URL Shortify Integration Logs — User Guide

What is it?

URL Shortify Integration Logging is an automated auditing feature built into Logify's Activity Logs. Whenever a team member or site administrator creates, modifies, or deletes a shortened URL using the URL Shortify plugin, Logify captures the event in real time.

For every URL Shortify action, Logify records:

Severity: Event classification badge (e.g., INFO).
User: The username and role of the account who made the change (e.g., admin (admin) Administrator).
Event: Categorized explicitly under Url_shortify.
Object: Displays the link slug and type (e.g., google (short_link)).
Action: Indicates the specific action performed: created, updated, or deleted.
Description: A plain-English summary of the event (e.g., New short link "google" was created. or Short link (ID: 17) was deleted.).
Date: Precision timestamp of when the action occurred.

Why is it helpful?

Short links are often critical for marketing campaigns, social media tracking, and affiliate links. If a short link is accidentally modified or deleted, target traffic could end up broken or redirected to the wrong destination.

Logify URL Shortify Integration gives you full link management transparency:

Full Audit Trail: Track who created new redirects, edited target URLs, or removed short links.
Instant Accountability: Easily trace broken campaign links back to the exact user and time the edit occurred.
Simplified Link Management: Keep marketing teams aligned without wondering who modified short link settings.

Who can use it? (Real-World Examples)

1. Marketing & Affiliate Campaign Management

Scenario: A team member updates a promotional short link's target destination for an active ad campaign.
Solution: Open Logify > Activity Logs to confirm who updated the link and verify the exact time the change took effect.

2. Troubleshooting Broken Redirects

Scenario: A short link used in your social media post suddenly stops working because it was deleted.
Solution: Search your logs for Url_shortify events to identify who deleted the short link (and retrieve its ID) so you can recreate it immediately.

How to use it

Step 1: Open the Activity Logs Screen

In your WordPress Dashboard sidebar, navigate to Logify > Activity Logs.

Step 2: Identify URL Shortify Events

Look through your activity stream in the main table:

Event Column: Look for entries labeled Url_shortify.
Action & Description: View whether the link was created, updated, or deleted, along with the specific link name (e.g., Short link "google" was updated.).

Create URL Shortify Integration Logs

Update URL Shortify Integration Logs

Delete URL Shortify Integration Logs

Step 3: Search and Filter Short Link Logs

To isolate URL Shortify events:

Select Url_shortify from the Event Type dropdown menu, OR type Url_shortify into the Search box (Description, object, IP, or username).
Optionally, pick a date range using the Date From and Date To fields.
Click the blue Filter button to display matching log entries.

Step 4: Export Audit Reports

To keep offline records for compliance or team reviews:

Filter your log table to display the relevant short link changes.
Click the green Export CSV button in the top right corner to download the filtered activity report.