Best link shortner plugins for WordPress
The most popular link shortner plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ThirstyAffiliates leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Cute Links (10+) and Tapz (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “link shortner” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 link shortner plugins
- 1.
ThirstyAffiliatesThe most installed link shortner plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 251 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Cute Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
TapzFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 3 plugins tagged “link shortner”

ThirstyAffiliates
Down in the last 7 days:6#923by Blair Williams10 days ago
🔗 Affiliate link management & cloaker tool. Easily manage, shrink and track your affiliate links in WordPress. 🔥
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(251)
- Downloads
- 580/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

Tapz
Down in the last 7 days:3,570#71,265by dhirajtapz4 years ago
Build customer relationship through Tapz.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day