3.2.10 - 06 March 2019
- Bug Fix - The default 'no image' URL use https if site is using https
- Bug Fix - Remove any hard coded 'http' URLs (inc Templates)
- Bug Fix - Make links use 'AWS' parameters
3.2.9 - 30 May 2018
- Feature - Add support for Australia.
- Bug Fix - Fix localisation & localisation spoofing on Cloudflare.
- Bug Fix - Fix changing associate tags on Setup screen.
- Bug Fix - Fix Media Upload of Images
- Bug Fix - Fix 'Images' extra plugin failing to resize images
3.2.8 - 12 December 2017
- Feature - Add ability to disable some locales.
- Bug Fix - Fix failing ip2nation installation.
- Bug Fix - Fix some warnings.
3.2.7 - 24 June 2017
- Feature - Add global option to disable template previews.
- Feature - Add global option to set the default template.
- Feature - Add Amazon Search Widget template.
- Bug Fix - Fix 'Convert' plugin to help with removal of shortcodes.
3.2.6 - 15th July 2016
- Bug Fix - Fix Multinational ASIN handling in the shortcode, blanks & '-' parsed correctly.
- Bug Fix - Fix key validation for non-UK registered affiliates
- Feature - Add support for Mexico
3.2.5 - 25th June 2015
- Bug Fix - Validate AWS Keys in all locales.
- Bug Fix - Tidy up ip2nation installer, in support of MaxMind alternate
- Update - Update the Default Templates to use the new Amazon Widget URLS
- Feature - 'Count' keyword for multi ASIN links
- Feature - 'alt' option to return 'AlternateVersions' of an Item
- Feature - Allow User names as well as IDs in the 'Author' Channel Filter
- Feature - Add support for links to an book's author's Biography %BURL% and %BLINK_OPEN%
- Feature - Update Amazon Link Images Extra to use image modifiers (e.g. SL800 More) not just size (e.g. 800)
- Feature - Add filters to change the country map, locales available to allow removal of support for specific locales.
- Policy - Plugin Extras linked to Developer Support Option
3.2.4 - 24th June 2014
- Bug Fix - Save Affiliate IDs on Setup Screen.
3.2.3 - 11th May 2014
- New Feature - Add 'home_links' option to show default locale links if product not available locally, and hide price if not relevant for that locale.
- Bug Fix - Correct US iframe image - %RCM% keyword.
3.2.2 - 9th April 2014
- New Feature - New Setup page to help new users configure the plugin
- New Feature - Add support for Brazil locale
- New Feature - Add settings to allow the 'Add Amazon Link' form to have pre-configured defaults
- Bug Fix - Correction to iframe localised subdomains
- Bug Fix - Tweek the way Amazon data is escaped to show HTML in the Editorial Comments
- Bug Fix - Remove depreciated screen_icons
- Bug Fix - Ensure 'Link Text' is put into the shortcode when link inserted into a post
- Bug Fix - Prevent PHP timeouts when install the ip2nation database
- Bug Fix - Ensure multinational links are 'nofollow'
- Bug Fix - Escape the '&' in the link URLs
3.2 - 12th March 2014
- New Feature - Experimental 'live search', use a shortcode using s_title, s_index, s_author to create a wishlist of search results.
- Bug Fix - Improve separation of backend and frontend functionality
- Bug Fix - Fix bug with Template Export encoding function
- Bug Fix - Ensure 'Extra' plugins are Deactivated before Uninstalling
- Bug Fix - Improve performance of User Channel lookups
- Bug Fix - Rework parsing of shortcode arguments and settings
- Other - Updates to match WordPress coding standard
- Other - Update Amazon Java based Templates to match new subdomains
- Compliance - Improve visibility of use of plugins own affiliate IDs
3.1.2 - 16th December 2013
- New Feature - Add keyword for URL, RURL & SURL as per LINK_OPEN but just the URL.
