YITH SMS Notifications: How to shorten URLs

Step 3—Select the URL shortening service

From the General settings tab, you can now select the shortening URL service. This will automatically turn any URL included in the SMS text into a shorter version, so you can spare characters.

1. First, you get to choose between one of the supported services, either Bitly or TinyURL.

2. Then, enter the access tokens, based on the selected service.

Bitly

It requires only one access code.

To get it, follow these steps:

Register a free account on https://bitly.com/ website.
Then, you can click on the “Settings” option.

Once done, click on “API”.

Finally, you can enter your password and click on “Generate token”.

TinyURL

TinyURL requires both an API token and the domain.

To create a TinyURL, follow these steps:

First, register a free account on https://tinyurl.com/.
Then, visit this page https://tinyurl.com/app/settings/api.
Once there, you can set a name and click on the “Create Token” button.

Copy the code that will be displayed in the plugin setting.

Lastly, go back to the plugin settings and choose the domain that you want to use in your short links in the plugin settings.

Save and you’re ready to go.