Description
Want to make your brand standout? BetterLinks brings you the chance to easily create, shorten and manage any URL to help you cross-promote your brands & products. With its aesthetic User Interface, you can shorten anything without breaking any sweat and track analytics to measure successful campaigns easily.
WHY YOU NEED BETTERLINKS 🔥
- Easy-to-use WordPress link shortener
- Create attractive looking links instantly
- Add multiple link redirect types (301, 302, 307)
- Analyze & track your marketing campaigns
- Enhance your affiliate marketing strategies
- Manage your links directly in Gutenberg Editor
- Reduce link load time with optimized queries
- Monitor marketing campaigns with UTM Builder
- Prevent bot traffic and clicks with Bot Blocker
SIMPLE & FAST LINK MANAGEMENT PLUGIN 🎉
✨ Aesthetic Drag & Drop UI: Create & manage any links with just a couple of clicks. Manage everything from creating, editing, configurations & all from just one place
🧲 Quick Link Shortening: Make your long URL links into short ones and create pretty links within minutes
💫 One-Click Share: Copy your shortened URL right from the dashboard and share it instantly
⚙️ Easy Configuration: Easily setup your Link Redirects (301, 302 and 307) and all your Link options
💪 Fast Response: Less Database queries resulting in faster response time
🔃 Simple Migration: Migrate from Third-party Plugins such as PrettyLinks with one-click
POWERFUL LINK TRACKING & ANALYTICS FEATURES 🚀
📈 Real Time Analytics: Generate real-time analytics data and easily evaluate the performance of your cloaked links with just a glance
🔎 Examine Click-Through Rate: Examine the performance of your click-through rates of your shortened URLs right from one place
📊 Generate Reports: Gather analytics reports to evaluate and run successful marketing campaigns
📅 Interactive Calendar to Filter Clicks: Easily filter your cloaked links based on certain dates from the interactive calendar
🔗 UTM Builder to Track Campaigns: Add parameters to URLs to monitor your marketing campaigns
More Advanced Features with BetterLinks PRO:
- Get better insights with Individual Analytics [PRO]
- Control and manage user roles & permissions [PRO]
- Set link scheduler, expiration dates & number of click limits [PRO]
- Integrate seamlessly with Google Analytics [PRO]
- Carry out split tests with Dynamic Redirects [PRO]
- Force enable secure HTTPS Redirection [PRO]
- Broken Link Checker with Email Notification [PRO]
- Auto-Link Keywords [PRO]
- Auto-Create Links [PRO]
- Affiliate Link Disclosure [PRO]
- Password Protected Redirect [PRO]
ALL FEATURES | DOCUMENTATION | PRICING
🔥 WHAT’S NEXT
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Visit WPDeveloper to learn more about how to do better in WordPress with Help Tutorial, Tips & Tricks.
👨💻 DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT
- For documentation and tutorials go to our Documentation
- For video tutorials go to our YouTube Playlist
- If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum
- For more information about features, FAQs and documentation, check out our website at BetterLinks
💙 Loved BetterLinks?
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- Learn from our tutorials on Youtube Channel
- Or rate us on WordPress
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Installation
Modern Way:
- Go to the WordPress Dashboard “Add New Plugin” section.
- Search For “BetterLinks”.
- Install, then Activate it.
- Follow the Documentation
Old Way:
- Upload
betterlinksto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Follow the Documentation
FAQ
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Does it work with any WordPress theme?
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Yes, it will work with any standard WordPress theme.
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Can I migrate to BetterLinks from any plugin?
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If you were previously using any link shortener and redirection plugin, you can migrate to BetterLinks instantly.
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Who can benefit more from BetterLinks?
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BetterLinks is very useful for website owners, affiliate marketers, SEO experts or anyone who requires link shortening, redirection, tracking or overall link management on WordPress.
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Contributors & Developers
“BetterLinks – Shorten, Track and Manage any URL” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“BetterLinks – Shorten, Track and Manage any URL” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
1.6.3 – 20/11/2023
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.6.2 – 09/11/2023
- Fixed: Feature Images update issue for Author / Editor roles
- Improved: Added Support for Longer Target URL
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.6.1 – 15/10/2023
- Improved: Security Enhancements
- Improved: Added Support for Tags And Description for Link Searching
- Improved: Included the target URL for Exporting Analytics
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.6.0 – 8/10/2023
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.18 – 21/09/2023
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.17 – 13/09/2023
- Fixed: PHP Deprecation Warnings
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.16 – 11/09/2023
- Fixed: PHP Warning generated for ‘Undefined array key’ in “REQUEST_METHOD”
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.15 – 27/07/2023
- Fixed: Manage Links not working when REST API is disabled
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.14 – 26/07/2023
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.13 – 13/06/2023
- Improved: Added option to filter Favorite Links
- Improved: Added indicator icon to show broken links in ‘manage links’
- Fixed: Visiting Expired Links throws PHP errors
- Fixed: Unique Counts not working properly
- Fixed: Changing Link category by using ‘edit link’ option making the stats & favorite link data disappear
- Fixed: Total clicks not being added when Disable IP from Analytics option is enabled
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.12 – 30/04/2023
- Improved: Optimization of analytics data fetching
- Fixed: Misleading ip count data in analytics
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.11 – 16/04/2023
- Added: Option to search link by ‘shortened url’ or ‘target url’ in ‘List view’
- Added: Option to Reset Clicks data
- Added: Option to disable ‘logging of IP addresses data’ from analytics
- Fixed: Page scrolling to bottom when using BetterLinks format in Gutenberg
- Fixed: Gutenberg instant redirect sidebar not appearing sometimes
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.10 – 06/03/2023
- Fixed: Added empty target url check to prevent breaking site’s FrontEnd
- Fixed: Admin menu infinite loading on sites that has rest api disabled