- New Feature - Experimental 'Shortcode Cache' to attempt to reduce load on high traffic sites
- Bug Fix - Make Media Library Image Search Optional to reduce server overhead
- Bug Fix - Ensure Image Upload works when 'images' extra installed.
- Bug Fix - Update 'wishlist' styles to allow variable height items.
- Bug Fix - Fix Wishlist selection of post categories
- Bug Fix - Update ip2nation to use WP functions to get & extract the database
- Bug Fix - Fix clash with other plugins and Amazon Link Settings Menus
- Bug Fix - Fix clash with 'Category Sticky Posts'
- Other - Rework Channel selection to use live product data
3.1.0
This release of the plugin is a major rework of the internals to make it simpler to customise the behaviour of the plugin. Please take the usual precautions when upgrading (backup Database, etc.). Please read the
Upgrade Guide.
- New Feature - Re-organised Settings pages and update Contextual Help
- New Plugin (BETA) - Add 'Redirect links' an 'Extras' plugin to create links in the form
www.domain.com/al/0123456789
that auto redirect to the appropriate Amazon site.
- New Plugin (BETA) - Add a database of predefined shortcodes accessed using a unique References ID
- New Plugin (BETA) - Add a facility to search for and replace shortcodes in post content
- New Plugin (BETA) - Add a facility to change the size of the images retrieved from Amazon
- New Feature - Ability to Export existing templates to a plugin file
- New Feature - Add new keywords PUB_KEY, BUY_BUTTON
- New Feature - Add new Amazon Link type 'URL' so can manually specify the link destination
- New Feature - Add simple Rules to Channels
- New Feature - Option to disable User specific Affiliate IDs
- New Template - 'Add To Cart' Template added
- Bug Fix - Change the way templates are processed, to improve page performance
- Bug Fix - Update settings page to correctly handle 1 or 2 column mode
- Bug Fix - Update multinational 'popup' to reposition itself if not in correct screen location.
- Bug Fix - Remove various warnings when DEBUG enabled, and some CSS errors
- Bug Fix - Conditionally add contextual help based on WordPress version
- Other - Rework plugin to allow more customisation of the data retrieved and how it is displayed.
3.0.3
- New Feature - Amazon Link Helper Box added to all custom Post types
- New Feature - Add 'Extra' plugin manager to allow installation of user provided features, e.g. The addition of an '%Editorial%' keyword to display Amazon 'Editorial Review' content
- New Feature - Add ability to change the ASINs used to generate the template previews
- Bug Fix - correct multi-ASIN argument handling
3.0.2
- New Feature - Add basic contextual help to the plugin Settings page.
- New Feature - Validate AWS keys when entered on the Setting page.
- New Feature - Add support for 'Link to Reviews' rather than the product in templates
- New Feature - Add 'rel="nofollow"' to all links.
- Bug Fix - Check for Creation Date when checking the ip2nation database, thanks to Ken Paulson for spotting
- Bug Fix - Position of 'multinational popup' made more consistent
3.0.1
- New Feature - Simple Template Manager
- New Feature - Amazon Product Cache to speed up page loading
- New Feature - Add 'Template Type' option to identify templates that require no ASIN, or Multiple ASINS.
- New Feature - Search using by 'ASIN' if 'Title' and 'Author' fields blank
- New Feature - 'country' modifiers (UK#, DE#, US#, etc.) for Template keywords.
- New Feature - 'country' specific shortcode modifiers (, , , etc.) for any Shortcode keyword.
- Templates Update - Add 'Amazon Impression Tracking' to templates
- Templates Update - Add 'Easy Banner' template example
- Templates Update - Add 'Amazon Preview Script' template, add to the bottom of your post/page or include in your theme's footer
- Templates Update - Add 'Multinational' template, example of using 'country' modifiers.
- Bug Fix - Fix filtering of incomplete tags.
