Title: Hum Author: Will Norris Published: ޖެނުއަރީ 27, 2011 Last modified: ޑިސެމްބަރ 7, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/hum.svg) # Hum By [Will Norris](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willnorris/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hum.1.3.6.zip) * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/#description) * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/#reviews) * [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/#installation) * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/) ## Description Hum is a personal URL shortener for WordPress, designed to provide short URLs to your personal content, both hosted on WordPress and elsewhere. For example, rather than a long URL for a WordPress post such as [http://willnorris.com/2011/01/hum-personal-url-shortener-wordpress](http://willnorris.com/2011/01/hum-personal-url-shortener-wordpress), you could have a short URL like [http://willnorris.com/b/FJ](http://willnorris.com/b/FJ). Additionally, if you have a custom domain for short URLs, you can shorten things further like [http://wjn.me/b/FJ](http://wjn.me/b/FJ). Once the plugin is enabled, the shortlink for a page or post can be found in the “Shortlink” item in the WordPress Admin Bar. WordPress post IDs are shortened using the [NewBase60](http://ttk.me/w/NewBase60) encoding scheme which is specifically optimized for brevity and readability, with built-in error correction for commonly confused characters like ‘1’, ‘l’, and ‘I’. Hum is not designed as a general purpose URL shortener along the lines of [http://bit.ly](http://bit.ly) or [http://goo.gl](http://goo.gl). Rather, it is specifically intended as a personal shortener for your own content. Read more about the reasoning for a personal URL shortener at [Tantek Celik](http://tantek.com/)‘ s page for [Whistle](http://ttk.me/w/Whistle), which served as the inspiration for Hum. ### Developer Documentation ### Adding your Amazon Affiliate ID If you’d like to include your Amazone Affiliate ID in the `/i/` redirect URLs, implement the `amazon_affiliate_id` filter. For example: ``` add_filter('amazon_affiliate_id', fn() => "willnorris-20"); ``` ### Additional Local Types Out of the box, Hum only registers the `b`, `t`, `a` and `p` prefix to be served locally by WordPress. If you would like to register additional prefixes, implement the `hum_local_types` filter. For example, to include ‘p’ as well for photos: ``` function myplugin_hum_local_types( $types ) { $types[] = 'p'; return $types; } add_filter('hum_local_types', 'myplugin_hum_local_types'); ``` This will tell Hum to serve any `/p/{id}` URLs from WordPress. Additionally, you’ll want to instruct Hum to use your prefix for that particular content type. Here, we’re registering ‘p’ which is normally used for photos. ``` function myplugin_hum_type_prefix( $prefix, $post_id ) { $post = get_post( $post_id ); if ( $post->post_type ## 'attachment' && strpos($post->post_mime_type, 'image') =## 0 ) { $prefix = 'p'; } return $prefix; } add_filter('hum_type_prefix', 'myplugin_hum_type_prefix', 10, 2); ``` ### Simple Redirect You can redirect all traffic for a prefix using a single line of PHP my implementing the `hum_redirect_base_{type}` filter where `{type}` is the prefix to redirect. For example, I redirect all `/w/` URLs to wiki.willnorris.com using: ``` add_filter('hum_redirect_base_w', fn() => "http://wiki.willnorris.com/"); ``` ## Installation Follow the normal instructions for [installing WordPress plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins). ### Using a custom domain If you have a custom domain you’d like to use with Hum, add it as the ‘Shortlink Base (URL)’ on the ‘General Settings’ WordPress admin page or define the `HUM_SHORTLINK_BASE` constant in your `wp-config.php`: ``` define('HUM_SHORTLINK_BASE', 'http://wjn.me'); ``` You will also need to setup your short domain to redirect to your normal domain. Many domain registrars provide free redirection services that work well for this, so you don’t need to setup a new domain with your web host. Just make sure that you are **not** using an iframe style redirect. ## FAQ ### What types of content does Hum support? Out of the box, Hum will provide shortlinks for any content locally hosted on WordPress. Most shortlinks will use the `b` type prefix, with the exception of posts with a‘ status’ [post format](https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats), which have shortlinks using the `t` type prefix. For example: * [http://wjn.me/b/FJ](http://wjn.me/b/FJ) * [http://wjn.me/t/FR](http://wjn.me/t/FR) Additionally, the `i` type prefix, along with one of four subtypes, is supported as follows: * `asin` or `a` for Amazon ASIN numbers * `isbn` or `i` for ISBN numbers All `i` URLs are redirected to Amazon.com. For example: * [http://wjn.me/i/a/B003QP4NPE](http://wjn.me/i/a/B003QP4NPE) Additional type prefixes can be registered to serve WordPress hosted content or to redirect to an external service. See more in the developer documentation. ### Redirects are not working and result in a 404. This can happen if the rewrite rules were not flushed. This most likely happens if you are using Hum on a Multisite. This can be fixed by flushing the rewrite rules, just go to Settings->Permalinks and hit `Save Changes` on each instance where Hum does not work as intended. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cc5e11ed02595d733664ce9536033395d3c79625159868a225998212719da5c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great plugin, great support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-great-support-1896/)󠁿 [airplanenoise](https://profiles.wordpress.org/airplanenoise/) ޖުލައި 15, 2024 1 reply responsive developer, helpful and listening. plugin works. great little add on for branding. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4902e2e355b79d625c24b9b70dc3db777a8c64254fb00fc280b90593ea805b53? