If you have a Jekyll static site, this plugin may help you automatically generate short links for every page. I'm using this plugin for my blog.

Install it first (you need Ruby 3+ and Jekyll 3+):

$ gem install jekyll-shorts

Then, add this to _config.yml:

plugins:
  - ... your other plugins here ...
  - jekyll-shorts
shorts:
  permalink: :year:month:day.html

Here, every page in the site will get a sibling with the name :year:month:day.html, which will redirect to the page itself. You can use:

• :year - the short form of the year of the post, like 23 or 76
• :month - the month of the post, like 01 or 12
• :day - the day of the post, like 07 or 29
• :position - the unique position of the post in the entire list of them, like 42 or 256
• :letter - one English letter inside a month

Be careful with the :position, since it may change when you add a new post somewhere in the middle of existing flow of posts.

How to Contribute

Make a fork and then test it locally like this:

$ bundle update
$ bundle exec rake

If it works, make changes, test again, and then submit a pull request.