Title: WP Lessn
Author: jayrobinson
Published: <strong>Desembre 12, 2009</strong>
Last modified: Desembre 12, 2009

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Lessn

 By [jayrobinson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jayrobinson/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-lessn.zip)

 * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-lessn/)

## Description

The WP Lessn Plugin for WordPress uses Shaun Inman’s Lessn to create a short URL
for each new post you publish. The Lessn’d link is attached to the post meta data.
You can insert the Lessn’d link into your blog post using short tags or into your
theme template with some some PHP.

Lessn, according to Shaun Inman, is “an extremely simple, personal url shortener
written in PHP with MySQL and mod_rewrite.” If you are unfamiliar with Lessn, then
this plugin will have little value to you until you read about it, download it, 
and install it on your own server. Lessn is free.

WP Lessn was written by Jay Robinson. Please thank Shaun Inman for being awesome,
not me. But [email me](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/jay@jayrobinson.org?output_format=md)
for support, not him.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This screenshot shows the WP Lessn Admin screen.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Open ‘wp-lessn.zip’ file to reveal ‘wp-lessn’ directory.
 2. Upload ‘wp-lessn’ directory to ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 4. Go to the ‘WP Lessn’ submenu underneath the ‘Plugins’ menu; store your Lessn domain,
    and your Lessn API key (found on your Lessn domain).
 5. You may now publish any post to generate the Lessn’d URL. It will show up on the
    post page as a custom field, with the name ‘wp_lessnd_url’.

## FAQ

  What is Lessn?

Lessn is a free, self-hosted URL shortener that you download and upload to your 
own server. It was created by Shaun Inman. Read more about [Lessn](http://jwr.cc/x/2n)
on Shaun Inman’s blog.

  Is Lessn free?

Yes.

  Do I have to have Lessn installed for this to work?

Yes. You must have Lessn installed to get any use out of this plugin.

  Does Lessn have to be installed on the same domain as my WordPress installation
for WP Lessn to work?

No. WP Lessn allows you to specify any domain as your Lessn domain. For instance,
I use [JayRobinson.org](http://jayrobinson.org) for my blog, but use my short domain,
[http://jwr.cc](http://jwr.cc), for Lessn. Lessn’s API key allows us to generate
the short URL.

  What is your name?

My name is still [Jay Robinson](http://jayrobinson.org).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP Lessn” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ jayrobinson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jayrobinson/)

[Translate “WP Lessn” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-lessn)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-lessn/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-lessn/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-lessn/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-lessn/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **16 anys ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.8**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/)
 * Tag
 * [short url](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/short-url/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lessn/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ jayrobinson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jayrobinson/)

## Support

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