# BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP

> Shorten, cloak, redirect & track every link in WordPress. Branded short URLs, click analytics, affiliate links & MCP access for AI assistants.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:30 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `betterlinks`
- Author: WPDeveloper
- Version: 3.1.6
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-01 (12 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: affiliate links, link cloaking, link shortener, redirects, url shortener
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/betterlinks/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 12 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Phones home ↔ Private, Heavy ↔ Light, Behind ↔ Current, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-08-25 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Short URL Creation via create_fbs_link AJAX Action (up to 3.1.0). CVE-2026-19801, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/faf44730-b975-4057-96dc-7284775500f9?source=api-prod
- 2024-11-01 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection (up to 2.1.7). CVE-2024-51672, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f4e6daf-9f89-4f34-ad07-82f63fd730da?source=api-prod
- 2023-10-18 MEDIUM: Improper Authorization to Data Import and Export (up to 1.6.0). CVE-2023-45104, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92b8829e-a8eb-4fdb-a772-9efbb5aaeb6c?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-20 MEDIUM: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.2.6). CVE-2021-24812, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/793082f8-5b5e-4973-819c-d2f11d1a596e?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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