Best cloaking plugins for WordPress
The most popular cloaking plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. URL Shortify leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Affiliate Links (6K+) and Affiliate Links (3K+). All 7 plugins tagged “cloaking” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 cloaking plugins
- 1.
URL ShortifyThe most installed cloaking plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 169 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Easy Affiliate Links6K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 34 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Affiliate Links3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.LinkCentral
400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
Improvely for WooCommerce10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0.
- 6.
Cute Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.WP affiliate link
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 7 plugins tagged “cloaking”

URL Shortify
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,527by KaizenCoders28 days ago
URL Shortify helps you beautify, manage, share & cloak any links on or off your WordPress website. Create links using your domain name!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(169)
- Downloads
- 245/day

Easy Affiliate Links
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,739by Brecht2 months ago
Easily manage and cloak all your affiliate links.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.2(34)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Affiliate Links
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,182by wecantrack4 months ago
Cloak, organise and track affiliate links in WordPress, with server-side click tracking and conversion data across 450+ networks.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
LinkCentral
Up in the last 7 days:4#9,376by Design for WP5 days ago
The easiest URL shortener, short links manager, and link tracking plugin. Fast and optimised for better redirects, affiliate links and click tracking.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Improvely for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:474#29,432by dangrossman8 years ago
Improvely shows you the traffic source of every sale on your site, plus protects your PPC ads from click fraud.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cute Links
Up in the last 7 days:14#31,936by Sadhan Pal3 months ago
Make your affiliate links better looking using this free and simple plugin. Hide affiliate links to make professional link structure in your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP affiliate link
#37,306by aijazsiddique12 years ago
this plugin will hide your affiliate link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day