WP Dynamic Links
1) Click on ‘Create Link’ in the WP Dynamic Links section of WordPress admin panel.
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WP Dynamic Links shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where WP Dynamic Links stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| affiliate | >100 |
| cloak | #44 |
| cloaker | #10 |
| link | >100 |
| Pretty | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 9 reviews
About WP Dynamic Links
From the official readme · v1.0.1Description
Shorten your links. Turn long URLs into your-domain.com/short-url. Great for affiliate marketers who want to cloak their links, or anyone else who wants to have pretty URLs and track their outbound traffic.
Here’s how it works:
1) Click on ‘Create Link’ in the WP Dynamic Links section of WordPress admin panel.
2) Enter a name for the link (for management purposes) and a ‘slug’ name for the URL (for example, www.your-domain.com/slug-name).
3) Enter the destination URL for the cloaked link, i.e. www.some-external-url.com/some-page
4) Click ‘Save Link.’
After that, you can use the WP Dynamic Links-powered link everywhere you would have used the original URL.
WP Dynamic Links will track clicks on your links, providing a detailed summary and information on individual clicks like browser type, IP address, country code, and referring URL.
Features
Generate click reports for any time period, and export all click data to CSV for further analysis.
Automatically turn keywords on your site into links. Specify the keyword and it will be replaced in your Pages/Posts with a link.
Send visitors in different countries to different destinations. Useful for affiliate marketers who want to promote country-specific offers. your-domain.com/4-hour-work-week can send German visitors to Amazon.de and US visitors to Amazon.com.
Automatically match existing URLs on your site in your existing Pages/Posts. If you have links to whatever.com you can turn them all into links to your-domain.com/whatever.
Support for sub IDs.
Support for a prefix so you can have your-domain.com/prefix/your-link instead of your-domain.com/your-link
Installation
Either: –
* Upload the plugin from the Plugins page in WordPress
* Unzip wp-dynamic-links.zip and upload the contents to /wp-content/plugins/, and then activate the plugin from the Plugins page in WordPress
For best results enable Pretty Permalinks from the Settings -> Permalinks page in WordPress. This will make your links look like http://www.your-domain.com/your-link instead of http://www.your-domain.com/?cloaked=your-link
Changelog
1.0.1
- critical security fix – stopping non-logged in users from accessing adminInit http://www.wpallimport.com/2015/02/wp-import-4-1-1-mandatory-security-update/
1.0
- Initial release on WordPress.org.
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FAQ
WP Dynamic Links: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 12, 2026
Is WP Dynamic Links free?
Yes. WP Dynamic Links is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is WP Dynamic Links safe to use in 2026?
WP Dynamic Links shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.
How many websites use WP Dynamic Links?
WP Dynamic Links is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 10,176 times since it launched in January 2014. It was downloaded 85 times in the last 30 days.
Does WP Dynamic Links work with WordPress 7.1?
WP Dynamic Links is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was WP Dynamic Links last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on February 26, 2015 (12 years ago).
Who makes WP Dynamic Links?
WP Dynamic Links is developed and maintained by Soflyy.
What are the best alternatives to WP Dynamic Links?
The most popular alternatives to WP Dynamic Links are Advanced Ads (100K+ installs), Pochipp (30K+ installs) and Meks Easy Ads Widget (10K+ installs).
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