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Artiss URL Shortener will shorten a supplied URL using one of 130 different shortening services

Developers

It is envisaged that this plugin is probably more of use to developers who want to include it as part of a plugin or theme. In particular, this plugin can be called from another. For example, a social bookmarking plugin could use this to provide a number of possible URL shortening services.

To this end another routine is provided, validate_url_shortener, which can be used to validate whether a shortening service is valid.

This routine has two parameters. The first parameter is a line of text that you wish to have checked to see if it included a validate shortening service.

The second, optional, parameter is a mask. Use the text {service} to indicate where in the mask the name of the service should appear.

If the shortening service was valid, the name of it will be returned.

Let's try some examples...

validate_url_shortener( 'is.gd', '' );

This will return is.gd if is.gd is, indeed, one of the shortening services that this plugin accepts. Otherwise a null will be returned.

validate_url_shortener( 'Is there a shortening service in this sentence is.gd', '' );

Again, this will return is.gd, as it was found within the first parameter.

validate_url_shortener( 'Start %is.gd% End', '%{service}%' );

This time a mask has been specified showing that the service should appear within percent signs. As a valid service is found within the first parameter in this format, it will be valid and is.gd will once again be return.

In this example, a null will be specified as the mask condition was not met...

validate_url_shortener( 'Start is.gd End', '%{service}%' );

Use this routine in conjunction with the actual shortener to validate passed services before then using them. However, if Artiss URL Shortener is passed a service that is not valid, it will simply return the original URL.

Services

The following shortening services are available with this plugin...

1URL.com, 2Zeus, 3.ly, 307.to, 307.to+key, 9mp, a.gd, a.nf, abbrr, adf.ly, ad.vu, adjix, arm.in, BudURL, bit.ly+key, buk.me, chilp.it, clck.ru, cli.gs, coge.la, coge.la+key, cort.as, cort.as+key, durl.me, ez.com, fa.by, fon.gs, fwd4.me, gl.am, goo.by, gurl.es, hex.io, hop.im, href.in, HURL, idek.net, ir.pe, is.gd, ito.mx, ity.im, j.mp, j.mp+key, kissa.be, kl.am, kore.us, korta.nu, Kots.Nu, krz.ch, l.pr, Lincr, Linkbee, Linkbee+key, Linkee, LinxFix, liurl.cn, Lnk.by, lnk.co, lnk.co+banner, lnk.co+key, ln-s.net, ln-s.ru, lt.tl, lurl.no, merky.de, micURL, migre.me, min2me, minify.us, minilink, MinURL, nbx.ch, ndurl, p.ly, Pendek.in, Piko.me, PiURL, Puke.It, qlnk.net, qr.cx, qux.in, r.im, rde.me, redir.ec, retwt.me, ri.ms, s4c, safe.mn, sai.ly, short.ie, short.to, shortn.me, Shw.me, sl.ly, smsh.me, snkr.me, srnk.net, srs.li, su.pr, su.pr+key, TimesURL, tinyarro.ws, tinyurl, to.ly, toGOto.us, tra.kz, twirl, twiturl.de, u.nu, UiopMe, unfake.it, url.co.uk, ur.ly, url.ag, urlBorg, urlG, urlKiss, urlShort, vb.ly, vl.am, vtc.es, xr.com, xrl.us, xxsURL, yvy.me, z.pe, Zi.pe, ZipMyURL, zz.gd

Licence

This WordPress plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 (or later).

Support

All of my plugins are supported via my website.

Please feel free to visit the site for plugin updates and development news - either visit the site regularly or follow me on Twitter (@artiss_tech).

For problems, suggestions or enhancements for this plugin, there is a dedicated page. The dedicated page will also list any known issues and planned enhancements.

This plugin, and all support, is supplied for free, but donations are always welcome.