PublishPress Shortlinks – The Link Manager for WordPress
by PublishPress · Analytics
Also makes 10 other plugins · 272.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
The best link manager for WordPress. Your links are brandable, trackable, and can have custom view permissions.
84 health vs 64 average across 1,029 Analytics plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2023-02-19 · 1,289 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
445
now · peak 744
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
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.8.0
34
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2023-02-18 · 1,248 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-01 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 100+ → 90+ down after 146 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-08-20 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-08-16 100+ → 90+ down after 153 days in tier
- 2025-03-16 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-14 100+ → 90+ down after 80 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Linker – URL shortener & track outbound link clicks 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
LinkCentral – URL shortener, Affiliate Links & Custom Link Shortener with Link Tracking 400+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShortLinks Pro – Affiliate Links, Link Shortening, Click Tracking & Marketing 100+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Telchar Referral Link Tracker — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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