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]

ALL FEATURES | DOCUMENTATION | PRICING

🔥 WHAT’S NEXT

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⏰ SchedulePress – Complete solution for scheduling WordPress posts through an editorial calendar & social share.

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

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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 betterlinks to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Follow the Documentation

FAQ

Does it work with any WordPress theme?: Yes, it will work with any standard WordPress theme.
Can I migrate to BetterLinks from any plugin?: If you were previously using any link shortener and redirection plugin, you can migrate to BetterLinks instantly.
Who can benefit more from BetterLinks?: 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.

Reviews

Daniel Agustianus September 13, 2023

I had problem with betterlinks pro and their support currently help me fixing the issue

cobalt5 September 9, 2023

Solid Plugin with fast redirect times, unlimited link rotations/AB tests and quick support

uknew August 19, 2023

Best Plugin !!

OFS August 8, 2023

We had problems importing our current link shortner plugin that went under, and they helped figure out the problem and now everything is imported. So far I recommend this plugin because it has all the features I needed in a link shortner or link redirect plugin. Thanks a ton

Cory Lamle July 28, 2023

I submitted a bug and it was fixed within hours of it being reported! The team was professional and easy to work with. I'll definitely keep an eye on this company and their products going forward! Cheers~

hfpiet May 30, 2023

Zeer handige plugin als je bezig bent met SEO-vereisten.

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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.

“BetterLinks – Shorten, Track and Manage any URL” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

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