Description
Changes the Short URL and the Twitter Tools URL for each post on your site using a custom, shortened domain and a base-36 encode of the post ID.
Installation
- Buy a short domain
- Upload
jb-shortener.php
to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Update the “Short URL” in Options->General
If you’re running a multisite configuration, copy sunrise.php
to the wp-content
folder and set define('SUNRISE', 'on');
in wp-config.php
.
FAQ
Why would I want this Plugin?
You can use a custom, shorter url for the short urls in WordPress and with Twitter Tools.
Does it work with Multisite enabled?
Yes, but you have to copy the sunrise.php
file into the wp_content
folder.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.1.1
- Fix formatting on options page
- Display warning if no short domain is set
1.1
- Now works with multisite installs with subdirectories
- Various optimizations
- Removed explicit support for domain mapping plugin
1.0
- Removes entries from the redirect database in multisite mode
- No longer continues to redirect after plugin has been disabled in multisite mode
- more efficient check for database install
0.8
- No longer requires hosting of short-url redirect scripts, even for multisite
- Added
sunrise.php
0.7
- Straight redirect to post instead of bouncing to
?p=POSTID
first
0.5
- No longer need to host the short-url redirect on an external domain for non-multisite installs
0.4
- First version