Amazon Machine Tags Plugin for WordPress

Posted by Sech in Tips on Apr 10th, 2008 | no responses

Here is another plugin for WordPress I find useful:

Whenever I post on any of the blogs I have, I like to link to a book, movie, or product available at Amazon.com and relevant to what I am writing about. This is not a straightforward process. I have to open up a new browser window, login to my associates account, search for the product, create the link, copy and paste it into the post. I know of some solutions that are available to make this process easier but the plugin I started using on this blog is the easiest. All you do is to search for the product at Amazon.com get the asin and create a simple tag within brackets [ ] like this:

amtap amazon:asin=0470149469

You will need to have Amazon Web Services Access ID to make this work. If you are an Amazon Associate, your Associate ID is included automatically. The tag will be displayed as below with item information and a thumbnail image including prices: