How to install the URL Shortener App

Installation

1. Go to Settings.
2. Open Apps.
3. Search for URL Shortener.
4. Click Install.
5. Click Activate.

Installing creates the App's own tables and its default settings. Installing again after an update is safe: existing links, clicks and any setting an administrator has changed are left as they are.

Give your team access

The App adds its own permissions to the staff roles. Until a role is granted at least one of them, nobody but an administrator sees the App in the menu.

1. Go to Settings → Roles.
2. Edit the role you want to grant access to.
3. Under URL Shortener, tick the permissions you want:
   • View short links — can open the App and see links.
   • Create, edit, pause & delete short links.
   • See everyone's links — without this, a user only sees links they created themselves.
   • Access URL Shortener settings.
4. Save the role.

Check the settings

Open URL Shortener → Settings and confirm:

• Generated code length — 7 is the default and is right for almost everyone.
• Short link address — leave it empty to use your own workspace address.
• Store visitor IP addresses — off by default, and usually the right choice.
• Count bot visits — off by default, so mail scanners do not make every emailed link look opened.

Verify it works

1. Create a short link pointing at any public page.
2. Copy it and open it in a private browser window.
3. You should land on the destination, and the link's detail page should show one click.