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WordPress

Posted by Ralf Koller
Ralf Koller
4,506 Points

Any recommendable url shortener for wordpress?

I try to accomplish the following. I don't like share buttons in general (too much overhead) but the project i am working on requires them. :(

i try to proceed as follows at the example of twitter. I try to link the following line to a plain twitter icon font icon

<a href=”http://twitter.com/home?status=http://YOURURL” title=”Tell Twitter about this”>Twitter</a>

and at the position YOURURL a wp function retrieving the current page. but twitter for example has a character limit and a link would explode the 140 general limit anyway there for i am looking for a on the fly url shortener. all plugins i've found are old and not tested on 3.8.1. is there any recommendable plugin i've overseen so far? best regards Ralf

1 Answer

Dave Yankowiak
Dave Yankowiak
9,105 Points

Twitter automatically shortens all urls when you tweet. No matter how long the YOURURL piece is, Twitter would shorten it in the status box (even though you won't see the shortened URL - you'll see the full). For example: http://d.pr/i/U3Ie I have a super long URL but still have 118 characters left to type out a tweet. They are shortening the URL behind the scenes.

Ralf Koller
Ralf Koller
4,506 Points

Oh sweet must have overseen that. That minimizes my worries and the need for social buttons/plugins, shorteners and alike to literally zero! thanks a lot!