Title: Short URL Author: KaizenCoders Published: July 9, 2011 Last modified: July 31, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/shorten-url_ffffff.svg) # shorten-url By [KaizenCoders](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaizencoders/) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorten-url/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorten-url/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorten-url/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shorten-url/) ## Description This plugin has been closed as of March 7, 2024 and is not available for download. Reason: Security Issue. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4377223ce63e41cce1253b4b1b0c933e858610df22f26e0deced4fcbd89653cc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not seem to be compatible with PHP 8.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-seem-to-be-compatible-with-php-8-0/)󠁿 [techtangerine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/techtangerine/) May 26, 2021 The error thrown out is: Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in [PATH]/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/ utils.class.php on line 102 site:wordpress.org Simply inactivating the plugin will also inactivate all the short urls you made. You will thus have to install a compatible alternative and recreate all the old short URLs. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/08ef5ef50515fd55bba25c9a6a1174cf6859682e463f3326f09d030685bc9347? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works ON WP5.4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-on-wp5-4/)󠁿 [sheldonng](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sheldonng/) June 6, 2020 I have used him for more than 4 years and it is still functioning normally Although the author has not updated in a long time ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/146f3382b16c33ff8604548e639446963ec543bd6c364cf3ad919d470f1b9289? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-1805/)󠁿 [polnd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/polnd/) April 6, 2020 I’ve been using it about 3 years. It just does it job simply and perfectly. Thanks to the author. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7eab4aab2a240ce82bbeec18dfa40d7f3444b79f657d98588ca084d27aee2b6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simple and powerfull](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-powerfull-22/)󠁿 [Ali Shamshirian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/diapason440hz/) January 24, 2018 thank you so much. this is i was searching for and finally found it. it works fine with wordpress 4.9.2 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/375f28bb338b14a3aa37ee6b4b8d44e543d79f2d89cd99885ee4d3864db83e1d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Outdated and dangerous!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/outdated-and-dangerous/)󠁿 [KvnKrft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kvnkrft/) May 4, 2017 We installed this plugin a while back, it hasn’t been updated since. I started looking into server performance issues and was shocked to see the errors this plugin causes.[ 04-May-2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Translation has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite.com/wp-content/plugins/shorten- url/core/translation.class.php on line 11 [04-May-2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Textdiff has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite. com/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/text_diff.class.php on line 11 [04-May-2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Treelist has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite.com/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/ tree.class.php on line 12 [04-May-2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Translation has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite. com/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/translation.class.php on line 11 [04-May- 2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Textdiff has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite.com/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/ text_diff.class.php on line 11 [04-May-2017 12:07:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; SLFramework_Treelist has a deprecated constructor in /web/sites/#####/oursite. com/wp-content/plugins/shorten-url/core/tree.class.php on line 12 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a500597acdf8f128e55d33edd9591451b101540687073006f1eb150b08ec629a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Poor performance, bloated inferface](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performance-bloated-inferface/)󠁿 [MrBrian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrbrian/) September 3, 2016 This plugin is poorly optimized – it will slow down your server and browser page load unnecessarily. There’s no reason to attempt to modify the content/excerpt if the “Automatic shorten links in article” option is disabled – this easily translates to hundreds of calls to function ‘replace_by_short_link’ (1 SQL query each) = SLOW SERVER. Also, a short link is created in the database for every page/post despite setting shortlink ‘types’ – this can easily create a very large database table unnecessarily. If not making use of displaying the short URL automatically, does not stop the CSS style from being loaded into the page header = SLOWER PAGE LOAD. The adding of a parent menu called “SL Plugins” is bloated and ugly. Finally, you do not create an instance of your class (which is best coding practice) so that I can at least remove actions/filters for better performance. Giving this 2 stars until improved. [ Read all 22 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shorten-url/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Short URL” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ KaizenCoders ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaizencoders/) * [ Mike L ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeatkaizencoders/) [Translate “Short URL” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shorten-url) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shorten-url/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shorten-url/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shorten-url/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shorten-url/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.6.8** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **N/A** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.2.9** * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorten-url/advanced/)