kURL – Short URL Manager for YOURLS

kURL connects your WordPress site to your self-hosted YOURLS installation.

The name kURL combines kurz URL — “short URL” in German — with the familiar term URL. In other words, kURL is built for creating and managing short URLs from WordPress.

It lets you create short URLs for posts, pages, and supported custom post types directly from the WordPress admin area. You can generate links manually, create them automatically when content is published, assign custom keywords, refresh click statistics, and process older content in bulk.

kURL also includes migration tools for older Better YOURLS data, local logging for troubleshooting, and optional helper code for true remote deletion and safe reverse lookup on the YOURLS side.

Requires a self-hosted YOURLS installation with API access. No third-party shortening service is included.

External service and data sent

kURL communicates only with the self-hosted YOURLS API endpoint configured by a WordPress administrator. Depending on the action, WordPress sends the YOURLS signature token, the target URL, an optional title or keyword, or an existing short URL. These data are used to create, inspect, edit, regenerate, or delete links and to retrieve click statistics. The plugin developer does not operate an intermediary service, receive these requests, or add tracking. Storage and processing on the YOURLS server are controlled by that server’s operator and configuration.

kURL stores logs under wp-content/uploads/kurl-short-url-manager-yourls/ with a non-guessable filename and Apache/IIS deny files. If your server uses Nginx, add a deny rule for that directory because Nginx does not read .htaccess.

Features

• Create short URLs from the WordPress editor.
• Automatically create short URLs when content is published.
• Use custom keywords when creating short URLs.
• Generate short URLs manually for any target URL from the dashboard.
• Refresh and store click statistics from YOURLS.
• View saved links, latest links, top links, and recent YOURLS activity in the dashboard.
• Bulk-generate short URLs for existing content in AJAX batches.
• Import legacy data from the Better YOURLS plugin.
• Optional versioned YOURLS helper extension for remote deletion, safe long-URL lookup, and non-destructive regeneration.
• Activity and error logging for troubleshooting.
• Optional short URL column in WordPress content list screens.
• Experimental sync and cleanup tools.

Credits

French translation: Norbert Jung.