Title: Shortlink by BestWebSoft Author: bestweblayout Published: February 21, 2014 Last modified: June 10, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/google-shortlink/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2222928) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/google-shortlink/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2619988) # Shortlink by BestWebSoft By [bestweblayout](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestweblayout/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-shortlink.1.6.2.zip) * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/#description) * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/#reviews) * [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/#installation) * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/) ## Description Shortlink plugin is a useful tool to get short links from Google URL Shortener service without leaving your WordPress website. Generate short links by direct input and/ or automatically. Replace all external links on your website with short links, restore or delete them from database, and manage statistic. Install, activate, and save your time! [View Demo](https://bestwebsoft.com/demo-shortlink-by-bestwebsoft/?ref=readme) #### Features * Firebase Dynamic Links API * Automatically generate short links * Generate short links by direct output * Add unlimited number of fields for direct links input * View list of links with additional info: - Page URL - Short link - Number of total clicks - Articles that contain link * Manage your links manually with the following options: - Replace - Restore - Delete * Manage all external links automatically: - Scan website for new links - Replace - Restore - Restore all links and clear database * Compatible with latest WordPress version * Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code * Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! [Suggest a Feature](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) #### Documentation & Videos * [[Doc] User Guide](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/shortlink/shortlink-user-guide/) * [[Doc] Installation](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-install-a-wordpress-product/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin/) * [[Doc] Purchase](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-purchase-a-wordpress-plugin/how-to-purchase-wordpress-plugin-from-bestwebsoft/) #### Help & Support Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help — [https://support.bestwebsoft.com/](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/) #### Translation * Russian (ru_RU) * Ukrainian (uk) Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send [the text of PO and MO files](https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress) to [BestWebSoft](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO [files Poedit](https://www.poedit.net/download.php). #### Recommended Plugins * [Updater](https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/updater/?k=ed72e881dcfb65a3487b083775c694c1)– Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions. ## Screenshots * [[ * ‘Table of links’ page. * [[ * ‘Add links’ page. * [[ * Plugin settings page in WordPress admin panel. * [[ * Plugin settings page in WordPress admin panel. ## Installation 1. Upload the `google-shortlink` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Plugin settings are located in “Shortlink” -> “Settings”. 4. Plugin page is located in main menu. 5. Enter your API key for goo.gl account on plugin options page. [View a Step-by-step Instruction on Shortlink Installation](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-install-a-wordpress-product/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin) ## FAQ ### Where can I get API key for this plugin? Please complete the following: 1. You must go to [Google developers console](https://cloud.google.com/console/project) and create a new project (set fields “Project name” and “Project ID” as you wish). 2. After creating the project go to the “APIs & auth” tab. 3. Find in the list of available APIs “URL Shortener API” and set it ON. 4. After that go to “Credentials” tab and click “CREATE NEW KEY” button in “Public API access” area. 5. Choose “browser key” in pop-up window. The generated key will appear on the page, and you can regenerate it anytime. ### Can I get a shortlink for any link I need? Yes, just paste it to one of the fields below “Type long links here:” title on “ Direct input” tab at plugin’s main page and press a button “Get short links”. A short link will appear beside and also be saved in the database. ### How to replace all external links on my website with shortlinks. Please complete the following: 1. Go to the plugin main page Shortlink by BestWebSoft” in the main menu (Dashboard). 2. Go to Additional options tab. 3. Set “Scan web-site for new external links” option on and click the button “Apply” below. Scanning your website may take some time, don’t be afraid, it’s normal. 4. Now you can manage those links as your wish with options on the main page. In a particular case, to replace all external links to short links set “Replace automatically all external links” option on and press “Apply button”. ### I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support? Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https:// support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description: 1. The link to the page where the problem occurs 2. The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number. 3. The version of your WordPress installation 4. Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: [Instruction on System Status](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/admin-panel-issues/system-status/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fd36964f59e6314d3def8a4d81fb41c695150b6203b628e915d5b78b942fafaf? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Seems to be broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seems-to-be-broken-14/)󠁿 [inspired888](https://profiles.wordpress.org/inspired888/) May 31, 2021 2 replies This plug-in looks promising. Although after going through the exceedingly lengthy process to get everything set up for it (it requires creating various things on Google, including a Firebase project, etc.), it doesn’t appear to work. At least on my site, scanning for links doesn’t work. I have taken it up with support. Shall see what happens. Will update this review once it is either working, or deemed to be permanently broken. Jonathan ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c815342d348ca5ff0da5ecd1e011747efa9eed4a1250da5b3a151226d1d3cd4e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Не работает. Поддержка мертвая.