Twitter Friendly Links - ChoosePlugin.com

Your very own TinyURL within your OWN domain! If you DO promote your blog posts in Twitter, then you MUST make your links look cool!

Author:	Konstantin Kovshenin (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	2.8
WordPress version tested:	3.0.5
Plugin version:	0.5
Added to WordPress repository:	30-04-2009
Last updated:	19-05-2010 Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:	http://kovshenin.com/wordpress/plugins/twitte...
Total downloads:	32 177
Active installs:	100+
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The plugin creates a shorter link for every blog post, so instead of http://kovshenin.com/wordpress/plugins/twitter-friendly-links/ you can use http://kovshenin.com/712. Sweet, huh? Here’s a video presentation: Twitter Friendly Links for WordPress

Easy to setup and configure
Switch between 302 (temporary) and 301 (permanent) redirection
Lists all your posts/pages/attachments with short links to each
Shows the short link in the edit post/page form together with the text you can tweet out (trimmed to 140 characters) and a link to Twitter with the predefined text
You can output the twitter friendly link in your themes using the twitter_link() function
New function available: permalink_to_twitter_link() which takes a permalink as an argument and returns a Twitter Friendly Link (if exists)
Compatible with Sociable, Twitter Tools, Tweet This, SexyBookmarks and AskApache Google 404 plugins
Compatible with WordPress MU and BuddyPress
Configurable linking relations (HTML and HTTP) for rel=shortlink, and rel=canonical
Super easy tracking with Google Analytics! Destination links are Taggable!
You can now switch to alphanumeric links for sexy links with numbers and letters like example.com/s2e7
Caching with .htaccess option now available
Even shorter links with customizable shortlink base URL
More coming up soon!

YES, I do consider feature requests, and that is what makes this plugin work. The discussions go here: Twitter Friendly Links

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FAQ

How can I get the short link in my theme?

Use the twitter_link() function in your theme (within the_loop) that returns the shortened URL. For example:

if (function_exists("twitter_link")) { echo '<a href="' . twitter_link() . '">Twitter Friendly Link</a>'; }

Do I get backlinks counted by search engines with this?

Yes you do. TinyURL links give backlinks to TinyURL.com, while short links generated by this plugin give direct backlinks to your website. This is good for SEO.

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ChangeLog

0.5

Removed .htaccess caching
Fixed some cache plugins bugs
New layout of the edit posts screen
Compatibility with Retweet Anywhere

0.4.5

Caching with .htaccess now available in beta (generic format only)
Custom shortlinks base URL for even shorter links
Minor bugfixes and code cleanup

0.4.4

Added compatibility with the caching plugins that use the is_404 function, including W3 Total Cache.

0.4.3

Fixed the “Twitter Stuff” bug in 0.4.2
Fixed the versioning issues. Upgrades are now smoother.

0.4.2

Fixed a 0.4.1 bug, again thanks to Josh Jones 🙂
SexyBookmarks fix removed (Josh Jones made a cool fix in his great plugin)
Code cleanup

0.4.1

Added alphanumeric links option in the settings panel
Removed rev=canonical link relation
WordPress 2.8.4 compatibility test

0.4

Code cleanup
SexyBookmarks plugin fix
WordPress 2.8.3 compatibility test

0.3.8

Licensed under GPL v3

0.3.7

Compatible with the Sociable plugin
Added attachments shortlink support
Enable shortlinks for posts/pages/attachments now in configuration

0.3.6

Destination links now taggable for easy Google Analytics Tracking.

0.3.5

Compatible with Tweet This plugin
WordPress 2.8, 1.5 compatibility checked

0.3.4

Now compatible with AskApache Google 404 plugin
Link relations (rel=shortlink, rel=canonical, rev=canonical)
Some script optimization (wp_post_count)

0.3.3

Now compatible with WordPress MU (subdomain and subdirectory blogs)

0.3.2

Bugfix: Pages are now dynamic in the Settings page of the plugin
Compatibility with the Twitter Tools plugin
New function: permalink_to_twitter_link()

0.3.1

Bugfix: Shortlinks are now fine when wordpress is running in a different directory
Changed default link style to blank (example.com/123) instead of “go”. This will affect only newcomers
Minor bugfixes and code cleanups

0.3

Short links now available for pages too
AJAX pagination of posts/pages with their shortlinks in the admin panel

0.2

Added the Twitter Stuff section in the edit post form with handy links
Added the twitter_link() function

0.1

Added the configuration panel
Ability to list all posts together with their short links
Ability to switch between 302 and 301 redirects
Added some screenshots 😉

0.1b

This is the start. Don’t be too rude!

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