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Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button

by Thorsten Frommen · Uncategorized

Also makes 4 other plugins · 2.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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This plugin brings back the Get Shortlink button, which is hidden by default since WordPress 4.4.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 5/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.4K estimated

18.2K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.31★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 7 reviews

+104%

157

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.12.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

48 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 12/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1282 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+104% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

157

now · peak 927

14830d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Bring Back the Get S · #6590 you short.io · #12935 Simple Short Links · #26132 Return shortlink but · #16109

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

148per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

3.5y ago

latest release · v2.1.0

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.1.0 · 3.5y ago2.0.0 · 3.5y ago1.2.0 · 5.5y ago1.1.0 · 10.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 83%
v1.1 9.7%
v1.2 7.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-06-09 · 1,427 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Ratings · 7 reviews

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5★
7 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.1.0
Last updated
3.5y ago
Added
2015-12-14 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP
7.4
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ jawharati
    1.4y ago

    thank you still working version 6.8

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  2. ★★★★★ tjdyo
    6.3y ago

    Still works

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  3. ★★★★★ Hazem Noor
    9.6y ago

    Works well with version 4.7.2, Thanks

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  4. ★★★★★ R4mzy
    10.6y ago

    Does what it says on the box, no trouble or complication.

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  5. ★★★★★ habsfan29
    10.7y ago

    Does what it says perfectly, that’s all you can ask for in a plug-in. Thanks Thorsten!

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  6. ★★★★★ 007me
    10.7y ago

    Ok, fixing the rating as I was mistaken. If you have Jetpack it also keeps your short link button.

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  7. ★★★★★ Rob Snijders
    10.7y ago

    Sorry to say that not updates are fine in WordPress … Short url is one of those things that will be helpful in making a link from another website without having a broken link when the page title changes for Seo reasons or … With this plugin the short url works again! Thanks!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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