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice shorter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-shorter/)󠁿 [ferrie=differentieel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/researcher/) ފެބްރުއަރީ 9, 2024 Nice slick URL shorter – well done – and thank you for developing this one ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b386c3be63ad40515532f06f0a3f8fc3c5a9c760da75708f03eff64f35cd66d4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-2128/)󠁿 [shawfactor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawfactor/) ނޮވެމްބަރ 13, 2020 Fantastic pluginthat works perfectly and is actively developed. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dc102eb3aa545e3aec7ab9b6f96c79948143517561214a4c9b75cb93ecc236d6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Mükemmel 🙏](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mukemmel-%f0%9f%99%8f/)󠁿 [Genc Medya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gnckampus/) އޯގަސްޓް 2, 2020 Tek dosya ile işi çözmüş, bu mükemmel bir eklenti olmuş, bir sürü ücretli eklentiyi denedim bunun yaptığını yapmıyor. teşekkür ederim Tantek Çelik 🙏 ve plugin yapımcısı arkadaş 🙏 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b25f5d8b3bb8ed7f1f1e5e47d33c6b947e630ae718512d9ec304c533073ff1b7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-6733/)󠁿 [hostbizro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hostbizro/) ޑިސެމްބަރ 30, 2019 Perfect! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00c65a039ec11504e8950c7e0812d7090fff8e3052d4e40e86f14e90b37a22a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works with 5.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-5-3/)󠁿 [Robert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metbril/) ނޮވެމްބަރ 17, 2019 1 reply Tested plugin with WP 5.3. Still working just fine. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Hum” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Will Norris ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willnorris/) * [ Matthias Pfefferle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pfefferle/) “Hum” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hum/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Hum” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hum) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hum/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hum/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hum/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hum/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog Project maintined on github at [willnorris/wordpress-hum](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum). ### 1.3.6 * optimized Block Editor integration ### 1.3.5 * update JS dependencies and code ### 1.3.4 * fix broken `wp_get_shortlink` hook, when loaded in the frontend ### 1.3.3 * fix PHP warning in combination with widgets ### 1.3.2 * update documentation ### 1.3.1 * change the priority of the rewrite rules action ### 1.3.0 * redirect types are now also filterable ### 1.2.8 * add shortlink panel to block editor (props [@florianbrinkmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/florianbrinkmann/)) ### 1.2.7 * redirect only known types (see [#wp180868](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/causing-404-on-category-tag-pages/)) [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.6...1.2.7) ### 1.2.6 * fix PHP 7.4 deprecation warning * WordPress coding style changes [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.5...1.2.6) ### 1.2.5 * add shortlink to post/page overview pages [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.4...1.2.5) ### 1.2.4 * finally fixed “flush rewrite rules” [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.3...1.2.4) ### 1.2.3 * fixed “flush rewrite rules” [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3) ### 1.2.2 * version bump [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2.1...1.2.2) ### 1.2.1 * add `amazon_domain` filter, to support different countries * add `hum_process_redirect` action, to overwrite default rewrite method (see [#17](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/pull/17)) [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.2...1.2.1) ### 1.2 * move link post format to use ‘t’ prefix instead of ‘h’ and add support for image post format * add support for WordPress media attachments * add shortlinks to Atom feeds * add support for legacy short url schemes (see [#6](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/issues/6)) * switch to using WordPress filters instead of actions for hum extensions (see [#3](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/issues/3)) [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.1...1.2) ### 1.1 * allow custom domain to be configured using `HUM_SHORTLINK_BASE` constant or via the General Settings admin page. * strip some punctuation at the end of URLs (see [#4](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/issues/4)) * smarter URL matching (see [#1](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/issues/1) and [#2](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/issues/2)) * add support for `/i/` URLs (redirects to Amazon for ASIN or ISBN identifiers, optionally including an Amazon affiliate ID) * standard 404 handling if hum can’t find a proper redirect * add new `hum_local_types` filter for registering other prefixes thatt are served locally by WordPress * reduce extra redirect for local content [full changelog](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum/compare/1.0...1.1) ### 1.0 * initial public release ## Community plugin This plugin is developed and supported by a community. [Contribute to this plugin](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-hum) ## Meta * Version **1.3.6** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **600+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hum/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hum) * Tags * [diso](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/diso/)[shortlink](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortlink/) * [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/hum/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hum/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Will Norris ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willnorris/) * [ Matthias Pfefferle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pfefferle/) ## Support Got something to say? 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