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.9 – 28/02/2023
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.8 – 07/02/2023
- Fixed: Not able to add Featured Images in Gutenberg Editor for non-admin users
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.7 – 29/01/2023
- Fixed: BetterLinks sidebar not rendering inside Gutenberg Editor
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.6 – 25/01/2023
- Fixed: Throwing fatal error while importing links from CSV file
- Fixed: Too many redirects when shortened url and target url are same
- Removed: Click data column from exported BetterLinks Analytics csv
- Fixed: Gutenberg instant redirect option not showing sometimes
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.5 – 22/12/2022
- Added: Link QR Code Scanner inside List View
- Improved: Date Format in BetterLinks Analytics
- Improved: Added Link prefix option when importing from Thirsty Affiliates
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.4 – 30/11/2022
- Fixed: ThirstyAffiliates links not migrating properly
- Fixed: Link Expiration Date Schedule not working
- Improved: Optimized requests when opening Link Editor modal
- Fixed: Duplicate category being created when creating through link editor modal
- Fixed: Some links being missing in the Manage links screen
- Fixed: Conflict with Presto Player
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.3 – 23/11/2022
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.2 – 20/11/2022
- Fixed: Instant Gutenberg Redirect | Options not working properly
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.1 – 06/11/2022
- Revamped: Improved background process during migration from third party plugins for better performance
- Fixed: Database Error – Table doesn’t exist
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.5.0 – 20/09/2022
- Added: Option to Add/Manage Links inside Gutenberg Editor
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.4.1 – 03/08/2022
- Added: Option to enable/disable links being case sensitive
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.4.0 – 06/07/2022
- Added: Option to “Add Links as Favorites”
- Fixed: Shortened URLs being case sensitive
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.3.4 – 19/06/2022
- Fixed: Link redirection not working for sub-directory sites
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.3.3 – 30/05/2022
- Fixed: Sorted link not staying at the same position after editing the link in the Grid view
- Fixed: ‘Select option arrow’ of ‘Rows per page’ in ‘list view’ not showing correctly
- Fixed: Unable to create links as Manage Links page showing blank screen
- Added: Visit link option in the Grid view
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.3.2 – 25/05/2022
- Compatibility: Compatible to WordPress v6.0
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.3.1 – 19/04/2022
- Improved: Query optimization for better performance
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.3.0 – 19/01/2022
- Added: Instant Link Redirect option inside Elementor Page Builder
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements
1.2.9 – 11/01/2022
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.8 – 30/11/2021
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.7 – 28/10/2021
- Added: Option to generate random strings for shortened links
- Added: Translations for missing strings
- Improved: Import functionality to overwrite existing links
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.6 – 19/10/2021
- Added: QR Code Generator for shortened links
- Added: Sample CSV export option
- Improved: Security enhancement for CSV
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.5 – 07/10/2021
- Added: ThirstyAffiliates Migration
- Added: Translations compatibility
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.4 – 29/09/2021
- Improved: Query optimization for better performance & security enhancement
- Added: Default Link Prefix option
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.3 – 21/09/2021
- Added: CSV Import/Export option
- Fixed: CSS conflict with Yoast SEO
- Fixed: Import/Export Category relation issue
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.2 – 31/08/2021
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.1 – 24/08/2021
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.2.0 – 23/08/2021
- Fixed: Tags not updating & creating
- Fixed: Category not updating properly
- Added: Link title automatically being converted to Shortened URL
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.1.9 – 12/08/2021
- Added: AJAX Fallback when REST API is disabled
- Fixed: Sanitized REST API data
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.1.8 – 28/07/2021
- Improved: Coding structure to enhance security
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.1.7 – 08/07/2021
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.1.6 – 06/07/2021
- Improved: Updated User Interface
- Few minor bug fix & improvements
1.1.5 – 23/06/2021
- Removed: PHP session
1.1.4 – 20/06/2021
- Fixed: Conflict with Gutenberg Editor
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.1.3 – 15/06/2021
- Added: Instant Gutenberg Redirect option
- Added: Bot Blocker option
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.1.2 – 07/06/2021
- Improved: Optimized background process for better performance
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.1.1 – 24/05/2021
- Fixed: Database migration issue with version update
- Fixed: BetterLinks Import/Export feature not working properly
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.1.0 – 20/05/2021
- Added: UTM Builder
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.5 – 07/04/2021
- Fixed: Redirection not working if shortened URL ends with a ‘/‘
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.4 – 01/04/2021
- Fixed: Link categories not updating correctly after deletion
- Fixed: Parameter forwarding not working
- Fixed: Link order not showing correctly after migrating from Simple 301 Redirects
- Improved: URL parsing before redirecting
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.3 – 25/03/2021
- Added: Migration for Simple 301 Redirects plugin
- Tweaked: UI/UX update
- Added: Wildcard option
- Removed: Blank link showing in the Grid view
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.2 – 24/02/2021
- Fixed: Analytics not showing instantly after regenerating stats
- Fixed: Clicks count not working
- Fixed: Most Recent click data not showing at the top in Analytics
- Improved: Overall UI/UX
- Improved: Migration from Pretty Links
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.1 – 15/01/2021
- Fixed: Migration not working
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
1.0.0 – 11/01/2021
- Added: ‘List View’ to manage links
- Added: ‘Analytics’ Feature
- Added: Migration from PrettyLinks
- Added: General Settings panel
- Improved: optimized code for faster response
- Few minor bug fix and improvements
0.0.1 – 14/01/2021
- Initial beta release