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fritzmg/contao-short-urls
=========================

Simple extension to provide "Short URLs", i.e. redirects to existing resources which otherwise have a longer URL.

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Contao Short URLs
=================

[](#contao-short-urls)

Simple extension to provide "Short URLs", i.e. redirects to existing resources which otherwise have a longer URL. For instance you can make redirects like

- `example.org/foo` » `http://www.example.org/lorem/ipsum/dolor.html`
- `example.org/123pdf` » `http://www.example.org/files/lorem/ipsum/dolor.pdf`
- `example.org/abcd` » `http://www.some-other-website.com/foo.html`

without editing the .htaccess file (to insert these redirects as Redirect, RedirectMatch or RewriteRule directives) or changing the server configuration. These redirects can be created in the backend under *Content » Short URLs*.

[![Backend screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fritzmg/contao-short-urls/master/screenshot.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fritzmg/contao-short-urls/master/screenshot.png)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

You need to edit Contao 3's default `.htaccess` file and change it as if you are using URLs without an `.html` suffix. i.e. you have to change these lines:

```
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(htm|php|js|css|map|htc|png|gif|jpe?g|ico|xml|csv|txt|swf|flv|mp4|webm|ogv|mp3|ogg|oga|eot|otf|tt[cf]|woff2?|svgz?|pdf|gz)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .*\.html$ index.php [L]

```

to

```
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(htm|php|js|css|map|htc|png|gif|jpe?g|ico|xml|csv|txt|swf|flv|mp4|webm|ogv|mp3|ogg|oga|eot|otf|tt[cf]|woff2?|svgz?|pdf|gz)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

```

so that any request (which does not point to a file or directory) is processed by Contao.

Contao 4
--------

[](#contao-4)

No changes to the `.htaccess` are necessary for Contao 4. Also you need to require at least version `^1.3.3` of this extension.

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

Development funded by [Jaeggi & Tschui Grafik Webdesign GmbH](http://www.jaeggitschui.ch/) and [KASTNER Gruppe](http://www.kastner.at/).

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~130 days

Recently: every ~478 days

Total

22

Last Release

1130d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/25f6ec05570f72d0fcc4d0a4fef2309799d53badf8b30484284e73724661e0d8?d=identicon)[fritzmg](/maintainers/fritzmg)

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Top Contributors

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