Link Away
Link Away makes it easy to replace a post’s permalink with any URL you choose on a post by post basis.
Link Away adds a field to the post admin page for entering the new destination address.
If you are sharing an article found on another website, all you have to do is add it’s URL. When the user clicks any link that would normally take them to the single post page for that post, they will bypass the post on your site and go directly to the article location.
The value of this plugin compared to others that might be similar, is that it is clean and lightweight. It’s so simple, in fact, that the actual functionalitly is only about a half dozen lines of code.
Because it filters the WP function that retrieves the permalink and replaces it with the given URL as it is returned, with a very high priority, it should have no problem working across all themes and regardless of other plugins.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.