LazyLink is a lightweight affiliate link manager and click tracker for WordPress. No heavy framework, no third-party dashboard, no click-tracking table that quietly grows into the millions of rows. Your links and your click data stay in your own database.<\/p>\n\n
Free forever core<\/strong> \u2014 cloaking, redirects, categories, stats, and import are all in the free plugin. No link cap.<\/p>\n\n Built for affiliate marketers and bloggers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Fast to work with<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Switching from another plugin?<\/strong> Bring your links across with the built-in import tool \u2014 see the FAQ for supported sources.<\/p>\n\n Built to stay light<\/strong><\/p>\n\n LazyLink is built and used daily on a real affiliate site \u2014 not a feature checklist assembled to compete on paper. If you've outgrown a bloated link plugin, don't want to pay premium pricing, or just want fewer moving parts, that's exactly what this is for.<\/p>\n\n\n Switching from another plugin? Use LazyLink \u2192 Import<\/strong> to bring your links across \u2014 see the FAQ for details.<\/p>\n\n\n LazyLink is built to be smaller and simpler: no bundled frameworks, no bloated click-tracking table, and stats that actually tell you how a specific link is performing without extra clicks. Links are always unlimited, even on the free version.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes \u2014 go to LazyLink \u2192 Import<\/strong> and select ThirstyAffiliates as the source. Your links, categories, and redirect settings are brought across automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n Use the shortcode Yes \u2014 turn one on under LazyLink \u2192 Settings<\/strong>. It's off by default, and you pick from a short list of safe combos rather than typing your own, so it can't collide with Bold\/Italic\/Link or a shortcut your browser already owns.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes \u2014 set it under LazyLink \u2192 Settings<\/strong>.<\/p><\/dd>\n Not by default \u2014 admin clicks are excluded from tracking. This is configurable under LazyLink \u2192 Settings<\/strong>.<\/p><\/dd>\n No \u2014 LazyLink supports unlimited links on the free version.<\/p><\/dd>\n No third-party requests, no external tracking calls, and no heavy dependencies \u2014 redirects and click logging run on plain WordPress APIs. \n
\/go\/your-slug\/<\/code> cloaked redirects, or plain direct links when a program requires them, e.g. Amazon Associates)<\/li>\n\/go\/<\/code> prefix, optional admin-click exclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
[lazylink slug=\"...\"]<\/code> shortcode, plus an \"Insert Affiliate Link\" block-editor tool to search or quick-add a link without leaving your post<\/li>\n\n
$wpdb<\/code> prepared statements; nonces and capability checks on every admin action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nWhy LazyLink<\/h4>\n\n
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lazylink<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install through the Plugins<\/strong> screen directly.<\/li>\n\n
How is LazyLink different from other link managers?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I import my links from ThirstyAffiliates?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I add a link to a post?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[lazylink slug=\"your-slug\"]<\/code>, or the \"Insert Affiliate Link\" tool in the block editor's text toolbar.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I use a keyboard shortcut to insert a link?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I change the `\/go\/` prefix?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this track my own clicks when I'm logged in as admin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is there a link limit?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does LazyLink slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
\/go\/<\/code> links are also matched and redirected as early as possible in the WordPress request lifecycle, before other plugins and your theme finish loading, so a click doesn't wait on the rest of the site to boot.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere can I get support?<\/h3><\/dt>\n