WordPress new version 3.0 brings lot of new features. Ability to shorten URLs for every post in WordPress blog has always existed. However, users had to manually create shortlink or tiny URLs of posts by looking at respective post ID. Newer version directly allows you to view and share shortlink for any post in your WordPress powered blog. This is ideal for quick sharing on social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook.
Generate & view Shortlink for WordPress posts
1. Login into your WordPress (self hosted) blog setup.
2. Goto Posts to create new post or edit existing post.
3. Click “Get Shortlink” button to get shortlink for specific post in popup window.
For example: Shortlink or tiny URL for
http://www.tothepc.com/archives/check-google-chrome-version/
will be http://www.tothepc.com/?p=11572