Title: LinkAlert
Author: Codirun
Published: <strong>Август 24, 2025</strong>
Last modified: Сентябрь 6, 2026

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# LinkAlert

 By [Codirun](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brunoeduardo/)

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 *  [Installation](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/codirun-linkalert/#installation)
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## Description

LinkAlert is a powerful link management and click tracking plugin for WordPress,
built for affiliate marketers, traffic teams, agencies and digital businesses that
need full control over their links.

Create short links, count clicks and organize links into categories. Telegram and
WhatsApp notifications are available separately in the Premium edition.

#### Core Features

 * **URL Shortener:** Create short and friendly links for any URL
 * **Privacy-conscious Click Tracking:** Count total clicks and pseudonymous unique
   visitors without storing raw IP addresses
 * **Essential Analytics:** View total and unique click counts for managed links
 * **Customizable Redirects:** Choose between different redirect types (301, 302,
   307) and redirect methods (PHP, HTML, JavaScript)
 * **Category Organization:** Group your links by categories for better management
 * **Link Import:** Import existing links from Pretty Links, ThirstyAffiliates plugins
   or CSV files
 * **UTM Parameter Support:** Pass through UTM campaign parameters from original
   URLs to track marketing campaigns
 * **SEO Friendly:** Configure nofollow and sponsored attributes for search engine
   compliance

#### Free vs Premium Features

**Free Version Includes:**
 * Unlimited short link creation * Complete click tracking
and analytics * Category organization system * Link import from Pretty Links, ThirstyAffiliates
and CSV files * All redirect options and methods * UTM parameter pass-through * 
SEO link attributes (nofollow/sponsored)

**Premium Features (Requires License):**
 * Real-time notifications via Telegram
when links are clicked * Real-time notifications via WhatsApp using Evolution API*
Advanced notification customization with dynamic variables * Frequency control to
manage notification volume * Smart Links feature for automatic keyword-to-link conversion*
Advanced reporting and export capabilities

#### Privacy and Data Collection

This plugin collects the following minimal data for basic analytics:
 * **Visitor
identification** (pseudonymous HMAC of a reduced peer IP address for approximate
unique visitor counts) * **Click timestamps** for tracking when links are accessed***
Link references** to associate clicks with specific short links

The free version stores only the essential data needed to provide total click counts
and unique visitor counts. The visitor identifier is pseudonymous, not guaranteed
anonymous. Browser details, geographic data and tracking parameters are not stored
in click records.

Since 1.0.16, new identifiers use a site-specific secret and reduced IPv4 /24 or
IPv6 /48 addresses. Forwarded headers are not trusted; configure a trusted proxy
to normalize REMOTE_ADDR at the web server. Counts are approximate: visitors sharing
a network may be grouped together. Historical records from earlier versions retain
their old identifiers until an administrator clears that link’s statistics or otherwise
removes those records from the database. Updating preserves existing links and counters;
the identifier change may count a returning visitor again. Rotating WordPress authentication
salts also changes new identifiers.

Deactivation and deletion preserve links, categories, click records and settings.
Reinstalling on the same database restores access to them. Short links stop redirecting
while the plugin is absent. There is no option to erase these data when deleting
the plugin. Scheduled plugin jobs are removed on uninstall. This applies to each
site in multisite, even if an older version had a cleanup preference enabled.

All collected data is stored locally in your WordPress database and is used solely
for providing link analytics to website administrators. The free version does not
share this data with any external services.

#### External Services (Premium Only)

Premium features may connect to external services only when explicitly configured:

**Telegram API (api.telegram.org)**
 – Purpose: Send click notifications via Telegram
bot – When: Only when premium license is active and Telegram notifications are configured–
Data sent: Customizable notification messages containing click information – Privacy
Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy

**WhatsApp via Evolution API (User-hosted)**
 – Purpose: Send click notifications
via WhatsApp – When: Only when premium license is active and Evolution API is configured–
Data sent: Notification messages to user’s own Evolution API server – Note: This
connects to your own self-hosted Evolution API instance

**Codirun License Server (lka.codirun.com)**
 – Purpose: Validate premium license
keys – When: During license activation and periodic validation – Data sent: License
key, domain name, and basic WordPress installation info – Privacy: Only licensing
data, no content or analytics

All external connections are optional and only occur with premium features when 
explicitly configured by the administrator.

