This guide is for the link creator: how to use each P.LY service and what you gain after a free account.
Everything you need to manage your links and pages: clear tools to shorten, track, and share — free after a quick email sign-up.
How to use it: From the homepage or dashboard, paste the long URL and click Shorten. You can choose a 4+ character ending.
What you get: A short link is easier to copy into chat, social posts, and print than a long address.
مثال: تختصر رابط متجرك في إنستغرام إلى p.ly/shop ثم تلصقه في واتساب.
How to use it: On a link card or the profile page, click Download QR.
What you get: Put the code on a sticker or card so people open your link by scanning.
مثال: تطبع QR على بطاقة فيفتح العميل صفحة عرضك بمسح الرمز.
How to use it: On My profiles create a profile (intro or CV) or open one to edit it. Delete from the list or add more (up to 100). Details are in the Profiles section below.
What you get: An intro page with contact links, or a CV to print and share, with a public URL.
Example: edit the Yousef Al-Obaidi sample, then share the URL or print the card or resume.
How to use it: After you share, open the dashboard and read the numbers for each link.
What you get: See how often your link was used and from which countries.
مثال: شاركت رابطاً في تويتر وآخر في واتساب فترى أيهما جلب زيارات أكثر.
How to use it: On the dashboard, on the link card, click Pause. Click Resume when you want it live again.
What you get: Traffic stops at once without losing the link or its stats. Useful when a campaign ends or you spot a mistake.
مثال: انتهت حملة عرض فاضغط إيقاف حتى لا يفتح أحد الرابط القديم.
How to use it: After you create the link, on its card click Turn on preview. Click Turn off preview to disable it.
What you get: Visitors see the destination and a screenshot of the page before continuing — useful when you share with a cautious audience.
مثال: ترسل رابط تحميل لمجموعة؛ تظهر لهم صفحة المعاينة قبل فتح الملف.
How to use it: Add a password, expiry date, or click limit in the create form.
What you get: You control who can open the link and when it stops working.
مثال: رابط تسجيل لورشة بعد 50 مقعداً يتوقف تلقائياً عند حد النقرات.
How to use it: When you create a link, give it a custom name such as Instagram or WhatsApp. If you share in two places, shorten the same page twice with a different name each time.
What you get: Your dashboard shows clicks for each name, so you know where you shared the link and which place brought more visits.
Example: one link named Instagram that you post there, and another named WhatsApp for the same store. After a week, compare clicks on the dashboard.
How to use it: When you create a link, fill the fallback URL with a backup destination.
What you get: If the link expires or you pause it, visitors reach your backup page instead of a dead end.
مثال: الرابط ينتهي بعد أسبوع فيذهب الزائر بعدها إلى صفحتك الرئيسية.
How to use it: Optional. In Open apps, type a YouTube URL, Instagram account, or WhatsApp number, then click Copy to URL field. That only fills the URL field above; save with Add new as usual.
What you get: On mobile we try to open the native app instead of the browser only.
مثال: تختصر فيديو يوتيوب فيفتح على الجوال في تطبيق يوتيوب إن وُجد.
How to use it: Type your custom ending (4+ characters: letters, numbers, _ or -).
What you get: A memorable link such as p.ly/shop that you and your audience can recall.
مثال: تختار p.ly/menu لقائمة مطعمك بدل أحرف عشوائية.
How to use it: In Link grouping, create a named group. When you add a link, pick that group if you want. Download the list from the same card.
What you get: You keep links grouped, and you can move the numbers into Excel without copying by hand.
Example: a Ramadan folder for offer links and a WhatsApp folder for chat links. After a week you download the file and share the clicks.
From your account open My profiles. The list is not on the links dashboard: a dedicated page, 10 profiles per page.
A new profile opens an empty choose page with two buttons.
The current link-in-bio tables: photo, name, links, and contact, plus intro-card print.
International CV tables: header, summary, experience, education, skills, languages, and certifications. A public page and A4 resume print — not the intro card print.
The type is saved with the profile. The edit page has Change profile type.
On both types, click Share to copy the public URL (/u/username). Publish the page first so the link opens for people you share it with.
One Print button. For an intro profile choose the size: A4 (one, two, or four cards), A5, or a business card, then the number of copies.
For a CV profile, print an A4 resume — not an intro card.
A new account — and existing accounts once, and users created by an admin — gets the Yousef Al-Obaidi sample: an intro profile and a CV, with an Example badge. You can delete them; they are not created again after you delete them.
You can add a digital photo on the CV so it appears on the page. You can also show an empty print frame labeled Photo space to attach a photo after printing. The frame does not appear on the web page.
You can create up to 100 profiles.