Paste a destination URL. The slug and title fill in automatically; adjust them if you like, then save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nYour link is live immediately at yoursite.com\/go\/your-slug\/<\/code>. To change the \/go\/<\/code> prefix, go to Yem Links, then Settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWill this slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. Redirects are handled on plugins_loaded<\/code> at priority 1, which runs before your theme loads and before WordPress builds its main query. The slug lookup is a single indexed query, and it is cached in the object cache after the first hit.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I change the \/go\/ prefix?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Go to Yem Links, then Settings, and set the base slug to anything you want. Existing links keep working under the new prefix right away, and links inserted with the Yem Link block update automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Why are my click counts lower than my analytics tool reports?<\/h3><\/dt>\nBecause Yem Links excludes known bots. Search engine crawlers, SEO tools and AI scrapers hit links constantly, and counting them gives you an inflated number. You can turn bot filtering off in Settings if you prefer raw hits.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does Yem Links send data to YemLogic or anyone else?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. There is no tracking and no account, and the plugin never contacts YemLogic or any other service. The only outside requests it makes go to the destination URLs you add yourself: once to fetch the page title when you paste a URL, and when you run a health check. Clicks are counted on your own site, and for each link the plugin stores the number of clicks and the time of the last one, not who clicked.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it work with affiliate links?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Tick nofollow and sponsored on each link, or choose in Settings to have them ticked for every new link, so your outbound affiliate links carry the attributes search engines expect.<\/p><\/dd>\n
What happens to my links if I deactivate the plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNothing. Your data stays in the database and reappears when you reactivate. Deleting the plugin only removes your data if you opt in first, using the toggle in Settings under Data Management.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I create links without leaving the page I am on?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, two ways. Inside the editor, use the Yem Link block to search your links and insert one. Anywhere else on the web, use the bookmarklet from the Tools page; it opens the Add New Link panel with the page's address and title already filled in.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it work if WordPress is installed in a subfolder?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Short links work on sites installed in a subfolder such as example.com\/blog\/, and the prefix is matched case-insensitively.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Is there a REST API?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, at \/wp-json\/yem-links\/v1\/links<\/code>. It supports listing, creating, updating and deleting, and requires the manage_options<\/code> capability.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- All functions, classes, constants, options, hooks and AJAX actions now use the yem_links prefix (Yem_Links_ for classes, YEM_LINKS_ for constants). Settings saved by 1.0.0 move to the new option names automatically on update.<\/li>\n
- The REST API is now at \/wp-json\/yem-links\/v1\/.<\/li>\n
- Add-on hooks no longer receive request data: yem_links_save_link_data gets the sanitized link data and the link ID, and yem_links_save_settings fires without arguments.<\/li>\n
- REST API input is sanitized field by field when it arrives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- First public release.<\/li>\n
- Click data passed to add-ons uses WordPress's own IP anonymisation (IPv6 addresses now lose their last 64 bits, not 16), and anything that isn't a valid IP address is stored as 0.0.0.0.<\/li>\n
- Settings refuses base slugs that WordPress itself needs, such as wp-admin, wp-json and feed.<\/li>\n
- The REST API returns at most 100 links per page.<\/li>\n
- The edit panel shows the link's ID in its title, for the Pro product box shortcode and the REST API.<\/li>\n
- A category longer than 100 characters or tags longer than 255 characters get a clear message instead of a database error.<\/li>\n
- A new category is added to the category filter as soon as you save the link, without reloading the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.9<\/h4>\n\n\n- Bot filtering now also recognises Applebot, PerplexityBot, CCBot, Amazonbot, OAI-SearchBot, meta-externalagent and the link-preview bots of X (Twitter), Slack, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord and Telegram.<\/li>\n
- The single-link health check shows the real status code (for example OK (301)) and says Unreachable when a destination doesn't answer.<\/li>\n
- Short links with an extra path segment, such as \/go\/a\/b\/, now return a 404 instead of being matched to the slug \"ab\".<\/li>\n
- Settings: the nofollow and sponsored options are labelled for what they do: they tick the boxes for new links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.8<\/h4>\n\n\n- Pre-release testing build.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Short links with bot-filtered click counts and built-in link health checking. Custom tables, redirects fire before your theme loads.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/391945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391945"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/yemlogic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=391945"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=391945"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=391945"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=391945"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=391945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}