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BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP
v3.1.5
Shorten, cloak, redirect & track every link in WordPress. Branded short URLs, click analytics, affiliate links & MCP access for AI assistants.
by WPDeveloper · Website
affiliate linkslink cloakinglink shortenerredirectsurl shortener
- Rank
- #1,309 24h 10 · 7d 6
- Est. installs
- 24,971 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 904K all time
- Rating
- 4.8 ★ 85 reviews
- Official installs
- 20,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
9 days ago
Last release
- Version
- 3.1.5
- Requires WP
- 6.2
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2021
About BetterLinks
BetterLinks is a WordPress plugin by WPDeveloper, first published on WordPress.org in 2021. It has 20,000+ active installations and 903,830 downloads in total, and ranks #1,309 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 6 places. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 85 reviews. Version 3.1.5 was released 9 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 6.2 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (100%). It is listed under affiliate links, link cloaking, link shortener, redirects and url shortener. Plugins with a similar focus include Lasso Lite, PrettyLinks and ThirstyAffiliates.
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