Best shortlinks plugins for WordPress
The most popular shortlinks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Linker leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Link Shortner (700+) and Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons (100+). All 19 plugins tagged “shortlinks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 shortlinks plugins
- 1.
LinkerThe most installed shortlinks plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Link Shortner700+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.
PublishPress Shortlinks100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Get Shortlinks90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.
kURL40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Simple Short Links40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 8.
Easy Woo Shortlink Manager20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
SurfLink10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Base64 Shortlinks10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 19 plugins tagged “shortlinks”
Linker
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,975by Elementor1 year ago
Track Outbound Link Clicks Easily: Shorten & track your site links by using your own domain name. e.g. "your-domain.com/go/link"
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Link Shortner
Up in the last 7 days:6#7,723by Dipakkumar Parmar1 month ago
Link Shortner allows you to easily create clean, branded short permalink links for your posts custom URL.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons
Up in the last 7 days:71#13,144by Jeremy Herve6 years ago
Use shortlinks instead of permalinks in Jetpack sharing buttons
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PublishPress Shortlinks
Down in the last 7 days:1,559#13,762by PublishPress1 month ago
The best link manager for WordPress. Your links are brandable, trackable, and can have custom view permissions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
kURL
Up in the last 7 days:88#22,546by Gerald Drißner2 months ago
Connect WordPress to a self-hosted YOURLS instance to create, sync, manage, and track short URLs from the admin area.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Short Links
Down in the last 7 days:136#22,916by Robert Chapin12 years ago
Adjust the WordPress shortlinks format with an extra settings page.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Woo Shortlink Manager
Down in the last 7 days:369#27,371by 2010in2 years ago
This plugin adds an admin menu page to display shortlinks for all posts, pages, and products in WordPress. You can search a post/page/product by name …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SurfLink
Down in the last 7 days:289#29,162by Surflab2 months ago
All-in-one Link management: Link Shortener, Auto Linking, Broken Link Checker, Search & Replace, Redirects, 404/410 Manager, Backup & Restore, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Base64 Shortlinks
#34,062by jwz2 months ago
This plugin makes your shortlinks shorter!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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
Slim WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:5,264#47,230by ggriesser9 years ago
Send your site on a diet and remove unnecessary WordPress features!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ERP ShortLinks
Up in the last 7 days:9,360#49,030by edwardrpool9 years ago
A very lightweight plugin which adds a shortlink button to the post/page editor for quickly sharing on social platforms.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LinkLume Shortlink Rewards
Up in the last 7 days:17,713#49,816by Sipho Nhlapo1 month ago
Build a shortlink rewards site with wallets, referrals, claims, withdrawals, deposits, CAPTCHA protection, editable pages, and reporting.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Westroo Short URL Manager
#53,723by Westroo Digital1 month ago
A free community short URL manager for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LiteLnk
#57,432by x93 months ago
LiteLnk is a lightweight, high-performance URL redirection tool. By leveraging the latest WordPress 6.3+ core APIs, it ensures maximum security and da …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Edge Link Router
Up in the last 7 days:7,306#63,468by Franky8 months ago
Simple redirect management with optional Cloudflare edge acceleration. Create short links, track clicks, add UTM parameters.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day