{"id":1836,"date":"2010-10-13T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:55:53","slug":"link-shortener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/link-shortener\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Add a Link Shortener to Blog Posts Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dialog_customshort\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1878 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/shortener.logos_1.png\" alt=\"Automatic Link Shortener \" width=\"347\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/shortener.logos_1.png 347w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/shortener.logos_1-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/>A\u00a0link shortener is a must have if you want to<span style=\"background-color: #f5f6f5;\">\u00a0track your social media performance\u00a0<\/span>and frankly squeeze more content\u00a0into a small space.<\/p>\n<p>A link shortener is a tool we likely take for granted. Shorteners are a necessity when it comes to sharing an unwieldy URL. Especially in a Tweet every character counts.<\/p>\n<p>Using your preferred\u00a0link shortener service is now possible with dlvr.it. dlvr.it supports popular link shorteners including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/su.pr\/\">su.pr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/migre.me\">migre.me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\">is.gd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Support for these new shorteners is in addition to dlvr.it&#8217;s existing support for <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\">bit.ly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/pro\/\">bit.ly pro<\/a>, and your own <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/2010\/05\/brand-your-short-links-with-a-custom-domain-for-free\/\">custom domains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You publish, and we&#8217;ll deliver your content using your favorite link shortener!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you can now utilize any third party link shortener that provides API access and returns the shortened URL in plain text format.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is when you write a blog post for example and use dlvr.it to share it to social media, we automatically shorten the URL, therefore, doing away manual link shortening.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_add_a_Link_Shortener_to_dlvrit\"><\/span>How to add a Link Shortener to dlvr.it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Log into <a href=\"http:\/\/dlvr.it\">dlvr.it<\/a>\u00a0&gt; click the Socials tab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Click Short Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Click + Add a Shortener<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16206\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-set-up-a-Link-Shortener-1024x210.jpg\" alt=\"How to set up a Link Shortener\" width=\"1024\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-set-up-a-Link-Shortener-1024x210.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-set-up-a-Link-Shortener-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-set-up-a-Link-Shortener-768x158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-set-up-a-Link-Shortener.jpg 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0Click the drop down menu to expose the link shortener options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Click 3rd Party Shortener<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16207\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-add-a-Link-Shortener-with-dlvrit-1024x317.jpg\" alt=\"How to add a Link Shortener with dlvrit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-add-a-Link-Shortener-with-dlvrit-1024x317.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-add-a-Link-Shortener-with-dlvrit-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-add-a-Link-Shortener-with-dlvrit-768x238.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-add-a-Link-Shortener-with-dlvrit.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0Follow the online form to add your favorite 3rd party link shortener.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A couple of additional notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; We suggest using the short URL domain when choosing a name.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For example, if you are using su.pr short links, we recommend using the name su.pr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2 &#8211; Replace the actual URL in the API request with the macro @URL@ (make sure URL is all caps).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For instance, if you are using su.pr to shorten links: http:\/\/su.pr\/api\/simpleshorten?url=@URL@<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3 &#8211; You may include as many parameters in the API request as necessary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For instance:\u00a0http:\/\/su.pr\/api\/simpleshorten?login=janedoe&amp;apiKey=48d1d55b5a48d4ec2c5152f4419b3c44&amp;url=@URL@<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4 &#8211; dlvr.it expects responses from the API to be in a plain text format such as: http:\/\/su.pr\/abc123<\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211; At this time, we&#8217;re not processing JSON or XML formatted responses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16208\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Setting-a-Link-Shortener-in-dlvrit-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"Setting a Link Shortener in dlvrit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Setting-a-Link-Shortener-in-dlvrit-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Setting-a-Link-Shortener-in-dlvrit-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Setting-a-Link-Shortener-in-dlvrit-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Setting-a-Link-Shortener-in-dlvrit.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Click Save<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please see <a title=\"dlvr.it support\" href=\"https:\/\/support.dlvrit.com\/hc\/en-us\/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;query=link+shortener\">support.dlvrit.com<\/a> for more details on using a link shorteners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0link shortener is a must have if you want to\u00a0track your social media performance\u00a0and frankly squeeze more content\u00a0into a small space. 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