Description
Affiliate Links is a WordPress plugin for creating and shortening any internal or external links.
This plugin will be useful for masking partner links to affiliate websites.
You can also use it for shortening long URLs to simple pretty links such as ‘mysite.com/go/link’.
Key features
- Hit count stats
- 301/302/307 HTTP redirect codes setup
- Nofollow and noindex for redirects
- Link categories setup
- HTML and shortcode generator for link embedding
- Category slug in the link URL if needed
Plugin website
AffiliateLinksWP.com is an official homepage for this plugin.
Screenshots
Plugin Settings Page. 
List of Affiliate Links. 
Link Edit Screen. 
Shortcode and HTML generator for link embedding. 
Installation
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’.
- Search for ‘Affiliate Links’.
- Activate Affiliate Links from your Plugins page.
From WordPress.org
- Download Affiliate Links plugin.
- Upload the ‘affiliate-links’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
- Activate Affiliate Links from your Plugins page.
Once Activated
- Visit ‘Affiliate Links > Settings’ and adjust the preferences.
- Visit ‘Affiliate Links > Add New’ and create your first link.
- Check your link works fine and enjoy plugin usage.
FAQ
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Can I use plugin without pretty permalinks enabled?
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Yes, but your affiliate links would look have GET parameter like other post types.
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Can I change the ‘go’ word in my links URL?
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Yes, just visit plugin setting page and enter your own word.
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What is Shortcode/HTML generator?
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It’s a simple WYSIWYG tool for embeping your link into the site content. Just select options you need and copy&paste to the post content.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Affiliate Links Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Affiliate Links Lite” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Affiliate Links Lite” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
3.0
Added advanced functionality: reports for links, the ability to export and import links, the ability to replace links in the database, display the link in the iframe, setting the custom target url according to conditions such as checking the browser, OS, platform or language of user. Added widgets to show the most popular and recent links.
2.9
Improved internationalization. Sanitized and escaped data. Improved file protection. Made SQL calls safety.
2.8
Tested up to WP version 6.6.1
2.7
Fixed Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
2.6
Fix scripts tinymce. Compatible with WP 6.4.2
2.5
Minor bugfix and updates. Compatible with WP 6.2
2.2
Minor bugfix and updates
2.1
Minor bugfix
2.0
Improved shortcode generator, added ability to insert links in post content via dialog popup, fixed some issues
1.9
Bugfix and refactoring
1.8
Fixed some issues, added internationalization support, tested with WordPress 4.5 and up
1.7
Added ability to use category slug in link URL, added enable/disable/delete hooks, fixed some issues
1.6
Fixed some issues, added ‘af_link_before_redirect’ action for third-party customization, added faq and docs sections to the settings screen
1.5
Fixed some issues, added some hooks for third-party customization
1.4
Added ability to reset count for hit stats, small ui improvements
1.3
Added ability to setup 301/302/307 redirect HTTP codes for each link individually
1.2
Added ‘af_link’ shortcode and wysiwyg for link embedding
1.1
Added link categories, updated labels
1.0
Initial release