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Copy ShortURL by Fred Wenzel

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Review by Firefox user 6772518
by Firefox user 6772518, 3 years ago
I've been using Copy ShortURL for a number of years and have been very pleased with its simplicity of use and convenience. I use it primarily when communicating long URLs in emails and social media posts, where long URLs become clunky and distracting to read, or where space is at a premium. I was particularly excited to learn that V.5.3.0 has restored is.gd to its list of URL shorteners!

Developer response

posted 3 years ago
Thank you! The is.gd service was broken for a little while (the service itself not the add-on), but it seems back now!
60 reviews
  • by Firefox user 13810528, 2 months ago
  • by Johnnycyan, a year ago
    This is exactly what I've been looking for. I've been using ClearURLs to remove tracking data but they don't remove some information from certain links like Amazon that would greatly shorten these links. This extension does even more than that by leveraging the even shorter domain names that websites offer for links but don't expose easily. Great extension!
  • by sasakitz, 2 years ago
  • by Kofi Senyah, 3 years ago
    Good overall but doesnt work on pdfs
  • by 大頭, 3 years ago
    Can you add is.gd back if it's ok now? And I find kutt.it can't register an account. Shows "Signup has been disabled temporarily.". I can't get the API key from kutt.it now.
  • by orangxyz, 3 years ago
  • by MT, 3 years ago
    Excellent, thank you.
  • by Phylis, 3 years ago
  • by Harry, 3 years ago
    This was the best shorturl I have ever used until about 3 weeks ago, when it would give an error instead of shortening the url. Recently it will use the tinyurl,app. My main social media is minds.com and minds won't let me use tinyurl, because they say it links to spam. There are now 12 websites which I receive newsletters from that they use the tinyurl on. Copy shorturl is no longer my favorite.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Why don't you choose a different URL shortener in the addon's settings? I did not cause is.gd to break, I'm just reacting to their service going away (try it yourself: go to is.gd in firefox and notice their website has disappeared).

    Also, if you have a favorite URL shortening service that isn't supported, please file an issue on GitHub Issues for this add-on and I'm happy to take a look.

    For what it's worth, I personally use bitly (with an API key that I created on their website) and it works great.
  • by Octavian, 3 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15469760, 4 years ago
    Thanks for perfect Addon! I found one problem while using it: on site www.dennikn.sk it uses automaticly dennikn shortener, not bit.ly (or others selected), even if Use special URL formats is unchecked. It's possible that it is fault of www.dennikn.sk, because on youtube it works (generates bitly). Thanks for great addon again.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Yes this is a problem with the website itself. In the add-on settings, you can select that you *always* want to shorten the URL though.
  • by Shudushi, 4 years ago
    Copy ShortURL is an excellent AddOn, exept on this URL:

    https://geizhals.at/?cat=nb&xf=12822_6~12_16384~2379_17~2991_240~3710_Bluetooth+5~3710_WLAN+802.11ac~3710_WLAN+802.11ax~82_allgsosd~83_matt+(non-glare)~9_1920x1080&sort=p#productlist

    Neither shortening with Copy ShortURL and tinyurl, nor bit.ly is working correctly, but copy the url and paste on bit.ly website is working fine.

    UPDATE after developer feedback:
    Shortened URL by Copy ShortURL (https://is.gd/eeQmwt) redirects to the right website (geizhals.at), but all the filters of the original URL are missing. Issue on github reported.

    So it seems to me, that's something with Firefox and Copy ShortURL.

    Maybe its possible for you to fix this.

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    Seems to work fine for me: https://is.gd/eeQmwt -- can you check the browser console, and file a bug for this add-on on github with more information? Thanks!
  • by Carlos Sierra, 4 years ago
    Cumple lo que dice, es un enlace instantaneo
  • by Firefox user 14656513, 4 years ago
  • by Jean Lo, 5 years ago
    Excellent! Well-written (support native keyboard shortcut), flexible, and open source :-)
  • by VILYAM, 5 years ago
    Удобное расширение, перестало работать пишет NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource.
  • by GG, 5 years ago
    I been using this extension for sometime now with no problems. Not until the recent upgrade reason for 3-stars. After upgrade it didn't work at all, forcing me to use something else which is overkill for what I need. Anyway, I finally reverted back to the previous version. Wish I didn't have to. Using FF 62.0

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Can you file an issue on github about this? Reviews are not the perfect place for support requests.
  • by max pike, 5 years ago
    Super easy to uses and works perfect
  • by XFilius, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13479481, 5 years ago
    Simple, efficient and it just works!!
  • by Firefox user 14129930, 5 years ago
  • by Micheline, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14682106, 5 years ago
    It worked well. But in Firefox 70.0.1 (x64) the problems are the same as bethel95 described: "URL is never copied into the paste buffer". On any sites. With any service. When bit.ly is selected: "No API key in preferences".

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Maybe there was a breaking API change in Firefox? Mozilla is not very proactive about informing you when things break.

    As for bitly: Put an API key in then.
  • by apometron, 5 years ago