LinkCentral – URL shortener, Custom Links & Affiliate Links with Tracking

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1.4.1

• Improvement: Finalized full multi-language support.
• New (Premium): A new Dynamic Redirect variable has been added: redirect users based on the existence or value of a URL parameter.
• Improvement: Overall code improvements.

1.4.0

• New (Premium): Automatically scan your website for broken links with the Broken Links Checker. You can enable this under "Settings > Plugin".
• New (Premium): Quickly add UTM tags to your affiliate links with the UTM Templates builder. You can enable this under "Settings > Plugin".
• New (Premium): Connect to a custom webhook and send data every time a link is clicked. You can enable this under "Settings > Plugin".
• New (Premium): A new Dynamic Redirect variable has been added: redirect users based on their logged-in status and/or user role.
• Fix: Corrected an issue where parameters on both the slug and the destination URL were not correctly combined.
• Fix: Fixed an invalid click date MySQL error.

1.3.6

• New: Import links by uploading a CSV file. This makes it easy to import LinkCentral backups or migrate link data from plugins such as Thirstyaffiliates, Betterlinks, or Pretty Links.
• New (Premium): Export your LinkCentral data for backup or migration.
• New: It is now possible to disable the default URL prefix for a specific link by clicking on the blue-marked prefix on a link's edit page.
• Improvement: Custom URLs are now capable of containing forward slashes (/).
• Improvement: Destination URLs now support deeplinking (such as: mailto, tel, whatsapp).
• Fix: The Insights page now correctly displays clicks on Private Links.
• Fix: Security improvements.

1.3.5

• New: Perform simple A/B split testing with the new Total Clicks and Unique Clicks variable in LinkCentral Premium. This feature allows users to be redirected to different URLs based on the number of clicks on a link, facilitating split testing and rotation testing.
• Improvement: Improved UX when trying to save a new link without providing a title
• Improvement: Overall code enhancements for link redirections.
• Improvement: Package updates.

1.3.4

• Improvement: Dynamic Redirect rules now have buttons to easily adjust their order.
• Improvement: We’ve made some under-the-hood enhancements to improve the reliability of link redirects. These changes also lay the groundwork for new dynamic redirect features coming soon.
• Fix: Small styling improvements.

1.3.3

• Improvement: Responsive styling has been improved making LinkCentral pages more accessible on mobile and tablet devices.
• Improvement: Press Enter to publish new links immediately instead of saving as drafts.
• New: Developers can extend LinkCentral's functionality using WordPress hooks. For more information, see our developer guide.

1.3.2

• Improvement: WordPress 6.8 compatibility
• Improvement: WP 6.8 introduces Speculative Loading. Filters have been added to exclude LinkCentral links, so that preloaded (but unclicked) links are not included in tracking data.
• Improvement: The daterange picker on the Insights page has been improved.

1.3.1

• New: Role Management. Now you can easily define user roles for creating links, accessing analytics, and managing settings — all included in the free version.
• New: Advanced Dynamic Redirects now supports a new cookie condition. Users can be redirected based on the existence or value of a cookie.
• Improvement: While the Insights graphs are loading, an indicator is now shown.

1.3.0

• Change: Previously, when inserting a synchronized link into your content, the link was inserted as an empty link with a data attribute containing the link ID. For efficiency, speed and increased compatibility with other plugins, it will now be inserted as a unique link (#linkcentral-sync-to-{id}) instead (without a data attribute). This change is fully backwards compatible with existing links, so you don't need to worry about anything.
• Improvement: A few code packages are updated to the latest versions.
• Fix: An undefined $pagenow variable error.

1.2.6

• New: A new Premium option to the Link Insights page shows data since the first recorded click.
• Improvement: On the Link Insights page, labels are now hidden when there are more than 30 points to avoid clutter.

1.2.5

• Improvement: The CSS code is refactored and class-names are changed to avoid possible conflicts with other plugins.
• Improvement: Clearer messaging when draft links are being accessed.

1.2.4

• Improvement: For increased clarity, we made a few tweaks to the explanations across the plugin on how to insert links into your content.
• Change: In the settings, we have moved the 'Default Insertion Type' setting from the Usage tab to a new Plugin Behaviour tab.

1.2.3

• Change: We made a few tweaks and improvements to the code
• Change: Library updates

1.2.2

• Improvement: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7
• Bug fix: An issue where the geolocation database was not automtically downloaded
• Change: We made a few improvements to the code

1.2.1

• New: Introducing our documentation: Get access to detailed guides via the Documentation section in the dashboard to assist with setting up, integrating, and troubleshooting LinkCentral
• Change: We have adjusted our Premium licensing system, making it easier to upgrade
• Improvement: Enhanced link search field styling in Classic Editor for better clarity

1.2.0

• New: When inserting a link into your content, you now have the option to choose the link type: synchronized, direct, or shortcode
• New: Choose your default link insertion method under "Settings > Usage"
• New: Quickly create a new link using the shortcut in the "WP Admin Bar > New" menu
• New: Improved styling of checkboxes on the Settings page for enhanced user-friendliness
• Bug fix: After saving a new MaxMind license, it now directly downloads its geolocation database
• Bug fix: Solved an issue where the URL Popover and styling was not shown when Gutenberg was loaded within an iframe
• Change: Updated PHP version

1.1.0

• New: Introducing Advanced Dynamic Redirects, a premium feature to create powerful, context-aware redirects based on various variables such as date, time, user location, and device type
• New: As part of Advanced Dynamic Redirects, we've introduced country-based user tracking. This feature integrates with two geolocation services: CloudFlare and MaxMind.
• Improvement: We changed the Custom Post Type labels for more clarity
• Improvement: Code optimisations

1.0.0

• Initial release