Best bitly plugins for WordPress
The most popular bitly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bitly's WordPress Plugin leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Bitly URL Shortener (500+) and Get Shortlinks (90+). All 11 plugins tagged “bitly” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 bitly plugins
- 1.
Bitly's WordPress PluginThe most installed bitly plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 23 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Bitly URL Shortener500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Get Shortlinks90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 4.
Generate Shortlinks10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.
Bit.ly Shortlinks Multisite (Uses OAuth 2 API)10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Verbatim10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.
Bitly Exporter10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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Twitter Hashtag Blaster10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Bitly URL Generator10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 11 plugins tagged “bitly”
Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,082by bitlydeveloper8 months ago
Create short links to your content with Bitly’s WordPress Plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(23)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Bitly URL Shortener
Down in the last 7 days:40#8,768by Codehaveli1 month ago
Bitly URL Shortener uses the functionality of Bitly API to generate Bitly short link without leaving your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Get Shortlinks
Up in the last 7 days:159#17,205by Kostas Vrouvas7 years ago
Get the classic "Get shortlink" from WordPress 3.7. Developed to make it easier for people at Mentor to get shorlinks and open sourcing it.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Generate Shortlinks
Up in the last 7 days:2,561#40,485by Jason Grim16 years ago
Uses bit.ly, Ur.ly, and Is.gd to create handy shortlinks to share your WordPress Posts quickly and easily!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bit.ly Shortlinks Multisite (Uses OAuth 2 API)
Up in the last 7 days:5,346#41,977by Denis Lam13 years ago
This plugin replaces the default WordPress shortlinks with Bit.ly shortlinks for your single site or multisite WordPress network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Verbatim
Up in the last 7 days:1,223#45,256by Ramsay Lanier11 years ago
Verbatim allows people to deep link directly to your blog content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bitly Exporter
#45,991by Zack Katz12 years ago
Easily export your Bitly link history.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Hashtag Blaster
Down in the last 7 days:2,495#46,783by zackproser12 years ago
Add Twitter hashtag buttons at the end of every post, for any hashtag you want. Sends shortlinks to your articles into Twitter!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bitly URL Generator
Down in the last 7 days:4,928#47,523by micahwave14 years ago
Automatically creates a bit.ly url for each of your posts when they get published.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day