Improvement: Shorten any link

I did a small modification to the plugin i order to be able to shorten any link. Specifically, I need to shorten my permalink with appended UTM tracking parameters. So I split the wpbitly_generate_shortlink() function like this and can now call wpbitly_shorten_url() with my desired URL anywhere from my theme. I think it should be included in a future release!

/**
 * Generates the shortlink for the post specified by $post_id.
 *
 * @since   0.1
 *
 * @param   int $post_id The post ID we need a shortlink for.
 *
 * @return  bool|string          Returns the shortlink on success.
 */

function wpbitly_generate_shortlink($post_id) {

    $wpbitly = wpbitly();

    // Avoid creating shortlinks during an autosave
    if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE)
        return;

    // or for revisions
    if (wp_is_post_revision($post_id))
        return;

    // Verify this is a post we want to generate short links for
    if (!in_array(get_post_type($post_id), $wpbitly->get_option('post_types')) ||
        !in_array(get_post_status($post_id), array('publish', 'future', 'private')))
        return;

    // We made it this far? Let's get a shortlink
    $permalink = get_permalink($post_id);
    $shortlink = get_post_meta($post_id, '_wpbitly', true);
    $token = $wpbitly->get_option('oauth_token');

    if (!empty($shortlink)) {
        $url = sprintf(wpbitly_api('expand'), $token, $shortlink);
        $response = wpbitly_get($url);

        wpbitly_debug_log($response, '/expand/');

        if ($permalink == $response['data']['expand'][0]['long_url'])
            return $shortlink;
    }

    $shortlink = wpbitly_shorten_url($permalink);

    if(!empty($shortlink)) {
        update_post_meta($post_id, '_wpbitly', $shortlink);
    }

    return $shortlink;
}

/**
 * Generates the shortlink for the url specified by $link
 *
 * @since   0.1
 *
 * @param   string $link The long link we need a shortlink for.
 *
 * @return  bool|string          Returns the shortlink on success or false.
 */
function wpbitly_shorten_url($link) {
    $wpbitly = wpbitly();

    // Token hasn't been verified, bail
    if (!$wpbitly->get_option('authorized'))
        return false;

    $shortlink = false;
    $token = $wpbitly->get_option('oauth_token');
    $url = sprintf(wpbitly_api('shorten'), $token, urlencode($link));
    $response = wpbitly_get($url);

    wpbitly_debug_log($response, '/shorten/');

    if (is_array($response)) {
        $shortlink = $response['data']['url'];
    }

    return $shortlink;
}

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