= to add a new line
- | = to create a data cell
If you want to create a simple table with one row and two columns, your HTML code would be:
[cc lang="html"]
| Inhalt 1 | Inhalt 2 |
| -------- | -------- |
[/cc]
**Result:**
You need to create or insert your HTML code using the WordPress text editor so that the program recognises the code.
---
Later, regardless of which method you choose, you’ll need to add the shortcode for the data fields that you want to show in the table. Also, the shortcode must contain the item number and the values that you want the table to include.
The following example shows how to create a simple table with 3 products. Using the ASIN parameter, i.e. the item number, we can use data fields to export the product’s image, title, star rating, Prime logo and price, as well as the buy button.
**For example:**
**Preview:**
Creating a table like this is quicker and easier than you may think. Basically, you need to specify the export values for the first product within the table. Then, you can simply use the copy and paste function to enter the details into the other columns and merely change the item number (ASIN, ISBN, EAN).
---
#### The advantages and disadvantages of creating comparison tables using data fields
| **Advantages** | **Disadvantages** |
| -------------- | ----------------- |
| - Quick and easy to implement
- Normally, you can use shortcodes in your table | - Can be slightly laborious
- You have to change or amend the parameters within the table itself |
---
### Conclusion
As an alternative to the comparison table function that’s already part of our plugin, you can manually create tables with products at any time. You can use data fields to export the most important product data to use in your comparison.
Of course, you can also use data fields elsewhere, for example, within the body text or when creating your own external layout for Amazon products.
---
# Best Seller (lists) vs. New Releases (lists)
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/best-seller-lists-vs-new-releases-lists/
Would you like to show your visitors the latest and best-selling products of a product range in Amazon? If so, you should definitely try our list function for best sellers and new releases.
## Best Seller (lists) vs. New Releases (lists)
As you may already know, not only does our Amazon affiliates plugin offer the very popular text links, product boxes and comparison tables, but it also gives you the option to display product lists on your website.
Maybe you’ve already used one of the two list functions (best sellers/new releases) but don’t know what the differences are between the two or how to use them to your best advantage?
To familiarise you with the most important features of our "best sellers" and "new releases" list functions, in this article, we’ll show you the differences between them and when to use each list to your best advantage.
---
### The best sellers (lists)
As the name implies, best sellers are the products that sell the most among a particular product group. In Amazon shops, these products are grouped in a category called "best sellers".
Using our Amazon affiliate plugin, you can display the very same best sellers from a pre-selected product group on your website. To do so, you’ll need to use the "bestseller" shortcode attribute.
Displaying a best seller list is really easy. In addition to using the best seller shortcode attribute, you’ll need to add a search term you have selected. To find out which Amazon product groups can be displayed in best seller lists, take a look at the [best sellers on Amazon. ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/?tag=getaawp-20)
The shortcode for [best seller lists](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/bestseller-lists/) looks like this:
```
[amazon bestseller = "YOUR SEARCH TERM"]
```
This shortcode will give you a maximum of 10 products in a best seller list. However, if you want to choose the number of products to display, you also need to use the “items” shortcode attribute.
The shortcode to give you a specific number of products in your best seller lists looks like this:
```
[amazon bestseller="YOUR SEARCH TERM" items = "2"]
```
**For example:**
```
[amazon bestseller = "playstation" items = "2"]
```
### A summary of the advantages and disadvantages
| **Advantages** | **Disadvantages** |
| -------------- | ----------------- |
| - Product boxes are marked with "best seller"
- Products usually already have very good star ratings
- Products usually already have numerous reviews
- Products are trusted (which promotes sales) | - Amazon determines the products that are shown (you can’t specify which products will appear in the list) |
### When is it a good idea to use a best seller list?
Using a best seller list is always a good idea when you want your visitors to know about products that many Amazon customers already have faith in.
After all, if Amazon customers didn’t think these products were good, they wouldn’t buy them as often and the products wouldn’t appear among the best sellers. Therefore, best seller products are trustworthy and saleable.
---
## New releases (lists)
Amazon also summarises new releases or the latest products by grouping these in a category a little like the best sellers described above. By using the "new" shortcode attribute, you can display these products in your new releases list.
Unlike best sellers, you need to use what’s known as a ‘browse node ID’ to display new releases. This is a product group ID that gives us access to the latest products in a product group through the Amazon API. [In this article](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/browse-nodes/) we gave you details about how to find the right Browse Node ID for your product group.
