Add & Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon Plugin
Add & Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon plugin helps you to add or update Amazon Associate tag parameters in links.
Add & Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon plugin helps you to add or update Amazon Associate tag parameters in links.
The plugin automatically changes out shortened amazon links (e.g., amzn.to) that hide the Amazon Associate tag to a long-form link:
- Short form:https://amzn.to
- Long form:https://www.amazon.com/dp/PRODUCTASIN?tag=TEST123-20
Why is this important?
Many website creators use shortened Amazon links. However, if you want to change your affiliate ID tag, you will need to manually find and replace these shortened links with articles.
This plugin will automatically find all shortened links on your website, and replace them with long links that embed your affiliate ID tag.
You save hours of time finding and replacing links, and can immediately start earning revenue to your Amazon Associates account.
Features of the Plugin
- Automatically finds shortened links in all articles.
- Expands the links to their original long-form.
- Replaces the Amazon Associates affiliate ID tag to the one you provided.
- Automatically replaces all links to their long-form with your own tag.
- Ability to add “rel=nofollow” to links.
Installation
- Upload the Add & Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon plugin to your wordpress website.
- Activate it.
- Then you’ll find the new menu items in sidebar.
- There you can enter desired tag and add/update all the links across website.
FAQ
- Shortened links have an old or previous owner’s Amazon tracking ID embedded. You will not get credit for any sales generated.
- Cannot use a Amazon specific plugins to manage the affiliate links.
- Difficult to sell the website in the future since new buyer will have to change over affiliate ID tags.
Yes! Take a backup before each update.
We are not liable if any issues are caused to your site. Backup is always recommended.
If you would like to double check, you can use the Amazon Link Checker tool within your Amazon Associates account. Enter a final Amazon affiliate link outputted by the plugin from one of your articles into the tool to check whether the structure is correct.
Changelog
1.0.0
- Release Date – 19 December 2019*
- Plugin create
- Add Support for short and full amazon links
1.0.1
- Release Date – 29 December 2019*
- Check permission per post/page during update/backup processes
- Add ajax support
1.0.2
- Release Date – 29 December 2019*
- Add preloader icon
- Fixed readme file
- Make unique callback actions with prefixes
1.0.2
- Release Date – 08 March 2020*
- Add ability to make only expand shortended links
- Add ability to add no-follow attribute for amazon links
- Add ability to remove tags from affiliate tags
1.0.4
- Release Date – 29 November 2021*
- Update readme file
1.0.5
- Release Date – 27 December 2021*
- Update readme file
- Update Settings page
- Update Menu Links Title
1.0.6
- Release Date – 10 February 2022*
- Update readme file
- Add Sidebar Container on Settings page