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LinkCentral – URL shortener, Affiliate Links & Custom Link Shortener with Link Tracking

The easiest URL shortener, short links manager, and link tracking plugin. Fast and optimised for better redirects, affiliate links and click tracking.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.8.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.2 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update22 Oct 202611d ago
Active installations400Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 19 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records LinkCentral – URL shortener, Affiliate Links & Custom Link Shortener with Link Tracking version 1.8.3 as active, updated 11d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

LinkCentral is your all-in-one WordPress solution to manage, track, and cloak custom links, short URLs, and affiliate links. Track link performance of all your short links with ease. From custom slugs to advanced analytics, LinkCentral is packed with customisable features.

Seamlessly integrate with page builders, and see how your links perform using detailed insights.

Features

🔗 Custom URL Shortener: Shorten links into clean, memorable URLs. com/go/your-custom-slug

🔍 Advanced Link Tracking: Gain insights into your link performance with detailed link clicks analytics.

💼 Affiliate Link Management: Cloak and manage your affiliate links while staying organized with categories and private notes.

🧩 Flexible Integrations: Easily insert links using our built-in integrations with common page builders or use shortcodes.

📊 Google Analytics 4 Support: Send link tracking data to Google Analytics 4.

🔄 Redirection Settings: Choose redirection types (301, 302, 307), add nofollow, sponsored and other attributes, and more.

⏰ Plan Redirects Ahead: Schedule and manage future redirects.

🔒 Password-Protected Redirects: Secure your redirects with passwords.

🔲 QR Codes: Instantly create QR codes for any of your short links.

👥 Role Management: Control access by defining user roles that can create and edit links, view analytics, and manage settings.

🖼️ Link Pages: Create your ‘link in bio’ page for social media with (scheduled) links, images, and more.

🚀 Optimized and Lightweight: Built with performance in mind, using native WordPress integration for speed without bloat.

🔌 WordPress-Friendly: Utilizes a custom post type for seamless integration into the WordPress ecosystem.

📥 Easy Import: Easily import your links from other link management tools or spreadsheets.

🛡️ GDPR Compliance, 🧹 Expiry Management, 🤖 IP and Bot Filtering, 📧 Email Reports, 🌐 Affiliate Links management, and much more, all for free!

Learn more about everything LinkCentral has to offer.

Integrate with Ease 🪢

LinkCentral seamlessly integrates with leading page builders and WordPress plugins to make link insertion a breeze. Quickly add links through:

  • Elementor (Free and Pro)
  • Gutenberg
  • Classic Editor (TinyMCE)
  • Beaver Builder
  • Bricks Builder
  • and more…

AI Integration: Automate with MCP 🤖

Interact with your links using your preferred AI agents! Let AI clients create, update, or analyze your links on demand. LinkCentral works seamlessly with the Capabilities API and MCP Adapter for next-level automation.

More Features with LinkCentral Premium ⭐

Unlock exclusive features with LinkCentral Premium to supercharge your link management. Upgrade today and enjoy 14-day money-back guarantee.

📈 Advanced Insights: Get detailed analytics, including data on individual links, improved filtering, and geolocation (country, region, city).

🔀 Dynamic Redirects: Build dynamic redirects based on date, time, country, device, cookie, and more.

🖇️ Split testing: Enable AB split tests and rotate users between different destinations based on the number of clicks on a link.

🔄 Parameter Forwarding: Seamlessly pass URL parameters through your shortlinks.

🎯 Conversion Goals: Assign goals to links and track conversions and conversion rates when users visit a page on your site or perform actions elsewhere.

💾 Data export: Easily backup or migrate your links and analytics.

🏷️ UTM Templates: Create and apply UTM templates to your links.

📝 Auto-keyword Linking: Automatically link keywords across your website.

🚥 Broken Links Checker: Automatically scans your links for broken URLs and sends email alerts.

🪝 Webhooks: Connect to a custom webhook and send data every time a link is clicked.

🎨 Custom styling: Add CSS classes to your links on the frontend, style your QR codes, and more.

♾️ Access to Updates: Enjoy access to future updates and get fast support.

See all Premium features

Privacy 🛡️

Tracking

LinkCentral respects you and your users’ privacy and gives you full GDPR & CCPA compliance. You have full control over tracking settings, including the ability to anonymize or opt out of tracking completely.

3rd Party Services

  • Google Analytics 4: When enabled in the plugin settings, LinkCentral can send your analytics data directly to Google Analytics 4. Read more about Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
  • MaxMind: LinkCentral optionally uses MaxMind’s free GeoIP database for country-based tracking and redirection. The database is updated biweekly to ensure accuracy. For more information, please see MaxMind’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
  • Freemius: LinkCentral makes use of Freemius for its Premium licensing. In case of a purchase and when opted in, we may periodically validate your license with the server.
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • affiliate links
  • link shortener
  • link tracking
  • url shortener
  • cloaking
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.2 · PHP 7.4
Update activity22 Oct 202611d ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.8.21.8.3
WordPress compatibility7.1.27.1.3
Version1.8.11.8.2
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.2
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