Before you use the shortcode to publish a list of new releases on your website, you should first look at the [Amazon product groups](https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/?tag=getaawp-20) that can appear as new releases.
The shortcode for the [new releases lists](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/new-releases-lists/) looks like this:
```
[amazon new = "BROWSE_NODE_ID"]
```
Of course, you can also choose how many products to display in your new releases list. Just like for best sellers, you need to use the "items” attribute to do this. The list displays a maximum of 10 products by default.
```
[amazon new="BROWSE_NODE_ID" items="2"]
```
**For example:**
```
[amazon new="3109924011" items="2"]
```
### An overview or the advantages and disadvantages
| **Advantages** | **Disadvantages** |
| -------------- | ----------------- |
| - Product boxes have the word "NEW"
- Products can be advertised as a "highlight" or "new release"
- Products can be pre-ordered
- Visitors see new products immediately | - Amazon determines the products that are displayed (you can’t specify which products appear in the list) |
### When it a good idea to have a new release list?
If you want to show your website visitors the latest products, the new releases function is essential. Using a shortcode, you can display the latest products from your chosen product group at any time.
For premium products like the new iPhone, it’s particularly useful to display new releases lists since these products are so popular. Also, customers can pre-order products that are already on display in your Amazon shop but not yet in stock.
---
### Direct comparison: Best seller (lists) and new releases (lists)
| **Best sellers** | **New releases** |
| ---------------- | ---------------- |
| - The best-selling products of a product group
- Products are displayed using a search term + Browse Node ID
- Product boxes have the word "Best seller" (and are numbered) | - The latest products of a product group
- Products are displayed solely using the Browse Node ID
- Product boxes have the word "NEW" (and are not numbered) |
---
### Conclusion
Using the best sellers and new releases (lists) is another great way to publish products on your website.
The best sellers function is ideal for showing your visitors those products that are highly rated. If you want to show your visitors the latest products we recommend the new releases function.
You can, of course, use both functions at the same time on your website.
---
# Sorting product boxes and lists: The advantages at a glance
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/sorting-product-boxes-and-lists-the-advantages-at-a-glance/
Why not sort your product display using our Amazon affiliate plugin? You can use our shortcode attribute to sort products and choose specific criteria as well as order your Amazon product displays.
## Sorting products
Organisation is key – as most of our plugin users would agree! It’s particularly important if you don’t just want your Amazon products to be displayed as product boxes or lists ([bestsellers](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/bestseller-lists/) / [new releases](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/new-releases-lists/)) and are looking for specific product sequences.
---
### Sorting products: the advantages and disadvantages
Sorting products means you can display templates and Amazon products just the way you want them. To sort products, we offer the shortcode attributes “**orderby**” and “**order**”, allowing you to sort products by criteria like their title, price, price reduction and ratings.
Here’s a summary overview of the advantages and disadvantages of our sorting function:
**Advantages:**
- Your product display will be more structured. Information will be clearer to visitors and it will be easier for them to find a suitable product.
- You can pre-select assorted products for your visitors, meaning you can sort products in advance by product title, price or price reduction.
- You can significantly increase your conversion rate through a great pre-sorted product display.
**Disadvantages:**
- You have to customise the shortcodes
- You can only apply attributes to certain templates
- You can only have one active sort criteria at a time
---
### Just a few simple steps to apply your sort criteria
Simply use the appropriate shortcode attributes with the AAWP sorting feature such as the "orderby" and "order" attributes.
There are different values for each shortcode attribute:
| **“orderby”** | **“order”** |
| ----------------- | --------------- |
| - title (product titles)
- price (product sale price)
- percentage_saved (current price reduction in percent)
- amount_saved (amount of current price saving) | - asc (ascending sequence)
- desc (descending sequence) |
Using the shortcode attribute "orderby" you can tell the plugin what sort criteria to use (title, price etc.). With the shortcode attribute "order" you can also define the order to display your criteria.
### 3 examples of product sorting
Here are some examples so you can see how easy it is to sort products using our plugin. We’re going to use the list template as an example.
However, you can also apply this principle of product sorting to the bestseller/new releases lists or when using multiple product boxes.
#### Sorting products by title (name)
To sort products by product title, use the value "title" for the "orderby" shortcode attribute. Also, you need to specify the order for sorting the product titles or product names. You define this using the values "asc" and "desc" and the shortcode attribute "order".
**Example 1: From A to Z**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="title" order="asc"]
```
**Example 2: From Z to A**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="title" order="desc"]
```
#### Sorting products by price
If you want to sort products by price and display them in ascending or descending order, you will need the value "price" for the shortcode attribute "orderby" as well as the value "asc" or "desc" for the shortcode attribute "order".
