL Shortener for Twitter Tools
unfake.it serves as a filter plugin that shortens URLs before posting them to Twitter. 14. URL Shortener
This URL shortener plugin integrates many URL shortening services in the WP shortlinks mechanism. 15. WG bit.ly Shortener
This plugin uses bit.ly shortening service to generate short URLs. 16. YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter
This plugin generates short URLs using services such as YOURLS and/or bit.ly and then posts them to Twitter. ADDITIONAL PLUGINS
17. BuddyPress Tweet URLsBuddyPress Tweet URLs add tweet buttons to your activity stream posts. It generates short URLs using the YOURLS shortener service. 18. GentleSource Short URLGentleSource Short URL automatically shortens the blog post URL. 19. Short URL for PostsShort URL for Posts converts all links in <a href tags to shorter ones. 20. SosoBz Short URLSosoBz Short URL is another plugin that can be used to shorten URLs using soso.bz shortening service. 21. Simple URL ShortenerSimple URL Shortener supports over 100 URL shortening services. Plugin Homepage |
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