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Enter one destination, add your platforms, and compare where and when your audience clicks without relying on an external tracking service.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why did I create this plugin?<\/h4>\n\n<p>I needed to measure precisely how much traffic each of my platforms sent to the same destination. I wanted to know which networks actually generated clicks, which days performed best, and when my audience responded most.<\/p>\n\n<p>Existing solutions often felt too complex, too focused on affiliate marketing, or dependent on external services. I created Coug Network Links to provide a simple, self-hosted answer to that real need. I now share it so creators, freelancers, bloggers, and small businesses can understand where their traffic comes from without another subscription or complicated tool.<\/p>\n\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited campaign links at the site root.<\/li>\n<li>Network Campaigns that generate multiple platform links from one destination.<\/li>\n<li>One shared destination that can be updated across an entire campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Editable 302 destinations.<\/li>\n<li>Optional automatic UTM parameters.<\/li>\n<li>Total, monthly, yearly, and estimated unique click statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Statistics dashboard shown first in the plugin administration.<\/li>\n<li>Campaign, month, and year filters.<\/li>\n<li>Best month, best day, and best platform.<\/li>\n<li>30-day performance change.<\/li>\n<li>Click heatmap by weekday and hour.<\/li>\n<li>Device and top referrer reports.<\/li>\n<li>Filtered CSV export without IP addresses or anonymous visitor identifiers.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly and yearly history.<\/li>\n<li>Platform ranking and visual comparison chart.<\/li>\n<li>Basic bot filtering, device type and referrer storage.<\/li>\n<li>No raw IP address storage.<\/li>\n<li>Complete French and US English admin interfaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>External impressions and conversions cannot be measured by this plugin.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload and activate the ZIP from Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Open Coug Links in the WordPress admin menu.<\/li>\n<li>Create a Network Campaign, enter one platform per line, and share the generated URLs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20store%20ip%20addresses%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin store IP addresses?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It creates a one-way anonymous hash to estimate unique visitors. Raw IP addresses are never stored.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20change%20a%20destination%20later%3F\"><h3>Can I change a destination later?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The public short link stays the same when its destination changes. When a link belongs to a Network Campaign, changing its destination updates every link in that campaign.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20does%20the%20heatmap%20show%3F\"><h3>What does the heatmap show?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>It shows the weekdays and hours when your short links receive clicks. Times follow the timezone configured in WordPress.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20is%20included%20in%20the%20csv%20export%3F\"><h3>What is included in the CSV export?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The export contains the click date, campaign, platform, slug, referrer, and device for the selected filters. 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