**Example 1: Ascending order**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="price" order="asc"]
```
**Example 2: Descending order**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="price" order="desc"]
```
#### Sorting products by price reduction
To sort products by price reduction (as a percentage or an amount), you'll need to use the “percentage_saved” value for price reduction expressed as a percentage or “amount_saved” for price reduction expressed as an amount.
Both values must be used in the shortcode attribute "orderby", depending on the reduction you want to allocate to the products. As with any form of sorting, you need to specify a value for the shortcode attribute "order". This will either be “asc” or “desc”.
##### By percent
**Example 1: Ascending order**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="percentage_saved" order="asc"]
```
**Example 2: Descending order**
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW" template="list" orderby="percentage_saved" order="desc"]
```
### Conclusion
Sorting products can be a real blessing to you as well as to your visitors. When you sort your products according to the criteria you choose, you’re giving them more meaning and providing far more structure to product boxes or lists.
It's also easier for your visitors to find the right product. As a rule, customers always have a very specific idea of how much they want to spend or what kind of product they’re looking for.
With sorting, depending on the criteria you choose, you’re making it easier for your visitors to find their way around. Of course, this should also have a positive effect on your conversion rate and your sales.
---
# How-to filter products and why you should give it a try
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/how-to-filter-products-and-why-you-should-give-it-a-try/
Our Amazon Affiliate plugin allows you to filter products according to different criteria which is very helpful and allows you to optimize your click-trough-rate.
## Why Filtering Products makes Sense
In some special situations, it may be necessary to give your visitor, not just a standard product box or a list. Especially not if you want to give your visitors the opportunity to buy products according to different criteria such as the price.
Here you can find an overview of some very helpful filter criterias:
- Current offers
- Products cheaper than 100 (EUR/USD etc.)
- Products between 100 and 200
- Products with a price of exactly 100
- Available products only
Alternatively, the filter attributes can also be applied to the titles of individual products. This allows you to specify, that only products are displayed, which for example:
- include a specific word in the title
- or aren’t displayed, if the title contains a specific word
---
### Filter Products: The Pros and Cons
All of our available filter attributes bring some benefits to you and your visitors. This way you can specify the criteria, with which products have to be issued on different pages.
This gives your visitors the opportunity to view the integrated products according to your defined criteria (e.g. current offers, products cheaper than 100, etc.). Besides the fact, that this creates a better user experience, it also increases your click-through rate.
We’ve summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the filter attributes below:
**Advantages:**
- Filter by price category
- Filter by availability
- Filtering between different price segments
- Filter for reduced offers
- Filter by title
**Cons:**
- Adaptation in shortcode is necessary
---
### Case study: How to place offers
If you want to display products with reduced prices on your site, the following shortcode attributes are required:
- `filterby="price"`
- `filter="offer"`
The value "price" queries the Amazon product's current price. The additional value "offer" then filters the prices according to current offers or reduced prices.
---
### Applying the filter
In our example, for displaying reduced products only, the list template is ideal. The presentation itself is very compact and provides a perfect overview about the most important facts.
Imagine, that we’re using the box shortcode in combination with a handful of ASINs (of course, this can also be done with the bestseller and new releases shortcode).
#### Output without Filter
To see how the filter affects the list template, we first take a look at the output without using the shortcode filter attributes:
The used shortcode looks as follows:
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW,B00MAH2E5K,B01H4YST1Q" template="list"]
```
#### Output with Filter
Now we're adding the shortcode attributes "filterby" and "filter", with the corresponding values. The number of stored products won't change. This is how the updated list looks like:
The used shortcode looks as follows:
```
[amazon box="B00ZR4QMFQ,B00KX1LXTI,B01F5LEMZW,B00MAH2E5K,B01H4YST1Q" template="list" filterby="price" filter="offer"]
```
### Conclusion
The shortcode attributes for filteing product criteria such as prices and titles offer you many different and above all useful options as a user of our plugin.
Because with the filters you allow your visitors the view and selection of price categories, or specific product titles.
---
# Version 3.8 – Proxy for Product Images, Amazon Australia and new Geo-Targeting API
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/version-3-8-proxy-for-product-images-amazon-australia-and-new-geo-targeting-api/
Finally, version 3.8 of our Amazon Affiliate WordPress plugin is now available. The purpose of this update was implementing new features such as a proxy for product images, adding support for Amazon Australia as well as smaller improvements and fixes.
