I needed a very simple link hits tracking done on a WordPress site and an even simpler way to let my client manage and view these links and hits, Now i did find some nice and well coded plugins but most of them were a major over kill for this kind of simple hits only tracking, So i just created this new plugin
GoTo Redirect.
  

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What does it do?

This Plugin allows you to create new links in the form of yourdomain.com/Go/XXXXX which will count hits and redirect to your desired location.

How does it work?

This plugin adds a simple Custom Post Type and uses the `single_template` filter hook to count the hit and redirect to the desired target location
  

Main Features:

• Simple and lightweight.
• No Custom tables.
• Easy to use UI (post type).
• Hits tracking built in.
• Target link thumbnails.
• Counts Unique per 24 hours
• Few hooks to filter and do your own actions on critical points.

Download:

Download the latest Version from WordPress.org

Simple Installation steps:

1. Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
2. Then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
3. Head over to settings >> premalinks and save the settings.
4. Done!

this is it for now, enjoy and any feedback is welcome, also make sure to submit bug if you find any.
  

Change Log:

• 0.1
  • Initial release