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YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter
Use YOURLS (a free GPL URL shortener service) to create short URLs of your posts, or for your BuddyPress groups and users
The facts
- Rating
- 3.3★ from 3
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 13 Sep 2014
- Added
- Jun 2009
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 9.9
- Downloads
- 92,576
Our analysis
AI-assistedYOURLS: WordPress to Twitter is a WordPress plugin that connects your blog to the YOURLS URL shortener service. When you publish a new post or page, it generates a short URL automatically, which can be shared easily on Twitter and other platforms.
The plugin also supports BuddyPress, allowing for automatic short URL generation for members and groups, with customisation options available for administrators. However, it is important to note that this plugin is no longer maintained.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users who want to integrate a personal URL shortener with their site and use BuddyPress.
What it does well
- ✓Generates short URLs for new posts and pages
- ✓Supports BuddyPress for member and group URLs
- ✓Customisable short URLs for BuddyPress administrators
- ✓Free to use
Where it falls short
- •No longer maintained
- •Limited support for newer WordPress versions
- •May not work optimally with recent updates
Verdict
While YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter offers useful functionality for URL shortening, its lack of maintenance and limited compatibility with newer WordPress versions may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Ozh's own description of YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter, lightly tidied.
YOURLS is a free URL shortener service you can run on your webhost to have your own personal Bitly.
This plugin is a bridge between YOURLS and your blog: when you’ll submit a new post or page, your blog will tap into YOURLS to generate a short URL for it.
This plugin also features BuddyPress support. Short URLs can be generated automatically for each member and each group, and are customizable if permitted by the BuddyPress administrator.
Requires PHP 5.
Note: this plugin should still work but is no longer maintained. See http://yourls.org/#More#wordpress
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