PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links vs WooCommerce

PrettyLinks takes any long, ugly URL and turns it into a short, branded link on your own domain. So instead of sharing some endless affiliate string, you share yoursite.com/recommends/widget — clean, memorable, and unmistakably yours. No more renting your links from bit.ly, tinyurl.com, or whichever shortener raised its prices this year. Here’s the part people love most: your links and your click data live on your site, not someone else’s. You own the branding. You keep the analytics. And if a destination URL ever changes, you update it once and every link you’ve ever shared just keeps working. Why people pick PrettyLinks 🌠 If you share links for a living — affiliate marketers, bloggers, podcasters, social media folks — you want three things: links that look professional, the freedom to change where they point, and a real picture of what’s getting clicked. PrettyLinks does all three. Every click is logged with referrer, browser, OS, and host, so you’re never guessing about what’s working. And version 4.0 is a big one. We rebuilt the whole thing from scratch on a fast, modern React admin, then added smarter bot filtering, built-in privacy controls, and CSV link importing — all of it free. PrettyPay™ Links 💵 Want to sell something? PrettyPay™ lets you spin up a one-click Stripe checkout link and share it anywhere — e-books, courses, downloads, subscriptions, you name it. It all runs through your own domain and brand. Share the link, get paid. No store required. Lite Features ✔️ 🔗 Branded Short Links on Your Own Domain Turn any long URL into a clean, branded short link in seconds. 💰 PrettyPay™ Stripe Checkout Links* Create one-click payment links with Stripe. Share anywhere and start selling instantly. 🔃 301, 302 and 307 Redirects Choose between Permanent (301) and Temporary (302/307) redirects per link. ⚙️ Custom or Auto-Generated Slugs Pick your own slug or let PrettyLinks generate one. Reserved Slug Patterns protect critical WordPress paths from accidental collisions. 🔎 Click & Unique-Click Tracking Every click logged with referrer, IP, browser, OS, and host data. 🤖 Modern Bot Filtering Keep AI crawlers and bots out of your stats out of the box — with Cloudflare bot-header support and your own custom user-agent rules. 🔐 Built-In Privacy Controls IP anonymization and a configurable click-retention window help you stay GDPR-friendly. 📊 Customizable Click Reports Filter charts by date range, link, and unique vs. total clicks. ⬆️⬇️ CSV Import & Export Bulk-import links from a spreadsheet and export click history to CSV anytime — link importing is now free. 🖱️ One-Click Sharing & Copy Copy any link to the clipboard from the links list, the editor, or a Gutenberg block. 💡 Modern Admin Experience A fast, clean React-based admin UI with bulk actions, one-click duplicate, and auto-saving options. … and much more. Visit our site to see everything PrettyLinks can do. * Pro users pay no added processing fees. Free users have a small 3% per-transaction fee added on PrettyPay™ links. PrettyLinks Pro 💪 When you’re ready for more, PrettyLinks Pro adds the automation, advanced redirects, and deeper reporting that power users tend to grow into: Keyword & URL Replacements Map keywords to links and PrettyLinks automatically turns them into your branded links across your site’s content. Advanced Redirect Types Cloaked, JavaScript, Meta-Refresh, Tracking Pixel, and branded Splash Page redirects on top of the standard 301/302/307. Geographic, Device & Time Targeting Send visitors to different destinations based on country, device, browser, OS, day, or hour. Link Rotation & A/B Split Testing Distribute traffic across multiple destinations by weight or round-robin, and split-test which one converts. Expiring Links Set an expiry date or click limit and choose where expired traffic goes. Categories & Tags Organize and filter a large link library with full taxonomy-style grouping. Auto-Create Links for Posts & Pages A pretty link is created automatically every time you publish. Link Health Monitoring Scheduled scans flag broken destinations, with email digests so you can fix them fast. QR Codes Auto-generate a downloadable QR code for every link, with an optional inner logo. Pretty Bar Branding Frame third-party destinations in a branded top, bottom, or floating bar with your CTA. Advanced Reports & Conversions Rich click-history breakdowns, KPI cards, charts, and a conversion-tracking pixel for your thank-you pages. Redirect Turbo Mode Answer link requests before the rest of WordPress loads — built for high-traffic affiliate sites. Pro Add-ons 🧩 Pro plans come with a handful of optional add-ons. Install the ones you need, skip the ones you don’t: Link in Bio — Build customizable “link in bio” landing pages for Instagram, TikTok, and other social profiles, hosted on your own domain. Product Displays — Drop styled, responsive product cards into any post or page to showcase affiliate products. Splash Pages — Show a branded interstitial (with optional CTAs) before forwarding visitors, with a per-link conversion funnel report. UTMs — Build and append Google Analytics UTM parameters from a dedicated tab on the link editor. User Links — A front-end dashboard letting logged-in visitors create and manage their own pretty links. Developer Tools — API tokens and webhooks for integrating PrettyLinks with external systems. See Why Upgrade | Pricing Integrations ⚡ MonsterInsights — Surface PrettyLinks click data inside the MonsterInsights dashboard. CookieYes — Automatic cookie consent compliance for click tracking. Easy Affiliate — Use PrettyLinks as the affiliate link layer in your Easy Affiliate program. Gutenberg & Classic Editor — Native block + toolbar buttons for inserting links inline. What’s Next 🤩 Enjoying PrettyLinks? Check out our other plugins: MemberPress — Full-featured membership and course platform for WordPress with Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net support. Easy Affiliate — Run your own self-hosted affiliate program and grow your traffic with referral marketing. Members — Roles and capabilities management plugin for fine-grained access control.

