ShortURL Settings: Default Click Tracking

Description: Enables click tracking by default for newly created short links. How it works: When tracking is enabled for a link, each visit is logged to the local clicks table with privacy-first storage. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → ShortURL Links → Settings → Default Click Tracking. Recommended setting: Enable for most links; disable for sensitive links where you don’t want logging.

ShortURL Settings: Default Redirect Code

Description: Sets the default redirect type used when creating new short links. How it works: AegisLink stores the chosen code (301/302/307) per link and uses it at redirect time. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → ShortURL Links → Settings → Default Redirect. Recommended setting: 302 is a safe default for marketing/campaign links; use 301 when you want a permanent redirect.

ShortURL Settings: Short Link Prefix

Description: Controls the path prefix used to generate short URLs (example: “go” makes /go/your-slug). How it works: AegisLink registers rewrite rules based on this prefix and flushes when changed. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → ShortURL Links → Settings → Short Link Prefix → Save Settings. Recommended setting: Keep it short and memorable: go, l, r, or link.

ShortURL Links: What is AegisLink ShortURL Links?

Description: ShortURL Links is a self-hosted short-link system that creates clean short URLs on your own domain and redirects to long target URLs. How it works: It uses a WordPress custom post type to store links, registers a rewrite route using your prefix, and redirects on the front-end with optional click tracking. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → ShortURL Links. Recommended setting: Use ShortURL Links for ecommerce products, campaigns, and share-friendly URLs.

Suggestions Setting: Selecting a Page or Post

Description: Selects the content item you want AegisLink to analyze for suggested internal links. How it works: AegisLink loads up to 200 posts/pages and then generates suggestions for the chosen item. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → Keyword Links → dropdown → Load Suggestions. Recommended setting: Start with your most important landing pages and long-form posts first.

Internal Linking Suggestions: What are Suggestions?

Description: Suggestions help you discover related content to link to from a specific post or page. How it works: AegisLink extracts keywords from the page title + categories/tags, then performs a WP search query and returns candidate links. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → Keyword Links → Select a Page or Post → Load Suggestions. Recommended setting: Use suggestions as a starting point; choose only the links that make editorial sense.

Smart Links Safety: Avoid linking inside existing links and code blocks

Description: AegisLink avoids inserting links inside <a>, <code>, <pre>, <script>, and <style> blocks. How it works: It tokenizes HTML into tags/text and only replaces words in safe text segments. How to access / enable: No setup required; this protection is built-in when Smart Links is enabled. Recommended setting: Recommended to prevent broken HTML, broken scripts, and nested links.

Smart Links Frontend Coverage: Content, excerpts, widgets, Elementor

Description: Smart Links can apply across common WordPress content surfaces and Elementor output. How it works: AegisLink hooks into the_content, the_excerpt, widget_text_content, and Elementor render filters when not in admin. How to access / enable: Enable Smart Links site-wide and ensure your keyword rules are saved. Recommended setting: Great for consistent internal linking across posts, landing pages, and builder layouts.

Smart Links Limits: Maximum 100 rules

Description: Smart Links supports up to 100 keyword rules per site to keep processing predictable on shared hosting. How it works: The admin UI limits rows and the stored option keeps the map manageable. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → Keyword Links → Smart Links section. Recommended setting: Stay under 100 and prioritize your most valuable internal link targets.

Smart Links Action Buttons: Add / Remove rows

Description: The Smart Links table supports quick row management for building your keyword map. How it works: The last row shows an Add button to append a new mapping; Remove deletes the row UI entry. How to access / enable: WP Admin → AegisLink → Keyword Links → Smart Links table → Add/Remove. Recommended setting: Keep your map tidy and delete unused rules to reduce unnecessary scanning.

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ShortURL Settings: Default Click Tracking
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ShortURL Settings: Default Redirect Code
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ShortURL Settings: Short Link Prefix
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ShortURL Links: What is AegisLink ShortURL Links?
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Suggestions Setting: Selecting a Page or Post
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Internal Linking Suggestions: What are Suggestions?
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Smart Links Safety: Avoid linking inside existing links and code blocks
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Smart Links Frontend Coverage: Content, excerpts, widgets, Elementor
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Smart Links Limits: Maximum 100 rules
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Smart Links Action Buttons: Add / Remove rows
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