Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin

Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin

? The best WordPress link management, branding, tracking & sharing plugin. Easily make pretty & trackable shortlinks. ?
Rating:
4.8
Active Installations:
300000+
Last Updated:
Mar 12, 2024
WordPress Version:
5.1 or higher
Tested up to:
6.4.4

Shorten, Track, Manage

Easily shrink and track your links with Pretty Links. Manage your URLs all in one place.

Customizable Redirects

Create clean, simple URLs that redirect to any other URL. Choose from 301, 302, and 307 redirects.

One-Click Link Sharing

Copy and manage your pretty links all in one centralized area. Share your links with ease.

Detailed Click Reports

Track the number of clicks and unique clicks per link. Generate highly customizable reports to analyze your link performance.

3.6.4

  • Security fixes (potential for CSRF patched)

3.6.3

  • Add section for PrettyPay™ within the Welcome and Complete steps for in-plugin onboarding
  • Add notice of 3% fee to PrettyPay™ Links sub-page for free users
  • Add support for ISO encoding when pulling in title from pretty link’s target URL
  • Fix PHP 8 deprecation warnings
  • Fix database error on initial plugin activation
  • Fix body class on Pretty Links page not being escaped
  • Pro: Add filter hook for invalid response codes in Link Health

3.6.2

  • Fix PrettyPay™ auto-creating Thank You pages

3.6.1

  • WP 6.4 Compatibility
  • Saving settings would break in some cases
  • Show proper error when saving Customer Portal failed
  • Link Inserter broken due to missing lodash

3.6.0

  • Launching all-new PrettyPay™ Links
  • PHP 8.2 compatibility fixes

3.5.3

  • Fix scheduling and how empty images are displayed within in-plugin notifications
  • Replace feature images on onboarding welcome page
  • PHP 8.2 compatibility fixes

3.5.2

  • PHP 8.2 compatibility fixes

3.5.1

  • Fix deprecation notice when table result is null
  • Fix undefined post type warning when enqueuing frontend scripts

3.5.0

  • NEW: Significantly improved onboarding process by implementing a full-fledged wizard that walks through the basics of setting up Pretty Links
  • Pro: Add filter hooks for geolocation
  • Pro: Add ability to scan link’s health status individually
  • Pro: Display link’s health status as a separate column on Pretty Links listing page
  • Pro: Deprecate Pretty Bar
  • Pro: Deprecate GA integration
  • Pro: Refactor Replacements tab so URL and Keyword replacements function independently of each other
  • Prevent redirect code from running during search
  • Allow special characters for URI and Referrer fields on Clicks page
  • Fix PHP warnings being displayed when editing a restored pretty link

3.4.2

  • Update dependencies used for building Gutenberg assets.

3.4.1

  • Separate Pretty Links inserter button into its own toolbar group within the Block Editor
  • Consolidate Pretty Links metaboxes
  • Add nonces to Tools page
  • Pro: Disable content decoding by default on posts built with Elementor
  • Pro: Changed “Activate” link to “Manage License” on Plugins screen

3.4.0

  • Introducing support for Add-ons in Pretty Links (NEW!)
  • Add code needed for Product Displays Add-on (Pro Add-on)
  • Add footer containing helpful links
  • Fix conflict with localized JS object
  • Fix issue with keyword replacements and HTML tags containing new line characters (Pro)

3.3.3

  • Fix issue with bulk editing link settings
  • Remove legacy code that overrides PHP memory_limit
  • Update Link Health to only check for 404 errors (Pro)

3.3.2

  • Optimize SQL query for Link Health (Pro)

3.3.1

  • Fix error on older PHP versions

3.3.0

  • Pro: Add Link Health
  • Fix warning when using PHP8 and server-side cron

3.2.8

  • Update readme.txt
  • Fix JS error on options page
  • Set cookie using secure attribute when accessed via secure connection
  • Fix PL Link Inserter jumping to bottom of page on WP 6.1
  • Fix Gutenberg deprecation notices

3.2.7

  • Fix index replacements

3.2.6

  • Fix upgrade to Pro bug

3.2.5

  • Fix fatal error if update transient is false
  • Notifications Inbox
  • Small bug fixes
  • Pro: Don’t force black background on cloaked urls
  • Pro: License key optimizations

3.2.4

  • Review notification dismissal improvements

3.2.3

  • Removing vestigial files

3.2.2

  • Show link slug instead of full URL in list
  • PHP 8.0 support
  • Pro: Fix keywords being replaced in scripts

