Yourls.org Website Review

running your own url shortener is fun, geeky and useful: you own your data and don't depend on third party services. it's also a great way to add branding to your short urls, instead of using the same public url shortener everyone uses. here is a list of some (unofficial) install guides using automated tools: your (hopefully short) domain url, no trailing slash, lowercase. if you pick the non-www version of your domain, don't use the www version behavior), or to false to allow creation of multiple short urls pointing to the same long url (as bit.ly does) a random secret hash used to encrypt cookies. you don't have to remember it, make it long and complicated. hint: generate a unique one plugins are additional php scripts that extend the functionalities or features of yourls. the core of yourls is designed to be as light as possible and avoid bloat (implementing functions not everybody needs) and to allow for easy customization. using the plugin architecture, you can add new features to yourls without having to modify core files. this way, your changes won't be lost when you upgrade your yourls installation and you can easily activate and deactivate a plugin from the admin interface. several sample plugins are included in the archive. read the source and learn the concept. it's easy and fun! (remember to url encode parameters if via get). these parameters are: one short url), stats (get stats about your links) or db-stats (get global link and click count) example of a get request with ja*ascript (using jquery) to shorten a url     action:   shorturl,     format:   json,         'format'   => 'json',         'action'   => 'expand',         'username' => $username,         'pas*word' => $pas*word there's a sample php file included that serves as an example on how to play with the api .htaccess (allowoverride all directive, ask your server admin). stats don't update as i think they should, difference with google an*lytics, etc..