URL Shortener

This can be something like http://sitename.com/postID.

It provides two method of redirection, namely, wp_rewrite redirect and template_redirection (template redirect).

It also integrates multiple URL Shortening service with the WordPress installation, bringing a similar functionality to that of WordPress.com's WP.me shortlinks feature but using 3rd party URL Shorteners.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• General features:
• Automatic generation of a Short URL/Shortlinks
• Cached Shortlink - thus generated only once.
• Choose to generate shortlinks using permalinks or the posts ID (e.g. http://your_site/index.php?p=123).
• Relatively extensive shortlink support
• Action Hooks available for other plugins to utilize generated shortlinks (From Ver 3.0 Onwards)
• Nice ID links - http://your_site/123 instead of http://your_site/index.php?p=123
• Shortcode support (Ver 3.1): Place [shortlink] in your article where you want to display the shortened url.
• Append a link to short URL below your post content (Ver 3.1.1)
• Services currently supported are:
• bit.ly
• Su.pr
• tinyurl
• Ping.fm
• Digg
• is.gd
• snipurl / Snurl / Snipr / Sn.im / Cl.lk
• cl.gs
• short.ie
• chilp.it
• smsh (aka sm00sh)
• urli.nl
• unfake.it
• awe.sm
• Voizle
• soso.bz
• Interdose API
• Cuthut.com

What is new in this release:

• QR Code Support (using Google Chart API)
• Additional Shorteners (Goo.gl, dlvr.it, yourls)
• Nice ID links with QR Code (i.e. http://your_site/123.qr)
• Version 4.0 features completely refactored code once again. Now includes classes which allows developers to easily extend the plugin.

What is new in version 3.1.2:

• Bug in the On-Demand Shortening function preventing key/user retrieval.

Requirements:

• WordPress 2.7 or higher