# How should short links be supported in Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-short-links-be-supported-in-discourse/15339>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [5. Mai 2014 um 23:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-short-links-be-supported-in-discourse/15339 "2014-05-05T23:57:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 9

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Vocino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vocino/32/85136_2.png) [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\
**Post date:** [7. Mai 2014 um 22:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-short-links-be-supported-in-discourse/15339/9 "2014-05-07T22:13:44Z")

</div>

I agree completely. I think this should be the default behavior. If using an external shortening service API is an added feature, that would be great. However, if it’s your own short URL, at least you know it will be up as long as you want it to be.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-short-links-be-supported-in-discourse/15339)._