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View abilitiesBetterLinks abilities, governed through the Bridge
An agent can list, create, update and delete short links and their categories or tags, check whether a slug is free, and pull click analytics and audience breakdowns, or delete stored analytics and change plugin settings.
- Abilities
- 1810 read2 write6 destructive
- Active installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 96% (85 ratings)
- Version
- 3.1.4
- Requires
- WP 6.2+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated
- 2026-09-22 11:44am GMT
View BetterLinks on WordPress.org
What has to be true first
BetterLinks needs WordPress 6.9 and the plugin active, with no extra toggle required for the abilities themselves to register. Every ability is gated on manage_options, so a connected user needs administrator-level capability to list, read, or change links, categories, tags, analytics or settings.
A note on the count below
Source lists 18 abilities as literal object instantiations in one array inside register_abilities(); easymcp's index lists 14, four short of what the current version registers (check-short-url, get-link-analytics, get-analytics-graph, get-audience).
The 18 BetterLinks abilities
Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.
Read 10
- Read
List BetterLinks short links
List the site's branded short links.
- Read
Get a short link
Read one short link's target, category and settings.
- Read
Check a short URL
Check whether a proposed short URL slug is available.
- Read
List link categories
List the categories short links can belong to.
- Read
List link tags
List the tags short links can carry.
- Read
Get click analytics
Read aggregate click analytics across links.
- Read
Get analytics for one link
Read click analytics for a single link.
- Read
Get click trend graph data
Read time-series click data for graphing.
- Read
Get audience breakdown
Read a breakdown of who is clicking links, by device or location.
- Read
Get BetterLinks settings
Read the plugin's site-wide settings.
Write 2
- Write
Create a short link
Create a new branded short link.
- Write
Create a category or tag
Create a new link category or tag.
Destructive 6
- Destructive
Update a short link
Change an existing short link's target or settings.
- Destructive
Delete a short link
Delete a short link.
- Destructive
Rename a category or tag
Rename an existing link category or tag.
- Destructive
Delete a category or tag
Delete a link category or tag.
- Destructive
Delete click analytics
Delete stored click analytics data.
- Destructive
Update BetterLinks settings
Change the plugin's site-wide settings.
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How to switch these on
Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.
Install BetterLinks and Agent Abilities for MCP
Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. BetterLinks registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.
Open the Other plugins screen
In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.
Enable one ability at a time
Every ability from BetterLinks starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.
Connect as a least-privilege user
Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.
Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Does BetterLinks work with the Bridge?
Yes. BetterLinks registers its 18 abilities unconditionally whenever the Abilities API is present, by the plugin's own comment decoupled from its enable_mcp toggle, so the bridge sees them regardless of whether BetterLinks's own MCP server is turned on.
Do BetterLinks's abilities register automatically?
Yes, unconditionally, once BetterLinks is active. Nothing else has to be configured for the Bridge to discover them.
Does BetterLinks need anything special to work with the Bridge?
BetterLinks needs WordPress 6.9 and the plugin active, with no extra toggle required for the abilities themselves to register. Every ability is gated on manage_options, so a connected user needs administrator-level capability to list, read, or change links, categories, tags, analytics or settings.
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