Title: GentleSource Short URL
Author: gentlesource
Published: <strong>November 17, 2009</strong>
Last modified: June 21, 2012

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# GentleSource Short URL

 By [gentlesource](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gentlesource/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gentlesource-short-url.zip)

 * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/#installation)
 * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gentlesource-short-url/)

## Description

This plugin creates a short URL from the blog post permalink and stores it
 in the
database. The URL is displayed below the blog post along with a link to twitter 
that passes the short URL on.

You can use all short URL services that offer an API. Here are a few:

 * http://melt.li/
 * http://lin.io/
 * http://unrelo.com/
 * http://bit.ly/
 * http://u.nu/
 * http://tinyurl.com/

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Short URL settings page

## Installation

 1. Upload the `gentlesource_shorturl` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. You can change the default short URL service in ‘Settings’ -> ‘Short URL’

## FAQ

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## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“GentleSource Short URL” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ gentlesource ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gentlesource/)

[Translate “GentleSource Short URL” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gentlesource-short-url)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gentlesource-short-url/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gentlesource-short-url/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gentlesource-short-url/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gentlesource-short-url/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.0

 * Added melt.li

#### 1.1.4

 * Change: unrelo.com API key

#### 1.1.3

 * Bugfix: Wrong path for public template

#### 1.1.2

 * Change: Don’t display anything if there is no short URL

#### 1.1.1

 * Bugfix: Wrong path for settings template

#### 1.1.0

 * Added more API URLs
 * Improved API URL selection

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/)
 * Tags
 * [short](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/short/)[short url](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/short-url/)
   [shortener](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortener/)[url](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url/)
   [url shortener](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url-shortener/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/gentlesource-short-url/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ gentlesource ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gentlesource/)

## Support

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