- Bug Fix - Move 'aws_signed_request' into the Class to avoid name clash with 'premiumtheme', thanks to pst61 for spotting.
2.0.9
- New Feature - Amazon search links for non-local links
- Bug Fix - Fix so that searches from all Search Indices return valid results.
- Bug Fix - Extra checks on ip2nation lookup failures.
2.0.8
- Bug Fix - Extract price information from OfferListing, LowestNew, LowestUsed and then ItemAttributes. Thanks to Matthew for spotting.
2.0.7
- Fix US localisation of image iframe template - addition of RCM template item
2.0.6
- Add support for www.amazon.es
- Improve localisation of image iframe template - addition of MPLACE_ID template item
2.0.4
- Add Affiliate ID channels and User Affiliate ID settings
- Facility to set Affiliate channel by Author or manually in each shortcode.
- Bug fix - Italian AWS API Version Increment
- Bug fix - Fix php 'Notice's when WP_DEBUG is enabled
2.0.3
- Add extra support for www.amazon.it and www.amazon.cn
- Add 'found' tag to templates to indicate if product is listed on Amazon, and updated default templates to make use of this.
- Bug fix - not displaying '$' prices correctly
- Bug fix - not linking to default locale correctly
2.0.2
- Make template names case insensitive
- Added debug output option to help diagnosis of problems
- Add notes to options page to highlight AWS requirements
- Disable Search options on page/post edit screens if AWS keys not entered
- Bug Fix - Only do 'live' data lookups when activated
- Bug Fix - Improve ability of shortcode settings to override global settings when generating template links
- Bug Fix - If product not available in locale, use author's locale. Thanks to Sandie for highlighting.
- Bug Fix - Improve handling of failed ASIN lookups. Thanks to Matt for bring to my attention.
- Bug Fix - Correct usage of activation hook, and add upgrade checks
2.0.1
- Tidy up options so that default affiliate ID's are not displayed and removed redundant 'remote_images' option.
- Fix bug with plugin activation outputting characters - Thanks to Viktor Leberecht for highlighting.
- Fix bug when creating the default templates - Thanks to Tobias Hartmann for spotting.
2.0
- Add template facility, with pre-designed templates for most Amazon widgets
- Add ability to create multiple links from one shortcode
- Add shortcode processing in widgets
- Add an option to make the links open in a new window when clicked on by a reader.
- Add an option to set the length of the wishlist displayed
1.8.1
Default to using .com for aws requests when user has configured Italian or Chinese as the default domain. Note requires Wordpress version 3.1 for this release.
1.8
Add support for images into the shortcode, as well as the ability to add images to the Wordpress media library.
1.7
Rework ip2nation download function
1.6
Add support for China and Canada Associates sites, fix ip2nation status check bug.
1.5
Change the multinational link to use less in-line javascript.
1.4
Added a simple widget to the post & page new/edit screen to assist in adding shortcodes to posts, providing a facility to search Amazon.
1.3
Add link localisation through IP address lookup, and support for all 6 amazon affiliate sites not just one via a image popup.
1.2
Improve options page processing.
1.1
Move options page into 'Options' section.
Corrected stylesheet content, updated styles & provide facility to override the stylesheet.
Add internationalisation hooks into plugin.
1.0
First Release
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
I've tried the plugin and it doesn't do what I want, help?
If you think the plugin doesn't work, please try contacting me and I will endeavour to help. You can
search the forums or start a new forum topic on the
Wordpress site.
Where do I enter my Amazon Affiliate/Associate IDs?
The site owner can enter their Affiliate IDs on the Amazon Link > Associate IDs page in the 'Amazon Tracking ID Channels' section. Select the 'Default' Channel and enter your IDs for all the locales in which you have registered.
Optionally any user of your site (including the owner/administrator) can also add their Affiliate IDs to their User Profile. However it is recommended that the Affiliate IDs in the default channel as set up, as some sections of the site (e.g. shortcodes inserted in sidebar widgets) do not have an 'author'.
