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Then you've found it!<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easily create and manage links<\/strong> - Create your links to track and organize them into categories.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Apply SEO settings to links<\/strong> - Flag your links with SEO attributes like \u201cno follow\u201d or \u201csponsored\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place and share links<\/strong> - Place your created links anywhere in your website content or share them on social media.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link scanner<\/strong> - Check which posts and pages a link is placed on so that it can be replaced or removed if necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Click statistics<\/strong> - Analyze the clicks of your links with our click statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong><em>Practical example<\/em><\/strong>: Turn a long URL into, e.g. <code>domain.com\/link\/product<\/code> \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n<p>All of these key features are available in this free version of <a href=\"https:\/\/clickwhale.pro\/?utm_source=WordPress.org&amp;utm_medium=Plugin+Description&amp;utm_campaign=ClickWhale+-+Free+Version\">ClickWhale<\/a>. 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The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/database\/vdp\/53a6f715-b43a-4cc3-ab77-604864fc65d2\">Report a security vulnerability.<\/a><\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"do%20you%20offer%20support%3F\"><h3>Do you offer support?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Of course! 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