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Append Link on Copy

Description

With this Plugin you can automatically add text or html to content that is copied from your page.

If a visitor copies any kind of text from the website, a link to the page is appended, so if it is pasted elsewhere, a link to the page is maintained.

right now you can:

  • specify the Read more link text, default: Read more at:
  • how many
    tags should be inserted below the copied text and the link or copyright notice
  • specify if you want the current page title included
  • make every copy link to the main page
  • decide if you want the site title to be appended
  • see previews of HTML and text versions of the copied text and link

I plan to increase the functionality with:

  • some internationalisation
  • if somebody wants to contribute legacy IE support I’ll include that

Suggestions welcome

project on github: https://github.com/JonathanMH/Append-Link-on-Copy

Contributer wanted for GPLv3 support

Screenshots

  • This shows the backend and the options the user has
  • This shows the preview area on the options page
  • This shows a user copying text
  • This shows the copied text in an HTML capable destination (gmail)
  • This shows the copied text in a plain text capable destination (MacVim)

Installation

  1. Upload the append-link-on-copy directory to /wp-content/plugins/ on your WordPress installation.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

FAQ

Installation Instructions
  1. Upload the append-link-on-copy directory to /wp-content/plugins/ on your WordPress installation.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Will this work perfectly in all browsers?

Yes. Internet Explorer is not a browser.

Reviews

September 10, 2018
I believe this is the only or the best plugin that does the job right. Adding your post link in a copied text is the best method to get an easy back link to increased your domain authority (in SEO) without corrupt text or prevent others from spreading your blog content.
August 16, 2018
Скопированный текст теряет всякое форматирование. Абзацы надо было бы оставить. Пришлось отказаться от него.
February 7, 2017
Doesn't currently work if pasting from IE or Opera, but this is probably not too important: Most intelligent blog owners will not be using IE anyway, and most have not yet realized how good Opera is. I don't currently use pagination, so cannot say if this plugin messes with that or not.
February 7, 2017
I am having no problems on using this. I heard about this plugin over on the WordPress Plugins A to Z podcast and was something i was looking for. A little surprised of the rating but with only three that is kind of understandable. but no problems works great in Chrome and Firefox
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Contributors & Developers

“Append Link on Copy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

0.2

2015-1-15

version bump, link replace string

0.1.1

2013-1-25

  • naming fix

0.1

2013-1-25

Initial release

  • assign label that comes before the link
  • decide if the page title should be included in the link