WooCommerce is the open-source ecommerce platform for WordPress. Our core platform is free, flexible, and amplified by a global community. The freedom of open-source means you retain full ownership of your store’s content and data forever. Whether you’re launching a business, taking brick-and-mortar retail online, or developing sites for clients, use WooCommerce for a store that powerfully blends content and commerce. Create beautiful, enticing storefronts with themes suited to your brand and industry. Increase revenue with an optimized shopping cart experience that converts. Customize product pages in minutes using modular product blocks. Showcase physical and digital goods, product variations, custom configurations, instant downloads, and affiliate items. Sell subscriptions, bookings, or memberships, with our developer-vetted extensions. Rise to the top of search results by leveraging WordPress’ SEO advantage. Build on a platform that scales. Get flexible ecommerce for high-volume stores. ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO SELL Built-in tools and popular integrations help you efficiently manage your business operations. Many services are free to add with a single click via the optional Setup Wizard. Choose how you want to get paid. Conveniently manage payments from the comfort of your store with WooPayments (Available in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, and Italy). Securely accept credit cards, mobile wallets, bank transfers, and cash thanks to 100+ payment gateways – including Stripe, PayPal, and Square. Configure your shipping options. Print USPS labels right from your dashboard and even schedule a pickup with WooCommerce Shipping (U.S.-only). Connect with well-known carriers such as UPS and FedEx – plus a wide variety of delivery, inventory, and fulfillment solutions for your locale. Simplify sales tax. Add WooCommerce Tax or similar integrated services to make automated calculations a reality. Grow your business, add features, and monitor your store on the go WooCommerce means business. Keep tabs on the performance metrics most important to you with a powerful and flexible central dashboard built into WooCommerce. Expand your audience across marketing and social channels with Google Ads, HubSpot, Mailchimp, and Facebook integrations. You can always check out the in-dashboard Marketing Hub for fresh ideas and tips to help you succeed. Enhance store functionality with hundreds of free and paid extensions from the WooCommerce Marketplace. Our developers vet each new extension and regularly review existing extensions to maintain Marketplace quality standards. We are actively looking for products that help store builders create successful stores. Manage your store from anywhere with the free WooCommerce mobile app (Android and iOS). Spoiler alert: Keep an ear out for the slightly addictive “cha-ching” notification sound each time you make a new sale! Own and control your store data – forever With WooCommerce, your data belongs to you. Always. If you opt to share usage data with us, you can feel confident knowing that it’s anonymized and kept secure. Choose to opt-out at any time without impacting your store. Unlike hosted ecommerce solutions, WooCommerce store data is future-proof; you’re free to export all your content and take your site to any platform you choose. No restrictions. Why developers choose (and love) WooCommerce Developers can use WooCommerce to create, customize, and scale a store to meet a client’s exact specifications, making enhancements through extensions or custom solutions. Leverage hooks and filters to modify or create functionality. Integrate virtually any service using a robust REST API and webhooks. Design and build custom content blocks with React. Inspect and modify any aspect of the core plugin code. Speed up development with a lightning-fast CLI. The core platform is tested rigorously and often, supported by a dedicated development team working across time zones. Comprehensive documentation is updated with each release, empowering you to build exactly the store required. Be part of our growing international community WooCommerce has a large, passionate community dedicated to helping merchants succeed – and it’s growing fast. There are WooCommerce Meetups in locations around the world that you can attend for free and even get involved in running. These events are a great way to learn from others, share your expertise, and connect with like-minded folks. WooCommerce also has a regular presence at WordCamps across the globe – we’d love to meet you. Contribute and translate WooCommerce is developed and supported by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com and Jetpack. We also have hundreds of independent contributors, and there’s always room for more. Head to the WooCommerce GitHub Repository to find out how you can pitch in. WooCommerce is translated into multiple languages, including Danish, Ukrainian, and Persian. Help localize WooCommerce even further by adding your locale – visit translate.wordpress.org. Connection to WooCommerce.com You can connect your store to WooCommerce.com to manage your subscriptions on WooCommerce Marketplace and receive product updates without leaving WordPress admin. Connection also enables installation of purchased products right from WooCommerce.com and streamlines access to technical support. If you’d like to learn about what data is gathered and how it is used, please refer to our Privacy Policy.