### Privacy proxy for product images
As you know, product images provided by Amazon's API are delivered directly from the Amazon servers. Regarding the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, this is a problem, because Amazon has access to the IP addresses of your site visitors.
To prevent this, we introduced a so-called *privacy proxy*, which delivers the product images through a small PHP file. By doing so, Amazon only receives the IP of your web server instead of your site visitors.
[](https://getaawp.com/wp-content/uploads/aawp-settings-image-proxy.png)
The new function must be activated via plugin settings ("Output" tab, "Product images" section). In case you are using a caching plugin on your site, its cache should be emptied too.
### Added support for Amazon Australia
Over the past few weeks, Amazon has extended their affiliate program to Australia. From now on you're able to select Amazon Australia as store in our plugin settings.
### New Geo-targeting API
Our built-in geo-targeting functionality allows you to redirect your website visitors – when clicking on Amazon affiliate links – to the nearest Amazon shop. To determine the country of origin, we made use of two different online services.
After updating to version 3.8, the plugin will now make use of [ipdata.co](https://ipdata.co/) instead. The chosen API stands out due to their high reliability and performance.
More information about the geo-targeting can be found [here](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/geo-targeting/).
---
In case you want to get knowledge about all new features, improvements and fixes, feel free to take a look into the [changelog](https://getaawp.com/changelog/).
If you have any questions, suggestions or feature requests please don't hesitate and [get in touch with us](https://getaawp.com/contact/).
---
# 5 Features an Amazon Affiliate Plugin should have
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/5-features-amazon-affiliate-plugin-should-have/
An Amazon Affiliate Plugin for WordPress should ensure that its users can generate affiliate links from Amazon PartnerNet with as little effort as possible, and just as easily integrate them into their website.
To make this possible, the Affiliate-Plugin should have some important features that affiliate links can be displayed in different versions and elements.
## 5 important features for an Amazon affiliate plugin
In the following, we show you the 5 most important functions from our point of view, which should be included in every Amazon Affiliate-Plugin.
### 1. Text Links
[Text Links](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/text-links/) are one of the simplest ways to install appropriate Affiliate-Links into the body text, using an Amazon Affiliate plugin. You can choose the link text respectively the word with which you want to link to an Amazon product.
This way you can easily integrate product-related links directly into your content.
---
### 2. Product Boxes
With a [Product Box](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/product-boxes/), you can present your Amazon products in a visually appealing way on your website. For this purpose, the product box usually contains the product image, a part of the product description, the advertised price and a button that is intended to encourage the purchase.
The product box can be integrated anywhere within a page or an article and offers your visitors additional value, combined with a clean visual appearance.
---
### 3. Bestseller (Lists)
The so-called *Bestsellers* are a list of products based on a search term or product group that sells best on Amazon. With [Bestseller Lists](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/bestseller-lists/), you're not just presenting the visitors of your site a vivid view of popular Products, but also provide a real buying incentive.
---
### 4. Comparison Tables
[ Comparison Tables](https://getaawp.com/features/comparison-tables/) are the best way to compare multiple products in one glance. This allows you to compare the most important features (eg features, special features, customer reviews, prices etc.) of different products and provide your readers the opportunity to get a simple comparison.
In order to additionally assist your readers' purchase decision, it is recommended to provide individual products/columns with markings such as 'recommendation' or 'price tip'.
---
### 5. Widgets
Widgets are a great opportunity to place product boxes or lists into the sidebar of your WordPress theme. This way you promote Amazon products on an additional space on your website.
---
## Other useful features Amazon affiliate plugins have
In addition to the previously features, most Amazon-Plugins have other useful features that you can use on your website to promote Amazon products. For example:
- **New Releases (Lists)**
- **Displaying discounted prices**
- **Shortend urls**
- **Price comparisons**
---
### Conclusion
An Amazon Affiliate plugin should include at least the 5 features above, so you can place affiliate links on your sites as easy as possible. An automatic update of the product data within the product boxes, lists, widgets or tables is just as important for the user as it is for the site operator.
If you would like to advertise Amazon products on your site, we recommend our [Guide to get started with the main features of the AAWP plugin](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/guide/). Here we show you what our plugin can do and how you can start with it in no time.
Of course, we are also interested in what features you would like to see in the AAWP plugin in the future? **We would appreciate your feedback in form of a comment below**.
---
# Version 3.5 – Comparison Tables and Template Variables
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/version-3-5-comparison-tables-template-variables/
After several weeks of developing, we are pleased to announce the release of AAWP v3.5.
