By using the shortcode attribute “link“, you can easily place automated Amazon product text links.

What do I need?

• ASIN or ISBN (books), see How-To: Find out article numbers

How-to place text links

Standard text link

Shortcode

Output
e.g. WD 1TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBUZG0010BBK-WESN*

Note: Please close the shortcode by placing “/” at the end. Otherwise it might lead into some issues.

Custom link name

Shortcode

Output
e.g. Western Digital 1TB*

Custom link title

Here you can set the HTML link title attribute:

Shortcode

Output
e.g. Western Digital 1TB* (hover me)

Tip: Of course you can combine multiple shortcode adjustments such as “title” and “link_title”.

Selecting a link icon

By default you define the icon appearing besides a link on the plugin settings page.

Additionally you can choose an icon on a shortcode basis as follows:

Shortcode

Output
e.g. Western Digital 1TB*  

Available values are: none, amazon, amazon-logo, cart.

The shortcodes above can be extended by adding further "attributes". We prepared an overview of all shortcodes and adjustments for the Amazon Affiliate WordPress plugin.