Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker vs URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,523, ahead of Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker at #21,657. Over the last 7 days URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener climbed 4 places and Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker slipped 896 places. URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener has the largest install base, roughly 250× the next: 10K+ active installs against 40+ for Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker. Downloads this week: URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener 7,116 and Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker 196.
| Metric | Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker | URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #21,657 ▼ 896 | #1,523 ▲ 4 |
| Active installs | 40+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 196 | 7,116 |
| Rating | no ratings | 4.7★ (169) |
| Last updated | Sep 27, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Current version | 2.0.15 | 2.7.2 |
| Best rank on record | #20,577 | #1,518 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jan 2026 | May 2020 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 1 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker or URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener?
By active installs, URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener: 10K+ sites run it against 40+ for Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 17, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker or URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener?
URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener, at #1,523 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker at #21,657. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Royal Links – Affiliate Link Cloaking, Shortener & Tracker or URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.