## Screenshots

[⌊Main dashboard showing short links with click statistics and management options⌉⌊
Main dashboard showing short links with click statistics and management options⌉[

Main dashboard showing short links with click statistics and management options

[⌊Link creation interface with URL input, customization options and redirect settings⌉⌊
Link creation interface with URL input, customization options and redirect settings⌉[

Link creation interface with URL input, customization options and redirect settings

[⌊Redirect Settings – Configure how the link will be redirected, including type,
method and advanced options⌉⌊Redirect Settings – Configure how the link will be 
redirected, including type, method and advanced options⌉[

Redirect Settings – Configure how the link will be redirected, including type, method
and advanced options

[⌊Category management system for organizing links into groups⌉⌊Category management
system for organizing links into groups⌉[

Category management system for organizing links into groups

[⌊Import page for migrating links from Pretty Links plugin⌉⌊Import page for migrating
links from Pretty Links plugin⌉[

Import page for migrating links from Pretty Links plugin

[⌊Premium notification settings for Telegram and WhatsApp alerts⌉⌊Premium notification
settings for Telegram and WhatsApp alerts⌉[

Premium notification settings for Telegram and WhatsApp alerts

## Installation

 1. Upload the `codirun-linkalert` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Navigate to ‘LinkAlert’ in the admin menu to start creating short links
 4. Configure your first short link by clicking Add New Link”
 5. (Optional) Purchase and activate a premium license to unlock notification features

## FAQ

### Does the free version have limitations?

The free version includes all core URL shortening and analytics features. Premium
features like real-time notifications and Smart Links require a paid license.

### What data does the plugin collect?

The free version stores the link ID, click time, and a pseudonymous visitor identifier.
The identifier is derived from a reduced IP address using a secret unique to the
WordPress installation; the raw IP address is not stored. Browser, device, geographic
location, referrer, and tracking parameters are not collected by the free version.

### Do short links affect SEO?

Links include the nofollow” attribute by default to minimize SEO impact. You can
customize this setting for each link and add sponsored” attributes for affiliate
compliance.

### Can I import links from other plugins?

Yes, the plugin includes an import tool that works with Pretty Links, allowing you
to migrate existing short links while preserving their functionality.

### Is the plugin GDPR compliant?

The plugin collects analytics data as described in the Privacy section. You should
update your privacy policy to inform visitors about this data collection and ensure
compliance with applicable data protection regulations.

### What are Smart Links?

Smart Links is a premium feature that automatically converts specified keywords 
in your content into affiliate links. For example, you can set WordPress” to automatically
link to your affiliate URL whenever mentioned in posts.

### How do notifications work?

Notifications are a premium feature that sends real-time alerts via Telegram or 
WhatsApp when someone clicks your links. This requires a premium license and configuration
of the respective messaging service.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“LinkAlert” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Codirun ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brunoeduardo/)

“LinkAlert” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/codirun-linkalert/contributors)
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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Always preserve data on uninstall, even with an old cleanup preference enabled.
   Remove the data settings menu and cleanup option.

#### 1.0.17

 * Preserve data on plugin deletion by default; add explicit, disabled-by-default
   irreversible cleanup preference per site.

#### 1.0.16

 * Fixed inactive uninstall and scoped cleanup without flushing unrelated cache
 * Protected new visitor identifiers with HMAC and reduced IP addresses; ignored
   untrusted forwarded headers
 * Corrected Free/Premium descriptions and documented legacy analytics behavior
 * Fixed redirects below the site path, query fragments and fallback link attributes

#### 1.0.15

 * Corrected the plugin summary so the free edition does not claim premium notification
   features

#### 1.0.14

 * Completed Plugin Check annotations for intentional, cache-aware administrative
   database queries

#### 1.0.13

 * Resolved Plugin Check SQL safety warnings by using identifier placeholders and
   fixed query variants
 * Documented template-scope variables so automated checks do not misclassify them
   as global state
 * Corrected the free edition privacy and feature descriptions to match its actual
   behavior

#### 1.0.12

 * Fixed PHP header, REST and AJAX errors caused by output before the opening PHP
   tag in the previous test package
 * Added compatibility with Pretty Links 4 while retaining Pretty Links 3 support
 * Declared compatibility with WordPress 7.1

#### 1.0.4

 * Added search functionality by link name
 * Implemented pagination options allowing to display 50, 100, or 200 links per 
   page

#### 1.0.3

 * Updated CSS styles for category display

#### 1.0.2

 * Fixed minor bugs

#### 1.0.1

 * Improved security with enhanced nonce verification
 * Updated admin interface with better responsive design
 * Fixed minor analytics display issues
 * Enhanced compatibility with WordPress 6.8

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Complete URL shortening functionality with multiple redirect types
 * Comprehensive click tracking and analytics system
 * Category-based link organization
 * Pretty Links import capability
 * Geolocation and UTM parameter tracking
 * SEO-friendly link attributes
 * Mobile-responsive admin interface
 * Premium license system for advanced features

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **2 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/codirun-linkalert/) and [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/codirun-linkalert/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/codirun-linkalert)
 * Tags
 * [affiliate links](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/affiliate-links/)[click tracking](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/click-tracking/)
   [link management](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-management/)[link monitoring](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-monitoring/)
   [url shortener](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url-shortener/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/codirun-linkalert/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Codirun ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brunoeduardo/)

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