Welcome to Amazon Simple Affiliate (ASA2) ‘s documentation!

Amazon Simple Affiliate (ASA2) is a plugin for WordPress

Plugin homepage: https://getasa2.com/

Support form: https://www.wp-amazon-plugin.com/support/

Contents

Preparations

• Introduction
  • The purpose of this plugin
  • What can I do with ASA2?
• Requirements
  • Where to register for the Amazon Associates program?
  • Supported Amazon PA API country stores
• Installation
  • Installing via WordPress Backend
  • Installing via FTP
  • Installing via SSH
• Kickstarter Guide for ASA2 Switchers
  • Migration Wizard
  • Shortcodes
  • Templates
  • Placeholders
  • Collections
  • New features
• First steps
  • Setup
  • License activation
  • Embedding a single product
  • Template customization
  • Create custom templates
  • Collections
  • Using Products
  • Using Shops
  • Keyword Search
  • Single Image
  • Text Links

Main Menu

• Dashboard
  • Resources
  • Plugin Status
  • API Request Stats
  • Products Status
  • Plugin Info
• Products
  • Overview
  • Create Products
  • Further information
• Shops
  • Introduction
  • Create a new Shop
  • Using external data

Subsections

• Setup
  • With API
  • Without API
  • Screencast
  • Set up Amazon Associate Account
  • Amazon Access Key
  • Default Tracking ID and Store
  • Where are my credentials?
  • Where is my tracking ID?
  • Associate ID sets
• Options
  • General
  • Templates
  • Placeholders
  • Products
  • AJAX
  • Ratings
  • Internationalization (i18n)
  • URL Replace
  • Product Picker
  • Keywords
  • Cache
  • Logging
  • Advanced
  • Support
• Templates
  • Create a new template
  • Using a template
  • Include other tempates
  • Surrounding container
  • Import / Export
  • Translation
• Collections
  • Screencast
  • Create a new collection
  • Add new items
  • Delete items
  • Embedding
  • Copy collection
  • Export collection
  • Import collection
  • Import ASA 1 collections
• Notifications
  • Create a Repo notification
  • Test a Repo notification
  • Edit a Repo notification
• Testsuite
  • Placeholders
  • API response
• Ratings
  • Known issues
  • Advanced ratings mode
  • Use of proxy servers
• Keywords
  • Keywords Preloading
• Import
  • URL Importer
• Widgets
  • Collection widget
  • Smart Collection widget

Embed Products

• Product Picker
  • Screencast
  • Amazon API Search
  • Product Search
  • Collection
  • Smart Collection
  • Single Image
• Shortcodes
  • [asa2]
  • [asa2_collection]
  • [asa2_img]
  • [asa2_keywords]
  • [asa2_smart_collection]
  • [asa2_textlink]

Templates

• Managed Templates
  • Administration
  • Book
  • Carousel
  • Columns_layout
  • Flat_box_horizontal
  • Flat_box_vertical
  • Flex_1
  • Horizontal_box
  • Image_Layout_1
  • Image_Layout_Polaroid
  • Movie
  • Music
  • Robust
  • Sortable_table
  • Sortable_table_2
  • Vertical_box
• Template Syntax
  • Default Filters
  • Custom Filters
  • Conditions
  • Loops
  • Functions
  • Tags
• Placeholders
  • Default
  • Price / Offers
  • Variations
  • Images
  • URLs
  • Reviews
  • Products
  • Shop
  • Custom Fields
  • Layout
  • Books
  • Movies
  • Music
  • WordPress Post
  • Custom Values
  • Misc

Advanced

• Cronjobs
  • Introduction
  • Cronjob Setup
  • Product Update Cronjob
  • Ratings Refresh Cronjob
  • Keywords Preload Cronjob
  • Products Notifications Cronjob
  • Shop Data Sync Cronjob
• Caching
  • Process Flow Chart
  • Template Cache
  • Object Cache
  • Translation Cache
  • Associate ID sets cache
  • Ratings cache
  • Caching lifetimes
  • Ignoring the Cache
  • Deactivate cache for admin
  • Resetting the caches
  • Options
• Local images
  • The starting point: external images
  • Using ASA2’s local image feature
  • Activate local images
  • Local images flowchart
  • What to expect
  • Refresh local images
• Internationalization (i18n)
  • Screencast
  • Activation
  • i18n flowchart
  • Preparing products for i18n
  • Filtering i18n products
  • Embedding i18n products
  • Associate ID mapping
  • i18n country mapping
  • Testing i18n
• PHP functions
  • Renderer
  • API requests
  • GEO location
• Appendix
  • FAQ
  • API Stats
  • Licensing
  • Capabilities
  • Migration Wizard
  • WPML Support