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Author: Blair Williams

Shrink, track and share any URL on the Internet from your WordPress website. You can now shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, Pretty Link tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, os and host. Pretty Link is a killer plugin for people who want to mask their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs.

Upgrade to Pretty Link Pro

Pretty Link Pro is an upgrade to Pretty Link that re-sets the bar for Link Management, Automation, Sharing and Tracking! You can learn more about it here:

http://prettylinkpro.com

Examples

This is a link setup using Pretty Link that redirects to the Pretty Link Homepage where you can find more info about this Plugin:

http://blairwilliams.com/pl

Here's a named Pretty Link (I used the slug 'thesis') that redirects to my affiliate link for diythemes.com -- only the best theme you can get for WordPress -- in my humble opinion :) :

http://blairwilliams.com/thesis

Here's a link that Pretty Link generated a random slug for (similar to how bit.ly or tinyurl would do):

http://blairwilliams.com/w7a

Here's a Pretty Link that uses the configurable Pretty Link PrettyBar:

http://blairwilliams.com/x0z

Features

• Gives you the ability to create clean, simple URLs on your website that redirect to any other URL
• Generates random 2-3 character slugs for your URL or allows you to name a custom slug for your URL
• Tracks the Number of Hits per link
• Tracks the Number of Unique Hits per link
• Provides a reporting interface where you can see a configurable chart of clicks per day. This report can be filtered by the specific link clicked, date range, and/or unique clicks.
• View click details including ip address, remote host, browser (including browser version), operating system, and referring site
• Download hit details in CSV format
• Intuitive Javascript / AJAX Admin User Interface
• Pass custom parameters to your scripts through pretty link and still have full tracking ability
• Ability to rewrite these custom Parameters before forwarding to Target URL
• Setup Pretty Links as Tracking Pixels and track impressions
• Exclude IP Addresses from Stats
• Enables you to post your Pretty Links to Twitter directly from your WordPress admin
• Enables you to send your Pretty Links via Email directly from your WordPress admin
• Select Temporary (307) or Permanent (301) redirection for your Pretty Links
• Cookie based system for tracking visitor activity across hits
• Organize Links into Groups
• Create nofollow/noindex links
• Turn tracking on / off on each link
• Keep users on your site even when being redirected by using the PrettyBar which stays at the top of the page
• Ability to configure and skin the PrettyBar to mirror the look and feel of your site
• Hide the Target URL by loading it in a full-screen frame
• Pretty Link Bookmarklet

Pro Features

You'll get the following additional features when you purchase Pretty Link Pro:

• Replace keywords throughout your blog with Pretty Links
• Replace URLs throughout your blog with Pretty Links
• Rotate up to 5 URLs from one Pretty Link
• Split Test these URL rotations for a Pretty Link
• Setup Conversion Reports
• Setup your own link shortening service
• Create an alternate URL for your pretty links to be created on
• Import / Export Pretty Links
• Automatically create Pretty Links for each Post / Page
• Automatically Tweet each Post / Page when it is Published
• Display a Tweet Badge on Pages and / or Posts that contains the number of tweets that this page has received
• Display a Re-Tweet button on every Page and / or Post that incorporates your twitter handle & Pretty Link into the ReTweet
• Display a row of social networking buttons on each Page and / or Post
• Lifetime Updates