WP Plugin: Shrink your affiliate links

**Nikitos** · 01-28-2010, 01:23 PM

Sounds good. Thanks for sharing! I'll try it.

**fris** · 01-28-2010, 01:31 PM

good plugin, I own pretty link pro ;)

**cyber** · 01-28-2010, 02:38 PM

Also, if anyone is interested in only the short links without all the other tracking information:

You can have very, very short links like this:

http://www.cutiesr.us/a/4305

That go to their corresponding posts. #4305 is the post's ID, and goes here:

http://www.cutiesr.us/4305-erica-won...fect-tits.html

(your perma link will change depending on your settings, of course).

All you need is the following ...

Create folder "a" in your root.

Inside, create two files, ".htaccess" and "index.php"

Inside the .htaccess file, put:

Code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)$ /a/index.php?id=$1 [R=301,L]

inside index.php put:

PHP Code:

<?
// URL variables
$id = $_GET['id'];
if(!ctype_digit($id)){header("Location: /");}
// Include base WP files and connect to DB
include('../wp-config.php');
mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db(DB_NAME) or die(mysql_error());
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM {$table_prefix}posts WHERE ID='{$id}' LIMIT 1");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);

$url = get_permalink($id);
header("Location: {$url}");
exit();

And whala, you've got your very own short URLs!

edit: hi fris!

**crockett** · 01-28-2010, 03:50 PM

Nice little plug-in

**$5 submissions** · 01-28-2010, 05:27 PM

Bump for a helpful WP resource

**CYF** · 01-28-2010, 05:43 PM

nice stuff

**selena** · 01-28-2010, 06:19 PM

I've been using Twitter Friendly Links exclusively for that purpose, but I will have to check this out. If I am reading the OP right, that would do away with me having to use a links.php file to mask affiliate urls.

Coolness, and thanks for sharing!

**closer** · 01-28-2010, 06:30 PM

Anyone using the PRO version of this?

If I read well, then you can change all exsisting links with the PRO version?

**2012** · 01-28-2010, 06:36 PM

sounds like a blast. thanks !

**fris** · 01-28-2010, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by closer

Anyone using the PRO version of this?

If I read well, then you can change all exsisting links with the PRO version?

ya plus a bunch of other features, i bought the unlimited pro license

**digifan** · 01-28-2010, 09:16 PM

That's very cool!

**JeanClaude VanDamme** · 01-28-2010, 11:04 PM

"gocodes" plugin does it well

**tranza** · 01-29-2010, 05:02 AM

Seems to be a good one, thanks for sharing!

WP Plugin: Shrink your affiliate links

WP Plugin: Shrink your affiliate links

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