3.2.1

  • UI Tweaks
  • Pro: Fix auto-created links not using requested slug
  • Pro: Link rotation weights of 1% supported now

3.1.1

  • Remove duplicate queries to help performance
  • Fix compatibility issue with WPML language prefix in URL’s
  • Pro: Fix infinite loops with broken or missing import files

3.1.0

  • Add support for sponsored rel tag
  • Add sponsored toggle support in gutenberg and tinymce editors
  • Fix report graphs not loading for some
  • PRO: Fix bug with keywords replacements
  • PRO: Cleaned up GA support

3.0.10

  • Add support for nofollow in Gutenberg popup
  • Fix post_author being set to 0 on CPT
  • Fix for duplicate links being created
  • Fix clicks ordering on links list
  • Fix Redirection dropdown display WP 3.5

3.0.9

  • Change shortcut key to CTRL + P instead of CTRL + K
  • Support for Nofollow and Tracking Quick Edit and Bulk Edit on the links list page
  • Fix keyword replacement regex

3.0.8

  • PRO: Fix replacements checkbox getting unchecked when using page builders

3.0.7

  • Fix broken Add New link page – theme conflicts

3.0.6

  • Disable “enter” key on the Target URL field
  • Add copy to clipboard to the add/edit link page
  • Fix the incorrect message being display when updating a link
  • Redirect to the links list page after creating or updating a link
  • Add the ability to sort by Clicks to the links list table

3.0.5

  • Fix description conflict with the WP Product Review plugin
  • Avoid menu position conflicts
  • Add Target column to links list table
  • Disable auto-saving on links
  • Fix links having Draft status on creation
  • Fix not being able to Create/Edit links until saving options
  • Fix Prettybar color issue when saving plugin options

3.0.4

  • Fix clicks pagination

3.0.3

  • Fix Avada Fusion Builder conflict
  • Fix redirect caching on update/welcome page
  • Fix conflict with WP Product Review plugin

3.0.2

  • Minor fixes

3.0.1

  • Fix issues when accessing the plugin as a non-administrator
  • Simplify the checks in is_slug_available
  • Add slug and url as searchable fields in the links list
  • Fix for high CPU issues and huge log sizes
  • Fix layout issue on the update page
  • Fix category migration not running
  • Fix errors when dates are null
  • Call wp_cache_delete after update/delete_option
  • Only redirect if delete succeeds, redirect status code 307
  • Fix failed category/cpt migrations

3.0.0

  • Re-designed Admin UI especially the Admin Links UI including links listing, adding new links and editing links
  • Added an Insert Pretty Link button for Gutenberg Paragraph Blocks
  • Security fixes and hardening
  • Fixed Slug is not Available Error
  • Removed Pretty Links Groups (lite users will still be able to access legacy groups on the links listing page but pro users & lite users who upgrade to pro will have their groups migrated to become link categories)
  • PRO ONLY: Added Pretty Link Categories
  • PRO ONLY: Added Pretty Link Tags
  • PRO ONLY: Fixed some issues with Pretty Link Imports and Exports
  • Many other small fixes and enhancements

My Favorite for links

By Kiwi51 on April 6, 2024

I use the "Pretty Links" plugin on all my websites just so I can see if any links that I post are getting clicked. It's so easy to use.

Pretty Links is Great

By bcardi0427 on April 6, 2024

Pretty Links works great

Works well

By norm2020 on April 1, 2024

Simple and works well

Very Pretty! This is the one you're looking for.

By marcusquinn (surferking) on March 13, 2024

Nice and standards based, does all you need, and the link monitoring is handy for peace of mind, and helping your affiliate destinations feel "visited" :)

Very useful and easy to use

By throne33 on March 9, 2024

It is a very useful to make your links really pretty as the plugin name states.

Very Handy

By Alvand WordPress Blog (alvand) on March 5, 2024

I helped shorten and promote my affiliate links better, even on platforms that do not support some long strange affiliate links.

Good job.

By millo_magno on February 29, 2024

Does just what it says on the can.

Easy to use and very helpful

By dinhac on February 27, 2024

Works fine. I highly recommend it!

Works like a charm!

By umeckzki on February 26, 2024

I'm absolutely thrilled with Pretty Links! It's become an essential tool in my WordPress toolbox. This plugin goes far beyond simply shortening affiliate links – it allows you to transform them into clean, branded URLs that seamlessly integrate with your website domain.

Plugin works awesome

By jaskaran2k15 on February 20, 2024

I used this plugin upon migration of my old site with a new one. Someone, who is looking for a solution of broken links or links that don't exists anymore, I highly recommend this plugin.

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