Tracking links

For tracking to work correctly, follow these requirements:

• The user must be registered and logged in to the site.

• The user must click a special link containing a SubID. You can create such links with the shortcodes below. SubID support is also available in Content Egg and Affiliate Egg plugins, and in some themes such as Rehub.

The plugin provides several shortcodes for creating tracking links.

If a user is not logged in and clicks such a link, it works as a plain affiliate link without tracking or cashback.

Tracking link for domain

The following shortcode creates a tracking link for the AliExpress merchant:

[tracking-link advertiser="aliexpress.com" anchor="Click here for cashback!" /]

You must be approved by the merchant in your affiliate network. If you were recently approved, refresh the advertiser list in the module's settings.

Tracking link for Advertiser ID

The safer, recommended approach is to use the Advertiser ID instead of a domain and also specify the module name:

[tracking-link advertiser=6115 module=Admitad anchor="Go to Aliexpress" /]

How to get the Advertiser ID is explained in the Affiliate networks settings.

Tracking link for product URL

You can also create a link pointing directly to a product page instead of the merchant's homepage:

[tracking-link advertiser=6115 module=Admitad product="https://aliexpress.com/item//32218315642.html" target="blank"]Product tracking link[/tracking-link]

All available shortcode parameters

Parameter name	Synonym	Required?	Description
advertiser	advertiser_id	Yes	Merchant domain or Advertiser ID
module	module_id	No	Module name. For example: Admitad, Awin, Demo.
anchor	text	No	Link anchor text. If omitted, the URL is used as the link text.
product	product_url	No	URL of the product.
class		No	CSS class for the link.
target		No	target attribute.
rel		No	rel attribute. Defaults to nofollow.

How to make a tracking link with custom attributes

WordPress doesn't officially support shortcodes inside HTML, but it still works in the HTML editor.

In the Gutenberg editor, add a Custom HTML block, or switch to the Code editor in the Classic Editor.

You can then add an href attribute to create a custom link:

<a href="[tracking-link advertiser=15767 /]">My custom link</a>