If some of the IDs are not supplied in a User's profile, or in a particular Channel, then the ones in the default channel will be used instead. Only if no IDs exist for a particular locale then the plugin will use its own default IDs.
How do I insert product links into my posts?
The plugin adds a helper tool to the Post and Page administrative pages of your WordPress site that can be used to generate shortcodes easily and quickly.
If you already know the ASIN then simply enter it into the ASIN input and click on 'Send To Editor', this can be used to generate simple text links to products.
If you do not know the ASIN then there is a facility to search Amazon, by ASIN, Index, Product Title and or Product Author/Artist. Use this to find the product you wish to link to on your site. Once found select the appropriate template and other settings and press the 'Insert' button. This will insert the shortcode into your post with all the settings required for the selected template pre-filled.
This feature is only available if you have entered your Amazon Web Services access keys in the plugin settings.
If you are using 'live' data then it will only include keywords that must be provided by the author 'text', 'text1', etc. If you are using static data then it will also pre-fill the keywords with the product information retrieved from the Amazon site.
There is also a facility to add cover images from the Amazon items into the local media library as attachments to the post (Press the 'Upload' button). The plugin will always use these local images in preference to ones fetched from the Amazon site. These images or the remote ones hosted on Amazon can be used to insert image or thumbnail links into your posts.
How do I align thumbnails, images or iframes horizontally and make the text wrap around?
If you want images to be displayed side by side and the text to wrap around the Amazon items, then you simply need to take advantage of the built in 'align' classes provided by WordPress.
On the Amazon-Link / Templates Settings page:
- Find the template you wish to use (e.g. thumbnail),
- Create a copy of that template and rename it appropriately (e.g. thumbnail left)
- In the template content find the first element e.g. inside the
<div>
or <iframe>
, either add or update the existing class="..."
section to include either 'alignleft
', 'alignright
' or 'aligncenter
' (e.g. <div class="alignleft">
).
- Save the new template and use it for your Amazon Links.
Why do my Kindle products not show any prices?
Unfortunately Amazon do not provide any offer prices with any of their Kindle items. Although Amazon frown on putting static price info you could do this by adding
&price=
to the shortcode, as long as you put the date of the price you should be okay.
In the next version of the plugin I might add an 'unofficial' Kindle price finder.
How do I add the 'Amazon Product Previews' to my posts/templates?
The Amazon Product Preview popups are powered by javascript hosted on the Amazon servers, and works in all locales except for Italy and Spain.
However to add the popup to individual posts and pages simply ensure that the 'preview script' template is installed and add the shortcode
[amazon template=preview script]
to the
bottom of your post.
If you wish to add the script to your WordPress theme then you can add the following to the footer.php of the template:
<?php if (function_exists(amazon_shortcode)) echo amazon_shortcode("template=preview script"); ?>
Can I create my own templates for product links?
On the Amazon Link > Templates Settings page there is a section showing all the available templates. Use this to create, delete and copy templates. The template content is based on standard HTML with additional keywords that are surrounded by '%' characters. These keywords are automatically filled in with the relevant Amazon product information.
See the Template Help on the same page for a description of each of the keywords that can be used.
Most of the keywords are self explanatory:
'%TITLE%'
will expand to be the product's title,
'%PRICE%'
the formatted product's price, etc.
However links can be created by using the keyword pair
'%LINK_OPEN%'
and
'%LINK_CLOSE%'
with the subject of the link being placed between them. For example
'%LINK_OPEN%Amazon Product%LINK_CLOSE%'
. The link produced will comply with whatever settings you have used, i.e. localised to the user's country or produce a multinational popup, it will also use the appropriate Amazon associate IDs.
