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12
Jul

How to Configure an Affiliate Link

Below is a sample post which doesn’t have any affiliate link configured-

Before Configuring Affiliate link

Configuring an Affiliate Link

Configuring an Affiliate Link

Go to “Manage Links” under WP Link Manager. Now Click “Add New” to configure an affiliate link.

Add Link

  • Link Title: Enter a title for the affiliate link you want to configure.
  • Destination URL: Enter the affiliate URL where you want your visitor to go.
  • Alias Link: Enter a keyword that you want to show as a part of the cloaked URL.
  • Enter the keyword you want to convert into an affiliate link. You can enter multiple keywords seperated by comma for the same affiliate link.

Settings

You can also choose the following options to override the global settings.

  • Track Clicks: Checking this option will allow you to track the number of clicks on this affiliate link.
  • Active: Check this option to keep the conversion for this affiliate link active.
  • Open in New Window: Checking this option will open the affiliate link in a new window once clicked.
  • Use Nofollow Link: Checking this option will allow you to create a Nofollow affiliate link.

Here is a screenshot of how to configure a sample affiliate link-

Configured Affiliate Link

Now that we have configured an affiliate link, we can see in the following screenshot how it looks on a page or post after converting the keywords into affiliate links-

After Configuring Affiliate Link

12
Jul

How to Configure the Settings Menu

The Settings Menu

WP Affiliate Link Manager - General Settings

  • Enable keyword to affiliate link conversion feature: Checking this option will you to enable the keyword to affiliate link conversion feature.
  • Open Link in New Window: Checking this option allows you to open the affiliate link in a new window when clicked.
  • Use nofollow on links: Checking this option will allow you to automatically add rel=”nofollow” tag to the converted affiliate links.
  • Count Clicks: Checking this option allows you to track the number of clicks. The number of times each affiliate link is clicked can be viewed from the “Manage Links” menu.
  • Enable affiliate links in posts: Checking this option will enable the keyword to affiliate link converstion in posts. Uncheck this option to turn it off for your WordPress posts.
  • Enable affiliate links in pages: Checking this option will enable the keyword to affiliate link converstion in pages. Uncheck this option to turn it off for your WordPress pages.
  • Link Prefix: This will be the prefix of all cloaked links. Default is: link.
  • Maximum links per page/post: You can enter the maximum number of links you want to show in every page for same keywords.  Enter -1 for no restriction.
  • Number of items per page: You can enter the number of items you want to display per page in the “Manage Links” menu. This is used for pagination purpose.

WP Affiliate Link Manager - Link Format Settings

  • Font Color: You can either specify a color code or choose a color from the color selection menu.
  • Font Family: You can select a font family for the affiliate keyword (e.g. Arial, Arial Black etc.).
  • Font Size: You can select a font size and the unit of the size (e.g. px, cm, mm etc.).
  • Style: You can choose different style for the affiliate keyword (e.g. Bold, Italic, Underline).
  • Custom CSS: You can also add custom css to change the look of the affiliate keyword.