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Configuration

This page details how you are supposed to edit your user/config.php (with a raw text editor such as Notepad)

MySQL settings​

YOURLS_DB_USER​

MySQL username. Example:

define( 'YOURLS_DB_USER', 'joe' );

YOURLS_DB_PASS​

MySQL password. Example:

define( 'YOURLS_DB_PASS', 'MySeCreTPaSsW0rd' );

YOURLS_DB_NAME​

The database name. Example:

define( 'YOURLS_DB_NAME', 'yourls' );

YOURLS_DB_HOST​

Database host. Example:

define( 'YOURLS_DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

YOURLS_DB_PREFIX​

The name prefix for all the tables YOURLS will need.Example:

define( 'YOURLS_DB_PREFIX', 'yourls_' );

Site options​

YOURLS_SITE​

Your (hopefully short) domain URL, no trailing slash, lowercase. If you pick the non-www version of your domain, don't use the www version in your browser (and vice-versa). Example:

define( 'YOURLS_SITE', 'https://your-own-domain-here.com' );

YOURLS_PRIVATE​

Private means the admin area will be protected with login/pass as defined below.

See related page.

Example:

define( 'YOURLS_PRIVATE', true );

YOURLS_UNIQUE_URLS​

Allow multiple short URLs for a same long URL. Set to true to allow only one pair of short URL / long URL (default YOURLS behavior), or to false to allow creation of multiple short URLs pointing to the same long URL (as bit.ly does)

Example:

define( 'YOURLS_UNIQUE_URLS', true );

YOURLS_COOKIEKEY​

A random secret hash used to encrypt cookies. You don't have to remember it, make it long and complicated. Hint: generate a unique one at yourls.org/cookie

Example:

define( 'YOURLS_COOKIEKEY', 'qQ4KhL_pu|s@Zm7n#%:b^{A[vhm' );

$yourls_user_passwords​

A list of username(s) and password(s) allowed to access the site if private. Passwords can either be in plain text, or encrypted. See related page.

Example:

$yourls_user_passwords = array(
    'joe' => 'MyPassword',
);

URL Shortening settings​

YOURLS_URL_CONVERT​

How short URLs will be generated. See related page. Example:

define('YOURLS_URL_CONVERT', 36);

$yourls_reserved_URL​

A list of reserved keywords that won't be used as short URLs. Define here negative, unwanted or potentially misleading keywords

Example:

'porn', 'faggot', 'sex', 'nigger', 'fuck', 'cunt', 'dick'

Optional settings​

YOURLS_PRIVATE_INFOS​

If YOURLS_PRIVATE is set to true, you can still make stat pages public. Example:

define('YOURLS_PRIVATE_INFOS', false);

YOURLS_PRIVATE_API​

If YOURLS_PRIVATE is set to true, you can still make your API public. Example:

define('YOURLS_PRIVATE_API', false);

YOURLS_NOSTATS​

If YOURLS_NOSTATS is set to true, redirects won't be logged and there will be not stat available. Example:

define('YOURLS_NOSTATS', true);

Protecting your config file​

A good practice, especially in a shared hosting environment, is to change file permissions to disallow write access to your files. The best thing to do is to edit your config.php with a new password, run YOURLS to get it encrypted, and then remove write permissions.

Depending on your host, you should change config.php permissions to 400, 440 or 600. This can be done via the command-line (chmod 0440 config.php) or using your FTP client. For more help on this matter, please contact your host support.