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b5%d1%82-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b4%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b6%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%8f/)󠁿 [tuleshov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tuleshov/) September 28, 2020 1 reply Плагин не работает, обращался в тех поддержку, с третьего раза удалось добиться от них что: да, мы в курсе и исправим в следующих обновлениях. Прошло два месяца, обновлений так и не вышло. Странные люди, идея была здравая – но с таким подходом лучше бы и не брались… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a6f800a3f414fffdd0574e7a57485a4ab8cb26c1519f429d90561b6f6000e01e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best goo.gl plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-goo-gl-plugin/)󠁿 [notmypt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/notmypt/) September 8, 2017 This is a best google shorten plugin untill now, But it’ll better if you add an option to exclude some external domains. My site ‘s about photos, and the are many extenal links to original photos (~10000 links now), and it is not very advantaged. Vote 5 stars for future features ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/abb0a819ea906c35ad8f0cfc6b5a4675e8eb7ea6e27ad2919b4237fd91d3fa78? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fabulous! Exactly what I needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fabulous-exactly-what-i-needed/)󠁿 [weblink](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weblink/) September 6, 2017 Plugin works great, is easy to use and the API creation process is well documented in a step by step guide. Thank you very much for your Work! [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Shortlink by BestWebSoft” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ bestweblayout ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestweblayout/) “Shortlink by BestWebSoft” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/google-shortlink/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Shortlink by BestWebSoft” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/google-shortlink) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-shortlink/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/google-shortlink/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/google-shortlink/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/google-shortlink/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### V1.6.2 – 26.04.2022 * Bugfix : Deactivation feedback fix. #### V1.6.1 – 24.03.2022 * Update : Functionality updated for wordpress 5.9. * Update : BWS plugins section was updated. #### V1.6.0 – 29.06.2021 * Update : All functionality was updated for wordpress 5.7.2 * Bugfix : The issue with display Firebase error 403 has been fixed. #### V1.5.9 – 01.04.2021 * Update : Adding links manually moved to a separate page. * Update : Scan of the website for new external links and performing actions with external links has been moved to the settings page. * Update : Added warning about deprecated functionality goo.gl API. * Update : BWS plugins section was updated. * Update : All functionality was updated for wordpress 5.7. #### V1.5.8 – 15.01.2020 * Update : Plugin was renamed. * Bugfix : Vulnerabilities and security issues were fixed. #### V1.5.7 – 14.11.2019 * Bugfix : Minor bugs were fixed. #### V1.5.6 – 04.09.2019 * Update : The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed. #### V1.5.5 – 15.01.2019 * NEW : Ability to switch to Firebase Dynamic Links API has been added. * Bugfix : The bug with the links search has been fixed. * Bugfix : The bug with the incorrect error displaying during website scanning has been fixed. #### V1.5.4 – 05.05.2017 * Bugfix : The bug with incomplete short links replacement was fixed. * Bugfix : The bug with empty post title displaying was fixed. #### V1.5.3 – 23.03.2017 * Bugfix : We fixed bug with short links. #### V1.5.2 – 12.10.2016 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated. #### V1.5.1 – 12.07.2016 * Update : Instruction on How to get API key has been updated. #### V1.5.0 – 25.04.2016 * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.5. #### V1.4.9 – 09.12.2015 * Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed. #### V1.4.8 – 02.11.2015 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.1. #### V1.4.7 – 27.07.2015 * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.3. #### V1.4.6 – 20.05.2015 * Bugfix : We fixed bug with displaying the list of links. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2. #### V1.4.5 – 01.04.2015 * Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.1. #### V1.4.4 – 30.12.2014 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1. #### V1.4.3 – 09.09.2014 * Bugfix : The misprint in the code was fixed. * Bugfix : Check ajax referer is added. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0. #### V1.4.2 – 12.08.2014 * Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta3. #### V1.4.1 – 20.05.2014 * Bugfix : Bug with replacing, restoring, deleting of links was fixed. * Bugfix : We fixed a bug which created a database when you first start the plugin. * Update : BWS plugins section is updated. * Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1. * NEW : The Ukrainian language file is added to the plugin. #### V1.4 – 31.03.2014 * Update : We added support for custom types. * Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done. * Update : BWS menu and screenshots are updated. #### V1.3 – 10.02.2014 * NEW : New interface of the plugin page was created. * NEW : Ajax support for main plugin’s functions was added. #### V1.2 – 30.01.2014 * Bugfix : The bug for incorrect scanning for new links was fixed. * NEW : Pagination for links table was added. * NEW : Translation into Russian ( ru_RU ) was added. #### V1.1 – 25.01.2014 * NEW : Ability to get short links automatically was added. #### V1.0 – 20.01.2014 * NEW : Ability to get short links by direct input was added. ## Meta * Version **1.6.2** * Last updated **11 months ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.3.8** * Languages * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/google-shortlink) * [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/google-shortlink/advanced/) ## Ratings 3.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-shortlink/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ bestweblayout ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestweblayout/) ## Support Got something to say? 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