When using core plugin Allow Hyphens in Short URLs hyphens are included in the random keywords.

An option to generate random keywords without hyphens whilst preserving the ability to use them in manually-entered keywords would be useful (like Bitly).

PS: Not sure if this is best filed here or in YOURLS/YOURLS as an issue for the hyphens plugin. Please delete/move as necessary

If i set "Length of random keyword" as 1 then after all the combinations are exhausted, the link generation takes forever. Is there a way to increase length of keywords as the combinations get exhausted automatically but keeping a minimum number or characters, say 3.

I am guessing this is by design? I set it at 1 and it stopped generating keywords after it exhausted all available options (i assume)? I thought it would automatically switch to 2 alphabets once it runs out of single character urls. Just wanted to check. I do understand that this option is designed for a higher setting... I have now set it to 2 and would wait for it to exhaust all remaining keywords before I move to 3 manually.

Hello,

you wrote: plugin now complies to character set defined in config.php.
Could you please let me know which variable has to be defined?
Can you give an example please?
thank you, n brgds
Dom

I was looking at the code and failed to see how collisions are handled. What heppens, if the generated keyword already exists. I admit, the chances are pretty low, but still, there doesn't seem to be a test that would handle such a case.