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Best shortlink plugins for WordPress

The most popular shortlink plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Affiliate Links leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Bitly's WordPress Plugin (1K+) and Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button (1K+). All 47 plugins tagged “shortlink” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 shortlink plugins

  1. 1.
    Easy Affiliate Links

    The most installed shortlink plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 34 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Bitly's WordPress Plugin

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 23 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  3. 3.
    Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  4. 4.
    Hum

    500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    YOURLS Link Creator

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  6. 6.
    Better YOURLS

    200+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 12 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.

  7. 7.
    short.io

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  8. 8.
    Remove Links and Scripts

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  9. 9.
    Shorter Links

    100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

  10. 10.
    Return shortlink button

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.

All 47 plugins tagged “shortlink”