Why You Need Shorter URLs

If your Joomla! e-commerce site has a complex, multi-layered link like this:

http://www.yourstore.com/shop/categories/sale-off/christmas-sale

You can easily replace it with a clean, branded link to share across social media (Facebook, X, forums) or email campaigns:

http://www.yourstore.com/off/christmas

Key Benefits:

• Shareability & Speed: Shorter links are easier to remember for your customers and much faster to type on mobile devices.
• Future-Proof Links: If you ever change the destination URL (the long one), you simply update it within CM Short URL. The short, branded link (e.g., http://www.yoursite.com/off/christmas) remains active and continues to send customers to the correct, updated page.
• Marketing Data Integration: Automatically tag your short links with Google Analytics UTM parameters, allowing you to accurately measure the performance of every campaign without manual setup.

Core Features

• Custom Aliases: Create short URLs with a random alias or choose your own custom alias for better branding and memorability.
• Google Analytics Ready: Seamlessly add UTM parameters (Source, Medium, Campaign, etc.) to your destination URL before shortening, ensuring clean data in your analytics.
• Visit Tracking & Logging:
  • Track exactly how many times the short URL is visited.
  • Log detailed user information for every tracked visit, including IP address, browser, operating system, and referral website.
• Flexibility & Control: Easily disable the visit logging and Google Analytics integration features if you don't need them, keeping your system lean.

Technical Requirements

CM Short URL is compatible with Joomla! 5.x.x and 6.x.x.