There are a number of other keywords that are also localised these include:
'%LINK_OPEN%'
- as described above,
'%TLD%'
the Top Level Domain to be used '.co.uk', '.it', '.com', etc.;
'%MPLACE%'
- the Amazon Market place to use 'GB', 'IT', 'US', etc.;
'%CC%'
- the localised country code 'uk', 'it', 'us';
'%TAG%'
- The amazon associate tag to use.
By specifying the 'Live Data' setting either in the settings page or within the Amazon shortcode the data used to fill the template can be generated when the link is displayed. Or if you prefer to use static data or override some of the template content the keywords can be specified in the shortcode.
There are a number of keywords that are only used for static data, these are
'%TEXT%'
,
'%TEXT1%'
,
'%TEXT2%'
,
'%TEXT3%'
,
'%TEXT4%'
.
You must ensure that the template type is set correctly when creating the template, it should be one of:
For most templates this should be 'Product', which is used to create links about a single Amazon product using the ASIN entered in the shortcode.
If the template accepts a list of ASINS (e.g. like the Carousel widget) then the type should be set to 'Multi', and the template should include the keyword
'%ASINS%'
instead of
'%ASIN%'
.
If the template does not require an ASIN to be specified then set the type to 'No ASIN', typically used for Banners, Scripts and more general items.
Browse the default included templates to see some examples of how the keywords can be used.
Notes:
Widgets: The Amazon widgets are currently not supported in some locales (Canada, China, Italy and Spain).
Banners: The code provided by Amazon to generate banners is very particular to the locale (e.g. the category specified is in the local language), so these don't tend to display properly when not viewed in the default locale (they drop back to the default Amazon banner).
Can I force a template keyword to a particular locale?
If you want an item in the template to be forced to output information from a specific locale you can apply country modifiers to the template keywords.
For example you wish to show the prices from a number of locales.
This is possible by adding a country modifier to the end of the Template keyword, one of (UK#, CA#, CN#, DE#, ES#, FR#, IN#, IT#, JP#, US#). This can be applied to any of the template keywords.
So
%PRICE%UK#, %PRICE%DE#, %PRICE%FR#
would generate a list of prices from the UK, Germany and France.
I am displaying a lot of Amazon links on my site, can I speed it up?
If you have a lot of Amazon links displayed this can slow down your site considerably as the plugin needs to retrieve data from the Amazon servers for every link.
One way to improve page performance is to turn on the Amazon Link Cache function provided by the plugin. On the plugin Settings page there is a sub section related to the 'Amazon Data Cache', selecting 'Enable Cache' will install the cache that uses your local database.
Select the maximum time that data should be stored in the cache by updating the 'Max Age' setting, this defaults to 48 hours. After which the information stored is cleared from the cache.
To manually empty the cache simply select 'Flush Cache'.
What templates are included with the plugin?
The plugin contains a set of basic templates to show how the keywords can be used. The easiest way to create new ones is to copy one of the existing ones and update it to meet your needs.
Most of these templates were created by using the Amazon Affiliate site, generating the widget or link required then copying the generated output into the 'Template Content' box. Then quickly replacing any of the static data with template keywords, e.g. the product ASIN, Title, etc.
Currently the plugin has default templates for:
- Thumbnail link
- Image link
- Multinational Template
- Amazon Iframe based Image link
- Amazon Carousel Widget
- Amazon My Favourites Widget
- Amazon MP3 Clips Widget
- Amazon Enhanced Pop-up Script
- Amazon Easy Banner
- Wishlist Template
Bear in mind that the Amazon templates are based on javascript hosted on the Amazon site, as such are often blocked by adblocker software. Also some of these 'Widget Source' based templates are not available in certain locales (Canada, China, Italy and Spain).
The 'Wishlist' template is the default template used for any lists created by shortcodes, as such it must exist. Deleting this template will cause the plugin to recreate any of the default templates that do not exist. This can be used to reset the templates back to their factory settings.
How do I re-install the default templates?
