Clean post links with built-in performance insights
Postly automatically shortens links inside post content so captions stay clean, readable, and ready to publish—while giving teams visibility into click performance, audience signals, and post-level attribution.
Built for cross-channel attribution and faster decisions
Product picture
Shipping now
Link shortening and performance tracking are built directly into the publishing flow, so teams can keep posts clean while understanding how links perform.
Performance insights
Analytics give teams a clear view of clicks, audience context, and the content that drives traffic.
Focus areas
Automatic cleanup
Short links are created inside post content as part of the normal publishing flow.
Performance insights
Track clicks, CTR, unique visitors, and audience context from one place.
Cross-platform context
See which posts and platforms drive the best link performance.
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What the service does
Postly keeps links clean and provides the data needed to understand how every shortened link performs.
Automatic shortening in post content
Postly shortens links directly in the content being published, so teams do not need to prepare short URLs manually before a post goes live.
No separate short-link prep step before publishing
Cleaner captions, descriptions, and post bodies
Better fit for multi-channel workflows where long URLs create clutter
Built into the normal publishing flow
Shortening is part of the service, not a disconnected tool. Teams can keep working in Postly without context-switching into another system first.
Works where post content is already being prepared
Keeps publishing operations faster and more consistent
Reduces manual link cleanup before posts go live
Cleaner distribution across channels
Posts that include links look more intentional and less noisy when the URL footprint is reduced before publication.
Improves readability in channel-specific content areas
Helps preserve attention on the message, not the raw URL
Supports cleaner distribution across social channels
Analytics
How performance reporting works
Shortened links become measurable assets with click reporting, attribution, and audience context.
Dedicated shortened-links analytics
Available
A centralized analytics surface helps teams inspect link performance directly instead of treating shortening as a black box.
Shortened URL and original URL visibility
Post ID and platform-level attribution
Top-performing links and content breakdowns
Audience and device insights
Included
Postly adds context around who is clicking, not just how many clicks happened.
Top countries
Device type visibility
Unique clicks alongside total clicks
CTR and post-level performance
Tracked
Link analytics connect outcomes back to publishing decisions so teams can optimize future posts faster.
CTR for shortened links
Clicks per post
Clicks per platform
How it fits
How link shortening fits into Postly
The experience is simple: create content, publish with cleaner links, and understand how those links perform without changing the publishing workflow.
1
Create the post as usual
Writers and operators work in the normal Postly publishing flow without switching to a separate shortener first.
2
Postly shortens links in the content
The service handles the shortening step automatically so the final published post is cleaner and easier to scan.
3
Analytics connects clicks back to content
Each shortened link becomes a measurable asset tied to post and platform performance.
Workflow scope
Link shortening and analytics in one workflow
These boards show how clean link publishing, performance reporting, and audience context work together inside Postly.
Live nowCurrent service behavior
Automatic shortening happens in the publishing workflow
The current service reduces friction and keeps published links clean without asking users to manage short URLs manually.
Postly auto shortens links in post content
No extra short-link step is required before publish
The live value is cleaner, more readable published content
Why this matters
Less operational friction
Teams do not need a separate tool just to tidy links before a post goes out.
More readable posts
Cleaner captions and descriptions help the post itself stay in focus.
What this unlocks
What link shortening unlocks
Link shortening becomes more valuable when reporting, attribution, and audience context are built around it.
A cleaner publishing baseline
Every post with a link starts from a better presentation layer instead of carrying long, messy URLs.
A real measurement surface
Short links stop being invisible plumbing and become measurable assets inside the content system.
Content-to-click attribution
Teams can connect clicks back to specific posts and platforms instead of guessing what drove traffic.
Next step
Clean links and track performance in one place
Postly handles link shortening automatically and gives teams the analytics they need to understand and improve content performance.