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In [[WordPress]], a '''shortlink''' is a [[URL shortening|URL shortener]].

== Description ==

WordPress.com has its own URL shortening feature, wp.me, so that you can quickly and easily get shortlinks to your blog posts/pages and share them with the world.

== Why use wp.me? ==

The functionality is similar to other [[URL shortening]] services, but WP.me is different in a few ways:

* Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now.
* These are all exposed in the <head> using rel=shortlink.
* It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WordPress.com-hosted ones.
* The links are permanent, they will work as long as WordPress.com is around.
* WP.me is spam-free, because we are constantly monitoring and removing spam from WordPress.com.

== See also ==

* [[URL shortening]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening URL shortening] @ Wikipedia

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