PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin vs Product Category

PrettyLinks helps you shrink, beautify, track, manage and share any URL on or off of your WordPress website. Create links that look how you want using your own domain name! PrettyLinks 🌠 PrettyLinks enables you to shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, PrettyLinks tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, OS, and host. PrettyLinks is a killer plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs. PrettyPay™ Links 💵 PrettyLinks now comes with PrettyPay™. PrettyPay™ enables you to make one-click payments with Stripe to sell e-books, courses, downloads, subscriptions and really, anything — all from your domain name and brand. Share your PrettyPay™ links and start selling anywhere—instantly! Examples 👇 This is a link setup using PrettyLinks that redirects to the PrettyLinks Homepage where you can find more info about this Plugin: http://blairwilliams.com/pl Here’s a named pretty link (I used the slug ‘aweber’) that does a 307 redirect to my affiliate link for aweber.com: http://blairwilliams.com/aweber Here’s a link that PrettyLinks generated a random slug for (similar to what bit.ly or tinyurl would do): http://blairwilliams.com/w7a Features ✔️ 🔗 Create clean, simple URLs that redirect to any other URL Easily turn your long URLs into short ones within a matter of seconds. 💰 Seamless Stripe Sales* Create a branded, one-click path to payment with NEW PrettyPay™ Links. Share your link and start selling anywhere – instantly. 🔃 Supports 301, 302, and 307 redirects Redirect users using one of our three redirect types: 301 (Permanent), 302 (Temporary), and 307 (Temporary). 🖱️ One-Click Link Sharing Copy and manage your PrettyLinks all in one centralized area. ⚙️ Fully configurable slugs PrettyLinks will automatically generate 3-4 random characters to use as the slug, but you can also create your own slug to use for your URL. 🔎 Track the Number of Clicks and Unique Clicks per link Track how well your PrettyLinks are performing by viewing the number of overall clicks and unique clicks on your links. 📊 Generate Highly Customizable Reports Create reports where you can see a configurable chart of clicks per day. The report can be filtered by the specific link clicked, date range, and/or unique clicks. 💡 Extremely Intuitive Admin User Interface No need to guess where everything is located. PrettyLinks makes the setup and link management process as simple as possible. ⬇️ Download Click Details Need to download click data for your links? PrettyLinks has you covered. The plugin will generate a CSV containing all the information you need to successfully manage your links. … and so much more! Visit our site to learn more about what PrettyLinks can do for you. * Pro users benefit from no added payment processing fees, while a small 3% fee is added per-transaction for free users. PrettyLinks Pro 💪 PrettyLinks Pro is a significant upgrade that adds many tools and redirection types. Here’s a glimpse at some of the different features that PrettyLinks Pro offers: Product Displays (NEW!) Create beautifully styled and responsive displays for your affiliate links to drive more commissions with ease. Keyword & URL Replacements Using one of Pretty Link’s automation features, you can define a list of keywords and URLs, then PrettyLinks will automatically scan your site’s content and replace them with your pretty link. Advanced Redirect Types Take full control over how your users are redirected. With the Pro version, you can now offer Cloaked redirects, JavaScript redirects, Meta-Refresh redirects, Tracking Pixel redirects, and Geographic redirects. Automatically Create PrettyLinks for Posts/Pages Another one of Pretty Link’s powerful automation features. Whenever a new page or post is published, PrettyLinks will automatically create a pretty link for it. Link Categories & Tags Make link management easier by grouping your links together and assigning them a category or tag. Expiring Links Set an expiration date on your links and decide where the user is redirected to after clicking an expired link. Link Health Runs weekly scans on your site to look for and report any broken links you’ve created within the PrettyLinks plugin. You can learn more about PrettyLinks Pro here: Learn More | Pricing Integrations ⚡ Google Analytics – Easily start tracking your links within Google Analytics MonsterInsights – See how well your links are performing with the MonsterInsights plugin What’s Next 🤩 Enjoying your time with PrettyLinks? Consider checking out some of our other projects: MemberPress – Full-featured Membership solution for WordPress. Control who has access to your site and sell content securely through payment gateways such as Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net EasyAffiliate – Complete Affiliate Program management plugin for WordPress. Start an Affiliate Program to dramatically increase traffic, attention, and sales. ThirstyAffiliates – Link cloaking plugin made specifically for affiliate bloggers to start making money. Buy Now Plus – Easily start accepting Credit Card payments through a simple buy now button on your website or social media accounts using the Stripe gateway. Members – Roles and capabilities management plugin for your WordPress site. This is an excellent plugin to use alongside a Membership solution such as MemberPress.

Product Category helps you display WooCommerce product categories in a clean, customizable, and conversion-friendly way. Instead of sending visitors through a plain category list, you can build stylish category sections that guide shoppers toward the products they want faster. Use it on landing pages, shop pages, homepages, blog posts, sidebars, and custom layouts. Whether you prefer the Block Editor, Elementor, SiteOrigin, or a simple shortcode, Product Category gives you a practical way to showcase selected categories with layout, typography, image, color, and pagination controls. The plugin is built for store owners, designers, and developers who want more control over how WooCommerce categories appear without writing custom templates. Compatible with: Shortcode for classic pages, posts, and custom content areas. Block Editor with a dedicated Gutenberg product category block. SiteOrigin Editor with a product category widget. Elementor with a product category widget. The main strength of this plugin is its editor flexibility: choose your preferred workflow, select the categories you want to highlight, and adjust the display to match your store design. Features Add a custom title above your product category listing. Select specific WooCommerce product categories to display. Choose from available category layout and style options. Control the number of categories shown per row and per section. Set category ordering by name or slug. Display categories in ascending or descending order. Show or hide product category descriptions. Enable or disable pagination for longer category lists. Show or hide category thumbnail images. Add image alt text support for better accessibility and SEO. Customize typography, including font size, font weight, font family, and letter spacing. Adjust colors and visual styles to match your WooCommerce store. Use the dedicated Elementor widget for live page-builder editing. Use the Gutenberg block to build category sections directly inside the Block Editor. Use shortcodes when you need a simple, editor-independent embed option. Live Editing with Elementor and Block Editor Product Category supports live editing through its own Elementor widget and Gutenberg block. You can select categories, adjust display settings, refine styles, and preview changes while you build the page.