With this new version we have introduced our new comparison tables, one of the most wished features. Up to now you had to use the field shortcodes and create such tables on your own.
With our new *table builder* this is no longer necessary and you can build comparison tables right from your admin area. No HTML/CSS skills needed!
### Comparison Tables
[](https://getaawp.com/wp-content/uploads/aawp-demo-comparison-tables.png)
With our new comparison tables, you can compare any Amazon products of your choice and demonstrate advantages and disadvantages. This way you assist your site visitors with their purchase decision.
More information about can be found on the [functions page](https://getaawp.com/features/comparison-tables/) we setup, as well as in our [documentation](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/comparison-tables/).
[Read more about comparison tables](https://getaawp.com/features/comparison-tables/)
Since this is the first version of the comparison tables, we would be happy, if you [get in touch with us](https://getaawp.com/contact/) in case you have suggestions, feature requests or found some bugs. We already have many more ideas for the comparison tables, but your feedback is always very welcome! :)
### Template Variables
Also new and especially interesting in case you're creating custom templates, is the possibility to pass your own variables via shortcode. Afterwards these variable can be accessed directly inside your templates.
```
[amazon box="ASIN" tpl_var1="test" tpl_var2="text1,text2,text3" /]
```
More information can be found in the corresponding [documentation](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/template-variables/).
---
In case you want to get knowledge about all new features, improvements and fixes, feel free to take a look into the [changelog](https://getaawp.com/changelog/).
If you have any questions, suggestions or feature requests please don't hesitate and get in [contact](https://getaawp.com/contact/) with us.
---
# Version 3.2.0 – New widgets and templates
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/version-3-2-0-new-widgets-templates/
From now all customers have access to the new version 3.2.0 of Amazon Affiliate for WordPress. The latest update includes a rebuild of the caching and product handling system. Additionally I'm very happy to announce the arrival of complete new widgets and templates. Among these you can find the new grid functionality in order to display multiple products side by side.
### New widgets
The old widget was developed as a temporary solution and will be replaced by three complete new widgets for single products, bestseller and new releases lists.
Additionally you will find a new small widget template as well:
**Note**: The old widget is still available but marked as deprecated. Please don't use it anymore.
### New templates and documentation
Besides new widget templates there are a few templates for the main content area as well: Display products as a list or using grids in order to show products side by side.
#### Lists
#### Grids
In the documentation you will find a [new article listing all available templates](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/templates/). An overview of all shortcodes regarding templates and styles will be published very soon.
Worth mentioning is the fact that **templating was optimized**, as well as a [new article about editing and creating templates](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/templating/) which was published too.
In case you want to get knowledge about all new features, improvements and fixes, feel free to take a look into the [changelog](https://getaawp.com/changelog/).
If you have any questions, suggestions or feature wishes please don't hesitate and get in [contact](https://getaawp.com/contact/) with me.
---
# Note: Missing Star-/Ratings *Updated*
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/note-missing-star-ratings/
Over the past few days we received multiple mails about missing star-/ratings when using product boxes or field shortcodes. The cause of this issues is the fact that Amazon implemented a captcha in order to prevent scraping the reviews from their pages.
### Protective mechanism prevents scraping
Until now Amazon *beared* scraping their pages, which ends now. We are aware of multiple requests from other affiliates towards Amazon as to revert this decision and in best case delivering the ratings via their Amazon Product Advertising API. It's very vague if Amazon would follow this requests. In case you think about bypassing this protective mehanism, you should better think twice...
### Disabling the ratings
Unless there are any other information, we have to resign using the star-/ratings. Therefore you can disable the ratings via the plugin settings (tab "output"). Afterwards it's recommendable to clear the plugin cache.
---
### Update 28th December 2017
The circumstances mentioned above still exist and it doesn't seem like something will change in nearest future. There are websites out there with and even without having problems fetching ratings.
**Our advice**: If you want to get those ratings, give the plugin some time and be happy if they occur, but don't be disappointed in case they don't show up :-)
---
# Version 3.1.2 – Changelog, Click-Tracking and updating of custom templates
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/version-3-1-2-changelog-click-tracking-updating-custom-templates/
Today we’re excited to announce the release of version 3.1.2 of the Amazon Affiliate WordPress plugin. This update includes a bunch of new features like **click tracking for affiliate links**, plus several improvements and fixes.
