shortlink

What it does

On publish, generates a short code for each post and stores the mapping in KV under shortlink:[code]:data. Registers a redirect route so /l/[code] sends visitors to the full post URL. Ships CopyLink.astro with three variants and a green check confirmation on copy.

Install

Register

Open astro.config.mjs at the root of your Astro project. Import the plugin at the top, then add it to the pluginsarray of the emdash() integration - the one that sits inside Astro's top-level integrations array:

import { defineConfig } from "astro/config"
import emdash from "emdash/astro"
import { shortlinkPlugin } from "@plugdash/shortlink"

export default defineConfig({
  integrations: [
    emdash({
      plugins: [
        shortlinkPlugin({ autoCreate: true }),
      ],
    }),
  ],
})

Add the component

---
import CopyLink from "@plugdash/shortlink/CopyLink.astro"
---
<CopyLink post={post} />

Live demo

Props

CSS custom properties

For agents

After install, publish a post and verifypost.data.metadata.shortlink.url is populated. Hit the short URL in a browser and confirm it redirects to the canonical post. Codes are generated at publish time, not lazily.