REVISED QUESTION
1. I create a post, and after putting the title, I get something like this:
“http://mysite.com/category/post-name-which-is-quite-long”
Once I save draft copy, I get the box “Get shortlink” containing something like “http://wp.me/xxyyxx34 …” If I click OK nothing happens. If I click on Edit button, only the post-name can be edited, not the earlier part.
What I want to know is: can some utility provide me the FULL url shortened and acceptable by wordpress? That is, instead of:
“http://mysite.com/category/post-name-which-is-quite-long”
can I get something like this:
“http://short-url.com/xyzz ?”
Also, if indeed this is possible, will wordpress accept it as the post-title-url?
Hope I am able to ask my question!
Thanks
When you click the Get shortlink button, the popup window contains a wp.me link, which is a working shortened URL, see usage here.
(Short URLs are a built-in feature on wordpress.com and the free WordPress Jetpack plugin also adds this functionality.)