## Click tracking
Over the last few weeks a lot of you asked for the opportunity to track click on affiliate links which are generated by the plugin. We added this feature which can be activated via the plugin settings from now on. In order to use this you only have to place a **Google Analytics or Piwik** tracking code on your site. **AAWP will automatically detect both tools** and makes use of their event tracking functionality.
### Updating custom templates
In case you want to use click tracking with your custom templates, you have to update them.
Therefore simply apply the_product_container function to the container of a single product. According to the box template example above, you can see how it's done correctly. Of course you can take a look into the original templates provided by AAWP and compare them with yours. If you have any troubles updating your templates, feel free to [contact us](https://getaawp.com/contact/).
## Changelog
Finally here’s the complete changelog including the new features, enhancements and some bug fixes:
> - New: Added affiliate link click tracking which can be enabled via settings. Currently supporting Google Analytics & Piwik
> - New: Added Amazon logo for link shortcode which can be selected via settings and/or shortcode
> - New: Added "star_rating" shortcode attribute accepting the value "none" for hiding the star rating
> - New: Added "reviews" shortcode attribute accepting the value "none" for hiding the star rating
> - New: Added field values "asin", "ean" and "isbn"
> - Improvement: Optimized cache handling when using third party caching plugins and object cache
> - Improvement: Enhanced filter functionality, added opportunities by filtering prices and checking multiple strings for titles
> - Fix: Error message: Could not resolve host: webservices.amazon.de
> - Fix: PHP implode warning: class.aawp-api.php
> - Fix: eBooks with costs accidentally showed 0.00 EUR as price
> - Fix: Remove double quotes from html titel/alt tags which broke up the markup
> - Fix: Affiliate links table on settings page broke layout on small window sizes using Chrome browser
---
# Version 3.0.0 – Release and Changelog
Source: https://getaawp.com/blog/version-3-0-0-release-changelog/
We're glad to announce version 3 of the Amazon Affiliate WordPress plugin. One of the principal points of the update was the switch over to a new Amazon API library. This step was necessary in order to fix some connection issues and prepare the plugin for some upcoming features.
> - As one of the main impacts of the update, AAWP requires **PHP v5.3 or newer** from now on.
> - The second one is the fact that we renamed the plugin folder and mail file. Therefore you need to **reactivate the plugin and reconnect the Amazon API after finishing the update**
In case your webhosting is out-of-date, please upgrade the installed PHP version manually or contact your hosting provider. The old version will be available on your account page temporarily.
Finally here's the complete changelog including a lot of new features, enhancements and some fixes.
## Changelog
> ### New
>
>
> - Added "connect", "disconnect" and "reconnect" buttons to the API settings page
> - Added support for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) when using official WordPress AMP plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp/)
> - Added short affiliate urls
> - Added settings option which allows you to force long affiliate urls
> - Added "image_link" attribute for overwriting or removing (use "none") product thumbnail links via shortcode
> - Added settings option which allows you apply the title adding on thumbnail link titles as well
> - Added settings option which allows you display an Amazon Prime logo besides the pricing whenever Prime is available for the related product (not available for all countries)
> - Earn extra commissions with the newly added Amazon Prime logo whenever a user clicks the logo and signs up for the free trial (not available for all countries)
> - Added "tracking_id" attribute for overwriting the used Amazon affiliate tracking id via shortcode (doesn't work for long affiliate urls)
> - Added Spanish translations (thanks Hendrik!)
> - Added PHP 7 support
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> ### Improvements
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> - Better product description building for items of the following categories: Shoes, AudioCDs, Movies and Prime Videos
> - Products which are out of stock now show a note instead of an empty pricing
> - Products which are only available for "used" condition now show a note instead of an empty pricing
> - Enhanced plugin settings "Support" tab in order to give better (and visual) feedback about your current system and possibly missing PHP extensions
> - Enhanced plugin settings "Amazon API" in order to give visual feedback whenever the API is not connected
> - Updated plugin settings "tracking id" translations and added description in order to avoid unclarity
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> ### Fixes
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> - Occasionally occurred missing product images
> - Connection issues result in "Amazon Product Advertising API is currently not available" notice
> - Removed some error notices coming from the API library
> - Removed API routine checks to prevent connection issues
> - Accidentally the product title adding was shown on image alt tags
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> ### General
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> - Replaced Amazon API library
> - Removed support for PHP versions older than 5.3
> - Renamed plugin folder and main file
> - PHP templates files were updated and might require your custom templates to be adjusted!
Hope you enjoy the new update and in case of some questions or issues feel free to [contact us](https://getaawp.com/contact/).
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