Add Amazon Affiliate Tags to WordPress Posts and Comments Automatically

March 19, 2016 | Posted in WordPress Plug-Ins | Tagged with: , , | No Comments ↓

Amazon Affiliate Tag is a handy little plug-in that will automatically – and retroactively – add the Amazon Tracking ID (which you need in order to cash in on the big Amazon affiliate bucks) to links to Amazon items in your site content.

Once you’ve installed the plug-in and added your Tracking ID on the simple settings page, you shouldn’t have to think about it again, and will be able to link freely to Amazon items without having to get pre-modified links from Amazon or adding the Tracking ID manually. In order to extend the functionality to your comments as well, you can add the following code to your theme functions.php file:

For beginners: We wrap the filter in the function_exists() conditional so that you don’t absent-mindedly disrupt functionality (potentially crash your site in some contexts) the day you for some reason decide to deactivate or remove the plug-in. The add_filter() statement calls the AddTag function from the Amazon Affiliate Tag plug-in whenever the filter comment_text is called – which happens every time a comment is posted to a comment thread.

Seems like a natural to me, and I’ve recommended it to plug-in developer “MaximeB” (Maxime Bridon). Check the changelog on future Amazon Affiliate Tag updates to see if the functionality has been added, with or without further options to disable.


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