On the Amazon Link > Templates Settings page the plugin provides access to the 'Default Templates'. These are the ones provided by the plugin. If you accidentally delete a template that you still want or have edited one and it stops working, you can use this page to re-install the default templates.
There are two options, either 'Install' which will add the template to your existing list (this creates a new copy of the default template, e.g. 'Thumbnail2' if it already exists). If the plugin detects that the default version has been upgraded then the 'Upgrade' option will be available this which will overwrite any existing template with the same Name with the new version.
If you are viewing your existing installed templates there is also an option to 'Reset' the template back to its default content.
The plugin includes some basic version tracking, based on the Name of the template and the version installed. If you rename the template then it will not be recognised as one of the defaults. The plugin does not track any changes you make to the template, so if you 'Upgrade' or 'Reset' a template your changes will be lost.
Does the plugin support multiple Amazon Tracking IDs?
The plugin allows the site author to create any number of 'Amazon Affiliate Channels' that specify a different set of Affiliate Tracking IDs. This allows the user to monitor how effective particular sections of the site are for generating referrals to Amazon.
The user can generate extra Amazon Tracking IDs by managing their options at Amazon Associates > Your Account > Manage Tracking IDs
US,
UK.
Then under the Amazon Link Settings page, in the 'Channels' section, create a new Channel and enter the tracking IDs created.
Individual WordPress users can also add their own tracking IDs to their User profile. Any page of post that they are the author of will automatically use their Affiliate IDs (This facility can be disabled on the Amazon Link > Settings Page).
When generating Amazon Link shortcodes, either manually add 'chan=channel_id' to the shortcode or use the drop down selector in the Link Tool to choose one of the available channels. Leave blank to adopt the page author's tracking IDs or use the ones defined in the 'Default' channel.
The plugin also allows Channels to be set up to use different Tags depending upon the posts category, tags, author or type, or randomly use that channel.
Associate ID Priority
If the user specifies a Channel in the Amazon Link shortcode then this will always be used (if it exists).
If the post or page is authored by a user who has specified their own affiliate ids then these will be used next.
Otherwise the Affiliate IDs in the 'default' channel will be used.
If the Channel selected does not contain affiliate IDs for all locales then ones from the 'default' Channel will be automatically inserted. Only if no affiliate IDs are set for a particular locale will the plugin will insert its own ID.
Can I specify different ASINs for different locales?
If you want to provide different ASINs for different locales then this can be done using the shortcode country modifiers .
For example if you want to generate a link for a book and the ASIN for France is '2020479893', the UK is '0340993782' and Germany is '3548602045'. Then putting the following in the shortcode will ensure that any localised links will use the appropriate ASIN.
asin[uk]=0340993782&asin[fr]=2020479893&asin[de]=3548602045
If you have 'live' data enabled then if the link is localised all other aspects (Title, images, etc.) will be generated using the appropriate ASIN.
If the link is localised to a locale that does not have a user specified ASIN then it will use the one from the default locale.
Alternatively if you have 'search link' enabled the plugin will generate a link that will cause Amazon to search for the keywords related to the product rather than a specific ASIN.
Why doesn't the Wishlist function or Search or Live data work?
For these features to work you must have set up an
Amazon Web Services account and set the AWS Public and Private key settings to those provided in the AWS->Security Credentials->Access Credentials section.
For the wishlist to work you must also have inserted at least a few links to Amazon products using the
[amazon]
tag for it to generate a list of related product suggestions.
Can I change the styling of the templates?
If you are using the default templates that came with the plugin then you can either override the default stylesheet or change the templates to use classes and ids from your own/themes stylesheet.
To override the default stylesheet add the file '
user_styles.css
' to the
wp-content/plugin
directory and then go to the Amazon Link > Extras admin page and install the 'Stylesheet' plugin. This will load the
user_styles.css
file instead of the default
Amazon.css
file.
The following styles are used in some of the default templates:
- amazon_container - Encloses whole wishlist.
- amazon_prod - Encloses each list item.
