Description
🔗 Fuel your links. Power your shortcodes.
Link Reactor is a WordPress plugin for managing links, creating shortcodes, and handling URL redirects. Create clean, trackable links, build custom shortcodes, and monitor clicks — all from one dashboard.
✨ Key Features
- Smart Redirects — 301, 302, or 307 redirects with custom URL prefixes per link. Default prefix is /go/ — change it to /ref/, /dl/, /out/, or remove completely for short URLs like yoursite.com/sale.
- Affiliate Link Cloaking — Hide ugly affiliate URLs behind clean, branded links on your own domain. Perfect for Amazon, ClickBank, ShareASale, and any affiliate program.
- Click Tracking — Every click is logged with timestamp, IP address, browser, and referrer data. View stats directly in the dashboard.
- Shortcode Blocks — Store HTML, JavaScript, or CSS as named blocks. Insert anywhere with a simple shortcode like
[reactor block="my-code"]. Edit once — updates everywhere. - Live Search & Filtering — Instantly find links and shortcodes with real-time search. Filter by categories in one click.
- Editor Button — A convenient button in the WordPress editor toolbar lets you insert shortcodes or crafted links without leaving the post editor. Browse, search, and click to insert.
- Unlimited Everything — Create unlimited links and shortcodes. No restrictions, no premium tiers. Everything is included for free!
- 10 Languages — Fully translated into English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Korean with automatic language detection.
🌍 Languages
- 🇺🇸 English (default)
- 🇷🇺 Russian (Русский)
- 🇩🇪 German (Deutsch)
- 🇫🇷 French (Français)
- 🇪🇸 Spanish (Español)
- 🇮🇹 Italian (Italiano)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese (中文)
- 🇯🇵 Japanese (日本語)
- 🇧🇷 Portuguese / Brazil (Português)
- 🇰🇷 Korean (한국어)
External Services
This plugin does not connect to any external services. All data is stored locally in your WordPress database.
Source Code
Source code is available at: https://github.com/gataurus/link-reactor
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
link-reactorfolder to/wp-content/plugins/or install via WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
- Go to Link Reactor in the admin menu.
- Start creating links and shortcodes!
FAQ
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How do I create a redirect link?
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Go to Link Reactor Links tab, click “+ Create Link”, enter a key (e.g., “my-special-offer”), enter your target URL (e.g., your affiliate link), and click “Create Link”. Your short link will be: yoursite.com/go/my-special-offer. You can also customize the prefix in Settings.
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Can I cloak affiliate links?
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Yes! Create a clean link like yoursite.com/go/product-name that redirects to your affiliate URL. Perfect for making links look professional and trustworthy.
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How do I insert a shortcode or link in the editor?
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When editing a post or page, click the “Insert Shortcode” button (⚒️) in the editor toolbar. Browse your shortcodes and links, search if needed, and click to insert.
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Can I remove the /go/ prefix?
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Yes! You can set a custom global prefix (or none) in Settings. You can also override it for each individual link.
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How does click tracking work?
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When enabled, Link Reactor records every click with timestamp, IP address, browser info, and referrer URL. View counters and reset them anytime.
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Is this plugin really free?
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Yes! Link Reactor is 100% free and open source. There are no premium features, no upsells, and no limitations. Create unlimited links and shortcodes without any restrictions.
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Does this plugin work with caching plugins?
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Yes, Link Reactor is compatible with most caching plugins. Redirects are handled at the WordPress level before caching.
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Is my data secure?
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All data is stored in your WordPress database. No external services are used for redirects or tracking.
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Contributors & Developers
“Link Reactor — URL Shortener, Redirects & Shortcodes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Link Reactor — URL Shortener, Redirects & Shortcodes” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release on WordPress.org
- 10 languages support
- Live search and category filtering
- Editor button for quick shortcode/link insertion
- Infinite scroll pagination
- RTL support
- Modern, responsive admin interface
- Completely free with no premium tiers