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Yourls Integration Guide

Yourls is a self-hosted URL shortener that allows making links shorter.

1. Install Yourls​

Go to the Yourl's official installation guide and install Yourls on your server.

2. Configure Yourls service in Mixpost​

  1. Copy your Yours's domain your-yourls-domain.com, navigate to your Mixpost dashboard and paste it into the Yourls third-party service form (see screenshot).
  2. In browser, navigate to https://your-yourls-domain.com/admin/tools.php, scroll to the Secure passwordless API call section, find secret signature token (see screenshot), copy it and paste it into the Yourls third-party service form, save.
Third-Party Service form's in the Mixpost dashboard

Navigate to the User Menu at the bottom left, click Admin Console, and then click on Services from the left sidebar.

Screenshots:
Mixpost Service Form - YourlsYourls docs - Yourls signature

3. Configure URL Shortener Source​

In Mixpost Settings -> General tab set URL Shortener Source to Yourls.

Screenshots:
Mixpost General Settings - URL Shortener Source

4. Done​

You have successfully configured your Yourls service. Now you can use Yourls to shorten URLs in your Mixpost's post text editor. Click URL shortener button to shorten URLs or expand shortened URLs to its original versions (see screenshot).

Screenshots:
URL Shortener Button

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