- amazon_img_container - Encloses the item thumbnail (link+img)
- wishlist_image - (Default) Class of the item thumbnail IMG element
- amazon_text_container - Encloses the item description (Title paragraphs+link + Details paragraphs)
- amazon_details - Encloses the item details part of the description
- amazon_price - Spans the item's formatted price.
Are the links localised to match my visitor's country of origin?
The links that are generated can optionally be localised to the Amazon store most likely to be used by the visitor to your site, this is achieved by installing the
ip2nation database and enabling 'localise links' option in the plugin settings.
Link Localisation Limitations
The localisation process is far from perfect and authors should be aware of the following limitations:
- Incorrect nationality detection -
The database is updated periodically so it will may be slightly out of date and incorrectly detect an visitor's locale. Additionally some people browse through proxies or through their company's firewall which again may confuse the plugin and get the wrong country of origin.
* Incorrect Amazon site allocation -
There are only 10 major Amazon sites (UK, France, Germany, Spain, US, Japan, India, Italy, China, Brazil and Canada). So the plugin has to guess where a country's residents are most likely to shop on-line. An alternative is to enable the 'Multinational Link' option, this will enable a small popup for each link allowing the site visitor to choose the most appropriate site (based on locale or language).
* Product Availability -
A product that is available in the author's locale may not be available on other Amazon sites. If the live data option is enabled the plugin will display a link to the Amazon site in the author's own locale if the product is not available at the visitor's Amazon store.
* Product Localisation -
Some products such as books, DVDs and CDs have unique ASINs for each language, country or region. There currently no facility for the plugin to find the correct product for that visitor. If it is not obvious from the product picture, it is recommended that for these items a note should be displayed that recommends the visitor finds the most appropriate version of the item for their locale. They may be disappointed to buy a book in a language they can not understand!
The plugin includes a tool to install and monitor the status of the ip2nation database. However the installation of the ip2nation database is not validated, it simply downloads the latest database file from ip2nation and zaps it into your WordPress mysql database.
If the file is corrupted or maliciously changed then this operation could completely destroy your sites mysql database, if in doubt manually download the database from
ip2nation and check its content, currently it consists of 2 tables ip2nation and ip2nationCountries.
Can you provide a few examples of the shortcodes?
[amazon asin=0893817449&text=Henri Cartier-Bresson]
Will produce a text link to an Amazon Product page:
[amazon asin=0893817449&title=Masters of Photography&template=Thumbnail&live=1]
Will produce a thumbnail image link to an Amazon Product page.
[amazon asin=0893817449,0500410607&template=Iframe Image]
Will produce 2 classic Amazon product links to the specified products.
[amazon asin=0893817449,0500410607,050054199X,0500286426,0893818755,050054333X,0500543178,0945506562&template=Carousel]
Will produce a single Amazon Carousel widget containing all the specified products.
[amazon asin=B0893817449,0500410607&template=Wishlist&live=1]
Will produce a list of the 2 products using data from the reader's local Amazon site.
[amazon asin=1841498955&template=Wishlist Post&product=Book&title=Surface Detail (Culture)&artist=Iain M. Banks&thumb=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41n7sphvJpL._SL160_.jpg&image=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41n7sphvJpL.jpg&price=£5.30]
Will produce a link using a custom template filled in with the data included in the shortcode.
[amazon asin=1841498955&template=Wishlist Post&live=1&title=My Favourite Book]
Will produce a link using a custom template filled in with live data from the Amazon site, but with the title set by the data included in the shortcode.
[amazon text=Recipe Books&cat=3,10&last=30&wishlist_type=Random]
Produce a wishlist using the default template containing a random selection of products found in the posts in categories 3, 4 and 5.
[amazon cat=local&template=My Favourites&wishlist_type=similar&text=Some Related Products]
Produce an Amazon My Favourites widget containing a selection of related products to those already displayed on the current page.