Title: Custom Shortlink Structure Author: Alex Published: April 22, 2013 Last modified: April 22, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/custom-shortlink-structure/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=701831) 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://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/custom-shortlink-structure_f2f2f2.svg) # Custom Shortlink Structure By [Alex](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahoereth/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-shortlink-structure.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-shortlink-structure/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-shortlink-structure/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-shortlink-structure/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-shortlink-structure/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-shortlink-structure/) ## Description This plugin will add new settings to your Settings -> Permalinks screen for you to specify your blog’s shortlink structure. By default WordPress shortlinks look like http://yrnxt.com/?p=153. Using this plugin you can specify every other structure you like, e.g. [http://yrnxt.com/~153](http://yrnxt.com/~153). Specifying new shortlink structures will never break WordPress’ default. Also when changing the shortlink structure again afterwards old structures won’t break until you explicitly remove them. Take a look at the [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-shortlink-structure/screenshots/). ## Screenshots * [[ * Post edit screen: Get Shortlink * [[ * Settings -> Permalinks ## Installation 1. Visit your WordPress Administration interface and go to Plugins -> Add New 2. Search for “_Custom Shortlink Structure_“, and click “_Install Now_” below the plugin’s name 3. When the installation finished, click “_Activate Plugin_“ Now visit Settings -> Permalinks and specify your own shortlink structure. Changes here won’t break WordPress default `?p=%post_id%` structure. ## FAQ When visiting a shortlink defined using the plugin I just get redirected to home? Some other plugins might interfere with redirections. Using WordPress SEO’s _Redirect ugly URL’s to clean permalinks_ setting for example will break this plugin. I specified a custom shortlink structure but get a “Not Found” error on load The plugin only works when pretty permalinks are enabled. Under Settings -> Permalinks specify a permalink structure other then default. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Custom Shortlink Structure” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Alex ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahoereth/) [Translate “Custom Shortlink Structure” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-shortlink-structure) ### Interested in development? 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