Bitly URL Shortener (Previously Codehaveli Bitly URL Shortener) uses the functionality of Bitly API to generate bitly short link automatically from your WordPress dashboard when you publish new post.
Bitly URL Shortener allows you to connect your WordPress Website to the Bitly API via access token and Group GUID.
Features
- Generate Bitly link automatically when publishing posts without leaving your site.
- Share Bitly link from your Post List and Post Edit page with social share buttons.
- Gutenberg block for displaying social share icons (Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp).
- Support for Custom Post Types with option to choose from your list of post types.
- Support for Custom Bitly Domain (for paid Bitly plans).
- Generate Bitly link of your old posts with just one click from post list.
- WP-CLI support for bulk generating short links via command line.
- REST API endpoints for programmatic access to short URL generation.
- Post column in admin showing generated short URLs.
- Metabox in post edit page for quick access to short URL and share options.
- Optimized code with modern PHP 7.4+ features and proper error handling.
Terms of Use
This is not an official plugin of https://bitly.com
This plugin only connects your https://bitly.com account to your WordPress site.
Please read privacy and terms of service of Bitly before using this plugin.
Bug reports
Bug reports for Bitly URL Shortener are welcomed in our Bitly URL Shortener repository on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that are not properly qualified as bugs will be closed.
Further Reading
For more info on Bitly and Codehaveli, check out the following:
- Codehaveli official homepage
- Read “How to generate Bitly OAuth access token?” from Codehaveli Blog
- Bitly API Documentation
- Follow Codehaveli on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter
- Plugin GitHub Repository